Because it is Independent Bookstore Day and because I have been talking about Iowa stories, go to your favorite bookstore and ask for Laura Farmer‘s new book. Her moving stories are set in Iowa and peopled with big-hearted Iowa folks. I was honored to be asked to write a blurb for this wonderful collection of stories, published just 10 days ago by Bridge Eight Press. To make the blurb-reading easier, here you have it: Laura Farmer’s artful tales are about paying attention, perhaps the noblest act of love and the surest way home…There’s an instancing about her writing. A beat like a heart’s throughout. An honesty and energy that rocks us. An inspiring aloneness amid a gathering of pleasure and pure connection. Her characters are all finding their way. Beauty accompanies them.
Marianne Maili 