In collaboration with the Humanities Department of San Diego’s Central Library, Library Shop is proud to welcome Laurel Corona for an author presentation and book signing at 925 W. Washington Street. Don’t miss your chance to get a signed copy of Aloha Wanderwell Takes the Wheel. Free to attend, but RSVP requested below.
Order your copy of the book from Library Shop online by May 21 to receive a 10% discount on the book. All copies of Aloha Wanderwell Takes the Wheel can be picked up at Library Shop Mission Hills on the day of the event.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In the 1920s and 1930s, Aloha Wanderwell drove Model Ts across five continents, winning fame as the most traveled woman in the world.
Sixteen-year-old Idris Hall ran away from her boarding school in 1924, changed her name, and joined the daring around-the-world expedition of charismatic Walter “Cap” Wanderwell, beginning a decade-long adventure that would take her across five continents behind the wheel of a Model T. She chose this grand adventure in an era where roads were often no more than grooves in the dirt, and few if any people had seen a car.
Aloha Wanderwell Takes the Wheel is a richly imagined exploration of a young trailblazer’s inner and outer world, told against the backdrop of one of the great adventure stories of its time, and the murder that brought it to a catastrophic end.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laurel Corona is the author of The Four Seasons and The Mapmaker’s Daughter, among other works of fiction and non-fiction. After retiring as a professor of Humanities at San Diego City College, she now travels the world as a lecturer for several luxury cruise lines. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including a Christopher Medal and the Theodor Geisel Award for Book of the Year at the San Diego Book Awards. A native of Southern California, she now lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
