About this Event
Sidetrack Bookshop presents author Sara Maurer to celebrate her heart-wrenching coming-of-age debut novel, A Good Animal.
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026, 6:30pm - 8pm. Doors open at 6pm.
Location: Sidetrack Bookshop, 325 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak, MI 48067
Tickets:
- $35.75 - Includes one general admission seat to the event and signing line with one hardcover copy of .
- $5 - Includes one general admission seat to the event and signing line.
Additional copies of will be available for purchase at the event (while supplies last).
Parking in the Center Street Parking Garage located just north of Sidetrack Bookshop with entrances on both Washington and Center Streets is free for the first two hours and costs only 75 cents per hour thereafter, Monday through Saturday.
Please read on for more information about author Sara Maurer and .
About A Good Animal
A heart-wrenching coming-of-age debut novel by a stunning new voice in fiction, for readers of Barbara Kingsolver and Ann Patchett.
Staying is his dream. Leaving is hers. One secret threatens them both.
In the farm country outside Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan—a border town where life moves slow and dreams run fast—most kids want out. Not Everett Lindt. He’s set on staying put, rebuilding his family’s sheep farm, and carving a future from the land he loves.
Then he meets Mary, a new girl in town with restless energy and bigger plans. When their relationship reaches a crossroads, Everett sees a life together. Mary, however, is desperate to find a way out. Together, they make an impulsive choice—one that could change everything.
Tense, lyrical, and deeply felt, Sara Maurer's unforgettable debut breathtakingly captures the ache of first love, the beauty and brutality of rural life, and how one decision can echo through generations and shape who we become.
About Sara Maurer
SARA MAURER lives with her family in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. She earned her bachelor's degree from Albion College and her master's from Eastern Michigan University. She honed her creative writing craft while completing Stanford's Continuing Studies Novel Writing Certificate program. Her short fiction can be found in Dunes Review, Hominum Journal, and The Twin Bill. A Good Animal is her first novel.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sidetrack Bookshop, 325 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak, United States
USD 6.24 to USD 38.53
