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We're excited to welcome back Jim Lynch, whose newest book, Border Songs, takes place along the US/Canadian border--that is, in our own back yard.  It will be the next official Whatcom Reads selection next winter... Border Songs tells a story of contrary destinies further complicated by the border that separates them.  Six-foot-eight and severely dyslexic, Brandon Vanderkool has always had an unusual perspective—which comes in handy once his father pushes him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol.  He used to jump over the ditch into British Columbia but now is responsible for policing a thirty-mile stretch of this largely invisible boundary.  Uncomfortable in this uniformed role, he indulges his bird-watching passion and often finds an astonishing variety of species, as well as many smugglers hauling pot into Washington, and even more dangerous problems.  Rich in characters contending with a swiftly changing world and their own elusive hopes and dreams, Border Songs is at once comic and tender and momentous--a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an extraordinary love story and fiction of the highest order. Author of The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch, spent four years as the Puget Sound reporter for The Oregonian, and has won national journalism awards.  A Washington state native, Lynch writes and sails from his home in Western Washington. Read his guest post at the Village Books Blog by clicking here.