Fri, Jul 07
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Michael McGarrity, The Long Ago
Michael McGarrity will be in conversation with author Carmella Padilla about his latest novel, a spin-off from his nationally best-selling Kevin Kerney family saga. The Long Ago is a richly crafted and enthralling story of grit, determination, and the enduring, restorative strength of love.
Date, Time & Location
Jul 07, 2023, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
This will be an in-store presentation and will be live-streamed to Zoom, register here to watch on Zoom.
The Long Ago can be pre-ordered from CW online here or by calling the store. Signed copies will be available after the event.
A soldier returns home from Vietnam in the early 1960s to search for his missing sister in this gripping story of broken lives and a search for happiness.
Growing up in Montana, siblings Raymond and Barbara Lansdale held their chaotic world together through their shared childhood fantasy of The Long Ago: a distant place where happiness and tranquility reigned, far from the dysfunction at home. But imagination only goes so far. To escape his painful past, Ray joins the army and finds a career that gives him a sense of purpose and the promise of adventure.
Recent news of his kid sister’s disappearance brings Ray home on leave before…