The Angels of Sinkhole County Book Event
Schedule
Tue May 14 2024 at 06:00 pm
Location
226 Capitol St, Charleston, WV, United States, West Virginia 25301 | Charleston, WV
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Join us for an author reading and book signing for The Angels of Sinkhole County by Deborah Clearman. The event will also include a Q&A moderated by Rebecca Kimmons. "When Roger Thorndike dies of old age at home in rural West Virginia, his private staff of caregivers are devastated. One of them, Loretta Hardwick, comes up with a plan to salve their broken hearts and save their jobs—in a place where jobs are scarce. They switch out the dead Major, his nickname among the staff, for his living double, a hermit mountain man who has also been under Loretta’s care. The ensuing deception of Major’s grown children—Hume, a veterinarian in nearby Powhatan County, and Ruth, an artist in New York City known to the caregivers as Ruthless—as well as nurses, doctors, a pastor, and an angry ex care manager, reveals class divisions, workplace rivalries, and moral dilemmas in a rollicking drama of rising tension and high stakes."
“It’s a real roller-coaster of a ride, as the deception deepens and rivalries explode. Deborah Clearman’s writing is like a mountain stream—clear, swift, and bracing.” —Valerie Nieman, author of To the Bones and In the Lonely Backwater.
Deborah Clearman was born in North Carolina and grew up on a farm in Southern Maryland. She is the author of two novels, Remedios and Todos Santos; a collection of short fiction, Concepción and the Baby Brokers and Other Stories Out of Guatemala; and The Goose’s Tale, a children’s book she wrote and illustrated. Her short stories have appeared in numerous literary journals. She lives in New York City.
A former marketing/advertising/media relations business owner, Rebecca Kimmons was a founding member of CreateWV.org, a creative economy development nonprofit. Now retired, she sings lead in the acappella trio Bare Bones, and enjoys the creative enterprise of continuously developing Katherine's House, her artists' showcase AirBnB in Charleston, where she lives. She takes photographs, makes miniature paintings, gardens, and writes.
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226 Capitol St, Charleston, WV, United States, West Virginia 25301Event Location & Nearby Stays:
