On Sunday, April 1st at 2 p.m. Louise Hawes will read from and sign Anteaters Don’t Dream and Other Stories at McIntyre's Fine Books & Bookends in Pittsboro, NC. For more information contact Jamie Fiocco at 919.542.3030.And, on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. Louise Hawes will read and sign at Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh, NC. For more information contact René Martin 919.828-7912.
Hawes's collection of stories depicts lovers at the end of their ropes, marriages on the verge of decline, children reeling from abuse, and parents devastated by loss. As a writer, Hawes is able to showcase a wide variety of narrative voice, dishing out equal portions of wit and grief in this versatile collection.
Readers will find the characters portrayed here easy to relate to and genuinely take them to heart. Fans of classic literary fiction will recognize Hawes as a subtle master of the form. Realistic but not harsh, cutting but not cynical, Hawes’s stories are wonderful, mesmerizing entryways into characters who are rediscovering themselves and rebuilding their lives.
Louise Hawes is a writer and teacher based in Pittsboro, North Carolina. She is the author of The Vanishing Point, Rosey in the Present Tense, and other novels.
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