Elizabeth and John Clay "Coconut" w/Victoria Redel

Elizabeth and John Clay "Coconut" w/Victoria Redel - Ptown Store 8/19 at 6pm.

Coconut is a love story that weaves intimate life portraits across three generations and four continents.

Mary is a young artist who struggles to build hope out of tragedy. Explorations in mathematics free Henry’s mind, but what can free his soul? Catherine looks into the mirror and asks, Who am I? She cannot find her path forward until she first finds the path back to her beginnings. James dreams of building a theory of human culture, but as his dream gets closer, his life veers off course. Calvert is a software architect at the start of his life journey. As the Andes come into view through the airliner windows, he’s flooded with that feeling—when you don’t know if it’s a place you’ve been or a place you’ve only heard of.

Across generations and across the globe, the five navigate through peril and heartbreak, beauty and laughter. The family lines meet in New York City and together they find their way. Coconut is a story of identity and the power of love across place and time to unleash the truth within us.

Victoria Redel has written four books of poetry, most recently Paradise; her last novel, Before Everything, was published in 2017. Her short stories, poetry and essays have appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, One Story, Salmagundi, O, and NOON among many others. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center. She is a professor in the graduate and undergraduate creative writing programs at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.

Event Venue

East End Books Ptown, 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, United States