This is about the time of year that book clubs start charting their course for the next year. I'd like to make an offer. If you choose to read One Fell Swoop and you let me know by posting a comment on this blog then I'll work with you to come to your book club meeting if I'm in your area at the time or to call in and chat with you at the meeting.
I've had a great time talking with a number of book clubs already...plenty to discuss with 16 perspectives on a murder-suicide in this little town! And I really like to hear what readers think.
Here's a quick peak at what's going on in my town of Riley, North Carolina:
The aftershocks of a murder-suicide resonate through a small town where everybody knows everybody else's business.
By turns hilarious and poignant, this daring, debut novel begins with the violent end of a marriage. A local wife-and-mother has killed her husband after finding him in the midst of an affair. Each chapter, written from a different community member's point of view, shows the ripple effect of that dramatic event and how it has affected the townspeople differently--some directly and others less so, but all meaningfully and irrevocably. As the novel progresses, the narrative spirals inward until the stories of those most intimately involved are ultimately revealed.
Happy Reading!
