I’ll be

reading from and signing my novel Windmill at Bookends on Main in downtown Menomonie on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The book reading/signing is hosted by Bookends on Main, an independent bookseller located at 214 East Main St. The reading coincides with downtown Menomonie’s Winterdaze celebration, which includes caroling, a visit from Santa, parade and fireworks afterward.



Windmill tells the story of Carl Steinar and his sons, Peter and Lyle, who for 15 years have maintained a tenuous balance to keep together their family and farm on Nebraska’s western plains. Like blades of a well-oiled windmill, each works in harmony with the other. But when Abbie Blaire, the new reporter in town comes to write a story about them, a monkey wrench is thrown into their perfect machine: She is the spitting image of the wife and mother the Steinar men lost years ago. They soon find themselves on new trajectories in which their needs and goals can only collide.



I’ll read about a dozen pages from the collection. Books available for signing are on sale at Bookends on Main.



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