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Editorial: Good book; good time
Don't miss Tale for Three Counties author
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tale for Three Counties community reading project this week welcomes
Paul L. Gaus, the author of this year’s selection, Separate From
the World. Mr. Gaus is set to present four talks and sign his books
beginning Thursday at libraries and Genesee Community College.
Separate From the World is the sixth in a series of mysteries set among the Ohio Amish. The Wooster, Ohio, author says he has two goals with his books: Illuminate aspects of Amish culture and tell a good mystery. His goals mesh well with the goals of Tale for Three Counties: Bring people together in discussion of good books and introduce them to authors they might not otherwise know.
Mr. Gaus comes to novel writing from an untraditional background. A retired chemistry professor, he helped co-write a best-selling chemistry text. But don’t look for dry, academic writing in his mysteries. No, there he crafts a story involving another interest — while at Wooster he taught a freshman seminar that explored different cultures in the United States, including the Amish. So he writes with knowledge and appreciation for a culture few ‘‘English,’’ or non-Amish people see up close. And meantime, there’s the intriguing mystery ...
This is the seventh year of the Tale for Three Counties program, which provides a welcome distraction from the seeming endless winter. Reading the author’s book also is a welcome escape from the doom and gloom of Wall Street and 401(k) statements.
Even if you haven’t read the book (and copies are still available for loan or sale at area libraries and bookstores), plan to come out and hear Mr. Gaus speak.
Courtesy of Batavia Newspapers Corporation