August 12, 6:30-8:00 at the Lynden Meeting Room, Lynden WA Library
We are pleased to welcome two celebrated local authors back to the Lynden Library for the launch of Cheryl Grey Bostrom's latest novel, What the River Keeps.
About What the River Keeps:
In the beautiful PNW, a reclusive biologist returns to her childhood home on the Elwha River, where she untangles her mysterious past.
Hildy Nybo is a successful biologist, her study of the Pacific Northwest’s wild fish both a passion and a career. But behind her professional brilliance, Hildy’s reclusive private life reflects a childhood fraught with uncertainty. Despite her father’s love and her mother’s sympathy, she grew up constantly losing even her most cherished belongings, unable to recall where she misplaced them. Haunted by the confusion of her early years, she now records her life in detailed diaries and clings to memory-prompting keepsakes.
Then her mother’s health fails, and Hildy accepts a job near her childhood home, joining a team of scientists who will help restore her beloved Elwha River after two century-old dams fall. There Hildy settles into a cabin on her family’s rustic resort—a place she both loves and dreads, for reasons she can’t fully explain.
When a local artist rents an adjacent cabin for her pottery studio, Hildy resists the intrusion—until intriguing Luke Rimmer arrives to help with the cabin’s renovation. Now a few years beyond a tragedy that brought him to his knees, Luke recognizes a kindred soul in Hildy. As he earns her trust, they uncover her mysterious history, and Hildy dares to wonder if she can banish her shadows—and follow her river’s course to freedom
“Bostrom’s writing is vivid . . . moving and satisfying. A touching love story. KIRKUS REVIEWS (Starred Review)
A new novel from the award-winning author of Sugar Birds, “an engrossing tale” (Kirkus Reviews), and Leaning on Air, “an exquisitely nuanced love story” (BookTrib).
A keen student of the natural world and the workings of the human heart, author Cheryl Grey Bostrom captures the mystery and wonder of both in her lyrical, surprising fiction.
For most of her life, she has roamed the Pacific Northwest settings found not only in her newest book What the River Keeps, but also in her critically-acclaimed, award-winning novels Sugar Birds (Christy finalist, Amazon bestseller, Book of the Year) and Leaning on Air. An avid birder and nature photographer, Cheryl lives with her veterinarian husband and a pack of half-trained Gordon setters in Whatcom County.
Cheryl will be joined in conversation by Susan Meissner. Susan is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with nearly a million books sold and in eighteen languages. She is an author, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include Only the Beautiful and The Nature of Fragile Things, and we recently hosted her for the launch of her latest novel, Map to Paradise. Susan lives in Blaine with her husband Bob, a retired Air Force chaplain, and their yellow Lab, Winston.
Book purchases will be available through Village Books at the event! Get copies signed by the author!
Seating is limited; registration is required to secure a spot.