Nina Revoyr will talk about her latest novel, “Wingshooters.” Event co-sponsor Elm Street Books will sell copies, which will be available for signing afterward.
The book, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, tells the story of Michelle LeBeau, a biracial child being raised by her white grandparents in an intolerant rural Wisconsin town in the early 1970s. She is rejected and bullied by her schoolmates but doted on by her grandfather, whom she idolizes. The fragile peace is threatened by the arrival in town of a young black couple from Chicago.
In the tradition of “A River Runs Through It” and “Snow Falling on Cedars,” Revoyr’s novel examines the effects of change on a small, isolated town, the strengths and limits of community and the sometimes conflicting loyalties of family and justice.
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Revoyr is the author of three previous novels, “The Necessary Hunger,” “Southland” and “The Age of Dreaming.” “Southland” was a Book Sense 76 pick, won the Lambda Literary Award and was a Los Angeles Times “Best Book” of 2003. “The Age of Dreaming” was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She lives and works in Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.NinaRevoyr.com.
Admission is free, but reservations are recommended – call 203-594-5040 or email programs@newcanaanlibrary.org. To preorder a book, call Elm Street Books at 203-966-4545.
