Author Event: Brenda Humphrey Meisels

Start: Mon, 03/01/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Mon, 03/01/2010 - 8:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-5

Michigan author Brenda Humphey Meisels will be discussing and signing her book: Family at Booknook. This will also be the book club meeting for the month.

A traumatized teenage mother, a cantankerous older man and a precocious child create an unlikely family. Sixteen-year-old Sparrow is pregnant. Banished from her home, she is deposited at Dave Stanley’s bookshop. Withdrawn and seemingly unaware of her pregnancy, Sparrow remains and works at Booknook. With the birth of her daughter, Finch, she awakens and is determined to keep her baby. Dave becomes a surrogate grandfather, protector of mother and daughter. Longing for her mysterious, absent father who, she mistakenly believes can complete her family; Finch grows up feeling the sting of being illegitimate. This is a story of relationships and of hope, in which a reclusive single mother and a feisty girl come of age.

Ms. Meisels Writes: As a psychotherapist I have heard many personal narratives and have been privileged to play a part in helping people like Sparrow. I wanted to show authentic characters that make mistakes, hurt and bleed but learn to trust, love and find resolution. The novel is set in Michigan: Milan, Adrian, Clinton, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, places I am familiar with and fond of. I’m excited to meet and talk with people about the novel and the process of writing and publishing.