Patricia McConnell Sharing Away to Me at the Brown County Central Library
Schedule
Tue Mar 03 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Brown County Library (Central Library) | Green Bay, WI
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Join us at the Brown County Central Library for an evening signing and reading with internationally renowned animal behaviorist and author Patricia McConnell!Whether you’ve watched her on Petline, aired on Animal Planet, read one of her popular animal behavior titles such as The Other End of the Leash, For the Love of a Dog, and The Education of Will, or are an animal lover new to Patricia’s work, you won’t want to miss this intimate evening discussion of her debut fiction release Away to Me.
About the Book:
The vivid, immersive nature writing of William Kent Krueger and Peter Heller meets the taut suspense of Louise Penny against the lush, sprawling landscape of rural Wisconsin in the first of a new mystery trilogy.
Maddie is living her best second life on a 40-acre sheep farm in the Wisconsin countryside. In addition to her passion for training sheepdogs—including her spirited border collie Jack—she sees all manner of dogs with behavioral problems ranging from biting to thunder phobia as part of her local practice. No stranger to trauma herself, Maddie has worked hard to recover from the ordeal of her previous marriage.
But things take a turn when Maddie’s friend and mentor, George, is inexplicably killed by a rifle shot fired from the woods during a sheepdog trial. Maddie is devastated and also baffled—it’s not hunting season, and who could mistake a man, standing alone in a field, for a deer?
She’s still reeling from George’s shooting when a shelter calls her for help with a German shepherd found half dead beside the highway who’s too aggressive to feed and care for. The dog flourishes at the farm, but when Maddie returns one day to find her house invaded, it’s clear that she has stumbled into a situation far more complex and sinister than she realized. And her romantic involvement with an enigmatic young shelter worker soon leads to even more trouble. As Maddie continues to search for answers to George’s death, it quickly becomes apparent that her own life is once again in danger …
About the Author
A former adjunct professor in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and behavior columnist for The Bark magazine, her nationally syndicated radio show, Calling All Pets, played in more than 110 cities for 14 years and her television show Petline aired on Animal Planet for two and a half years. She lives with her Border Collies and a flock of sheep on a farm in Black Earth, WI and can be found online at PatriciaMcConnell.com.
Get 15% off your copy of the book when you preorder & prepay with code ATM15 by 02/15/26. Please note in the checkout notes if you would like your copy brought to the event, and whether you would like it to be signed.
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Where is it happening?
Brown County Library (Central Library), 515 Pine St,Green Bay, Wisconsin, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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