LET ME STAND ALONE THE JOURNALS OF RACHEL CORRIE : Cleveland IMC (((i)))

Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie‏
Friends,

I am thrilled to announce the release of my daughter Rachel’s writings in the new book Let Me Stand Alone – The Journals of Rachel Corrie, published by W.W. Norton & Co. and available in bookstores and online! I am also excited to invite you to attend a series of book launch events across the country that Craig and I will be participating in during the month of April. We hope that you and your friends will join us to celebrate Rachel’s book at one of these events and that you will use the attached flyer to help us spread the word about each one.

We are particularly excited that the first book event, on Saturday, April 5th in Berkeley, California, will be filmed by C-SPAN for later broadcast on the program “Book TV”. This is a wonderful way to launch Rachel’s book and the book tour. We want to make sure the audience is filled for C-SPAN so if you are in the Bay Area, please join us that evening and bring your friends! The event is sponsored by KPFA Radio Station and additional information and advanced ticket sales can be found at their website http://kpfa.org/events/index.php?#1584 More detailed information about all the events is listed below and on the attached flyer.

Working on the book was an alternately exhilarating and challenging process. We agonized over every editing decision—which pieces would Rachel have included? Which would she have wanted to work on further? However, we knew how much Rachel wanted her writing to have a wider impact and we still believe deeply that the questions she pondered and the realities she witnessed are universally important to confront. It is a true milestone for our family, and for Rachel, that her words in this book reach the world.

More information about Let Me Stand Alone, including how to purchase it, can be found at http://www.letmestandalone.com <http://www.letmestandalone.com/> If we are not scheduled to be in your area during the April book tour, but you would like to organize a future reading, you can contact us through this website as well.

As Craig wrote in the introduction to the book: Words were sacred to Rachel, and her words have become treasures to us. They are what we have left and are an immense gift to our family. With this book, we offer that gift to you.

We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley, Seattle, Olympia, Portland, DC, New York, Iowa City or Minneapolis! Please do help us spread the word.

Thank you!

Cindy Corrie

Cleveland Indy Media Center