About this Event
Third Place Books welcomes Barbara Ridley to our Lake Forest park store for a presentation of her new novel, ! Ridley will be joined in conversation by fellow local author, Kate Jessica Raphael. This event is free and open to the public.
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About Unswerving. . .
When Tave wakes up alone in the hospital, she barely remembers the car wreck. Far from home, dazed, and despondent, she struggles to face the challenges of her new paralysis—all while worrying about her partner, Les, also severely injured in the accident, now cared for by her homophobic parents who refuse to allow contact.
In rehab, Tave relearns life skills and comes to recognize that her future will be completely different than she’d imagined. Where will she live? How will she find the help she needs? Can her friends rise to the occasion? Or will she be forced to move back in with her mother, putting up with endless talk of faith healers? Her one beacon of hope is Beth, her physical therapist. But Beth’s relationship problems with her own girlfriend push her toward overinvolvement—and risk damaging both her career and Tave’s recovery.
Barbara Ridley is the author of When It’s Over, winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal for Historical Fiction. Before turning to creative writing, she worked for many years as a spinal-cord-injury nurse practitioner.
Kate Raphael is a Lambda-nominated novelist, journalist, anarchafeminist and queer activist based in Seattle. Her published work includes the Palestine mystery series, M**der Under the Bridge and M**der Under the Fig Tree, and The Midwife’s In Town, a prescient story of underground abortion published in early 2022. She received a 2011 Hedgebrook residency and is a producer on KPFA radio Women’s Magazine, where one of her joys is interviewing authors. She has an MFA in Writing at Goddard College and has taught at Hugo House and SCRIB LAB. She hosts the Radical Fiction Facebook Group.
About Third Place Books
Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, United States
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