Brooke Carnwath in Conversation with Molly Caro May

Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome local author Brooke Carnwath, author of the new middle-grade novel , about a girl searching for her father and finding friendship, adventure, and a new sense of family in the American West. Brooke will be in conversation with Molly Caro May, author of Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage into Motherhood and The Map of Enough: One Woman's Search for Place.

Tickets are not required but RSVPs are always appreciated! Please RSVP by reserving a free general admission ticket on this page.

The event at a glance:

• On September 11, please arrive early to secure your seat. Seating is general admission, first come, first served.
• At 5pm, the event will begin. The author will take audience questions following the program.
• After the talk, the author will sign books.

Can't attend in person? Order signed copies on our website or by calling (406) 587-0166. Signing requests must be placed 24 hours before the event and can only be taken for books we currently have on our shelves.

ABOUT FAR FROM THE OCEAN'S EDGE

Twelve-year-old Milly Stewart grew up beside the sea; she tracked tides and tidepools, seabirds and starfish—and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. Milly also dreamed of finding her long-lost father and finally completing her family.

So, when Milly’s summer takes a turn and she and her mom travel from Maine to rural Wyoming to help ailing grandparents, opportunity strikes. And by the end of three weeks—with the unlikely help of nine-year old Tuck and her curmudgeon of a grandfather—Milly not only learns about rodeo, riding and wildfires, she discovers her father is in plain sight.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Brooke Carnwath received a BA from Middlebury College and an MA in journalism from the University of Montana. Since then, she has authored one picture book, two novels for young readers, and a creative nonfiction project about the Yoga Sutras, which received an honorable mention in Hay House Publishing’s 2024 book contest. Her flash fiction has appeared in Women On Writing and in the Elk River Writers Workshop anthology Voices Elevated. She teaches writing at Montana State University and lives in Bozeman.

Molly Caro May is a teacher, storyteller, group facilitator, nervous system practitioner, and the author of two acclaimed literary memoirs, one of which was showcased in an article in the New York Times, and called "moving, poetic, and addictive" by Elle Magazine. She has run workshops and retreats for seventeen years and focuses on the intersection between story, body and modern attention.