About this Event
Join us at Phoenix Books in Rutland for an evening with Vermont author Ellen Parent to celebrate the release of her debut novel, After the Fall.
"Through lyrical and heart-wrenching prose, debut author Ellen Parent explores the complexities of family, interweaving the unbreakable ties of blood with the bonds of kinship forged through shared experiences and unwavering loyalty. Courage emerges as the defining force that shapes June's path—the courage to pursue her loved ones and the equally formidable courage to let them go.” -Robyn Dabney, author of The Ascenditure
About the book: So much is forgotten in the Republic: the way the seasons used to turn like pages in a book, the technology that once made life easy for everyone, even the art of reading. For fifteen-year-old June, the forgetting goes even deeper, ever since a mysterious accident six years ago stole her mother and her memory. When a strange circus with ties to her family comes through town, she follows them without a second thought. In the outside world, June has to navigate a landscape and society pushed to the edge by the powerful forces of climate change, and to decide who she can trust in a world where everyone seems to have secrets. Can she believe the grizzled deputy who somehow knows more about her past than she does? What about the circus performers, who push her away even as they beguile her best friend? Only when she finally uncovers a truth that threatens to change the Republic forever, will she know who her true family is— and whose life is worth saving.
Ellen Parent has been telling stories since the mid-nineties, when she started whispering them down to her sister on the bottom bunk. Her poetry has been published in Bloodroot, Vermont Magazine, Birchsong, and was shortlisted for the 2014 Vermont Writers Prize. After the Fall is her first novel. She lives in rural Vermont with her delightful husband, her precocious daughter, and two eccentric cats.
DATE: Thursday, December 5th, 6:30PM
LOCATION: Phoenix Books, 2 Center Street, Rutland, VT 05701
ADMISSION: This event is free and open to all. Advance registration is helpful, but not required.
BOOKS: Signed copies of After the Fall will be available at the event. Can't make it to the event but still want to purchase a signed, personalized copy? Please call our Rutland store to order at 802-855-8078. Copies will be available after the event on December 5th. If you ordered a book for store pick up, we will contact you as soon as it's ready. If you ordered a book with shipping, please allow an additional 7-10 days for delivery.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Phoenix Books Rutland, 2 Center Street, Rutland, United States
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