Christina Clancy Presents: THE SNOWBIRDS in conv w Bonnie Jo Campbell

Name: Christina Clancy Presents: THE SNOWBIRDS in conv w Bonnie Jo Campbell
Start: 2025-02-15T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 3019 Oakland Drive,Kalamazoo,49008,US

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

3019 Oakland Drive,Kalamazoo,49008,US | Kalamazoo, MI

Christina Clancy ("Shoulder Season" and "Second Home") releases her new novel in conversation with Bonnie Jo Campbell.
Welcome Christina Clancy to Kalamazoo for a reading and discussion of her new book: The Snowbirds .
This event will include a 20 minute conversation between Christina and Bonnie Jo Campbell (The Waters, Once Upon A River), a brief Q&A, followed by book signing.
More about the book:
The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years, their "separate but together" partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant’s mother has died, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face. When they arrive at Le Desert, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone’s business, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost, or this time, he’s really left her. Is it ever too late to become the person we wanted to be—and is there still time to change into someone better? The exhilarating, but often confusing transitions of midlife are pitched against the promise and glamour of Palm Springs in this tender, honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime. With compassion and humor, Clancy explores the redemptive power of finding ourselves, and of being found.