Meet the Author: Valerie Mills-Milde
Saturday July 9, 2016  1pm - 3pm (2 Hours)
Literary Gallery / Exhibit Meeting / Club Workshop / Class Community

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As part of an ongoing summer series, the Bookshop will be hosting a variety of authors! Join us on these dates to spend time chatting with the participating authors.

On July 9th, we are pleased to host Valerie Mills-Milde, author of "After Drowning."

Lake Erie was once home to a thriving inland fishery but the sad fortunes of the lake have decimated the industry, forcing those who live along the Lake Erie shore to adapt their expectations, or move on. On a summer’s day, Pen (Penelope) Beau and her four-year-old daughter Maddy are at the beach when they witness a drowning. The tragedy dredges up memories from Pen’s childhood – the death of her father in a boating mishap that may or may not have been an accident, and the subsequent disappearance of her brother Keaton, who fled the town after setting a deadly fire. Also involved in the events on the beach that day is Tom, a member of a biker gang, who is being inexorably drawn into a club-sanctioned bloody showdown. Eventually betrayed and abandoned, Tom must re-think the true nature of his relationships. Pen and Tom’s lives briefly intersect, two outsiders who must each find a way to reconcile the scattered threads of their lives.

Valerie Mills-Milde lives, works and writes in London, Ontario. Her short fiction has appeared in Canadian literary journals across the country. When she is not writing, she is a clinical social worker in private practice. "After Drowning" is her debut novel.

"After Drowning" is published by Inanna Publications.
http://www.inanna.ca/index.php/catalog/after-drowning/
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free