Thu, Oct 16
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Libby Buck, Port Anna
An enchanting debut novel exploring second chances and blossoming romance in a charming port town in Maine. "I suppose you could resist this lovely debut novel, but why on earth would you want to?" —Beth Gutcheon, author of "Leeway Cottage" and "More Than You Know"
Date, Time & Location
Oct 16, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
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Order Port Anna ($28.99, hardcover) from CWB or call the store to order (505) 988-4226
Just about everything has gone wrong for Gwen Gilmore over the past year. She’s lost her mother, her teaching job, and been dumped by her—albeit not that great—long-term boyfriend. Adrift and out of options, she packs her life into her barely functioning car and makes the lonely drive north, to the only place she can think of going: her family’s aging cottage on the Maine coast, Periwinkle, which she’s recently inherited.
The cottage and Port Anna, the foggy Maine town of Gwen’s childhood, are unchanged in many ways. For Gwen, they are full of the ghosts of her past—boyfriends, forgotten creative dreams, and painful memories of a sister lost too young. Periwinkle is also home to some more literal ghosts: The Misses, friendly spirits who…