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Join local author Kate Woodworth as she discusses her novel, Little Great Island.
"On Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love. After offending the powerful pastor of the cult where she’s lived for a decade, Mari McGavin must flee with her six-year-old son. With no money and no place else to go, she returns to the tiny Maine island where she grew up—a place she swore she’d never see again. There Mari runs into her lifelong friend Harry Richardson, one of the island’s summer residents, now back himself to sell his family’s summer home. Mari and Harry’s lives intertwine once again, setting off a chain of events as unexpected and life altering as the shifts in climate affecting the whole ecosystem of the island…from generations of fishing families to the lobsters and the butterflies." -Publisher
For adults. Registration required. Contact Ari at apappas@minlib.net with any questions.
About Kate:
Kate Woodworth is the award-winning author of the novel Racing into the Dark, which Publishers Weekly said, “hits the mark repeatedly with emotional truths and fluid prose” and which Kirkus Reviews called, “vivid and honest, dramatic and without pat resolutions: an impressive debut."
A passionate lover of the natural world, Kate is the author of essays on the impact of climate change on fishing and farming that have been published by the Climate Fiction Writers League and on her Substack, “Food Curious.” Her newest novel, Little Great Island has been called “an extraordinary achievement and a pure pleasure to read” by National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ha Jin. Kate grew up in Dedham and received her MFA from Boston University.
AGE GROUP: | Senior (55+) | Adult (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Nature & Outdoors | Books & Authors |
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