Author Event: Friday, June 9, 2023 from 11am to 2pm

Please join us on Friday, June 9, 2023 from 11am to 2pm when author Helen Heavirland will be signing copies of the book Surviving the Sand.

Pasco, Washington—1950s.  Irrigation arrived.  Could the desert be transformed into fields that feed the world?  New settlers broke sod and begged seeds to grow.  Sandstorms cut off young plants.  Dreams of farming became hungry nightmares.  Could the farmers’ grit be as strong as the sand?

Surviving the Sand is the inspiring memoir of one farm family—like many others. With frustration and humor they work together, play together, struggle together, and, ultimately, win together.