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Colorado Author JoeAnn Hart to speak at the Boulder Bookstore

04dec6:30 pm7:30 pmColorado Author JoeAnn Hart to speak at the Boulder Bookstore

Event Details

In the novel ARROYO CIRCLE, hoarding and homelessness are depicted through the dark marriage of environmental degradation and rampant capitalism. The story explores our collective role in the climate crisis through the lives of Shelley, a white, middle-aged handmaiden of a hoarder, and Les, an alcoholic, shape-shifting scientist, who lives in the creek bed behind Shelley’s house in Boulder, Colorado. As wildfires in the mountains fill the town with smoke, Shelley is confronted by gun-wielding police who believe she put a baby in the trunk of her car. When the warm Chinook winds blows through the mountains and melts the heavy snows, everyone, including the police, has one last shot at redemption.

JoeAnn Hart will speak about and sign her new book, “Arroyo Circle,” on Wednesday, December 4th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.

About the Book:
“Arroyo Circle” starts with wildfires, filling Boulder, Colorado with smoke, as Shelley, a white, middle-aged handmaiden to a hoarder is violently confronted by police who believe she put a baby in the trunk of her car. Shelley winds up in the legal system, and in her absence the hoarder’ s house and occupants burn to the ground.

Unemployable, Shelley rents out her home and is forced to sleep in an unheated garage. Les, an alcoholic, shape-shifting scientist, lives in the creek bed behind her house and helps her navigate this new world, even as COVID sweeps through town.

With a strange mix of quantum physics, Buddhism, and Tito’ s, Les teaches her about the healing powers of nature and the deeper meanings of home. Into their midst comes a dazed walker who is more closely connected to Shelley than she can imagine. When the warm Chinook winds blow through the mountains and melt the heavy snows, everyone, including the police, has one last shot at redemption.

IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION

*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).

*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of “Arroyo Circle,” or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.

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Time

(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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