On Thursday, May 27th at 6 PM, we are pleased to welcome back Ethel Rohan for her new collection of short stories, In the Event of Contact. In it she chronicles characters profoundly affected by physical connection, or its lack. Among them, a scrappy teen vies to be the next Sherlock Holmes; an immigrant daughter must defend her decision to remain childless; a guilt-ridden woman is haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend; a cantankerous crossing guard celebrates getting run over by a truck; an embattled priest with dementia determines to perform a heroic, redemptive act, if he can only remember how; and a young girl navigates crippling aversion to touch, even from her sisters. Amidst backgrounds of trespass and absence, the indelible characters of In the Event of Contact seek renewed belief in themselves, recovery, and humanity. Please join us on Thursday, May 27th for an incredible event with one of our favorite neighborhood authors!

Ethel Rohan - In the Event of Contact