Thursday, September 20
5 pm
Covered Treasures
105 Second Street
Monument, CO
5 pm
Covered Treasures
105 Second Street
Monument, CO
6 pm
Bookworm of Edwards with Gina Wolsdorf and Nick Arvin
295 Main St
Edwards, CO
7 pm
The Poisoned Pen
4014 N Goldwater Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ
“Luloff has an uncanny ability to alternate point of view and give her readers just enough information with each chapter to keep them on their toes, wanting to know the story behind these puzzle pieces of memories gifted throughout each chapter. Her use of photos scattered throughout the novel gives the book a nonfiction element that pulls on the story’s theme of truth: What is it? How does memory inform it? How does point of view bend the truth? Ultimately, the novel hooks readers from the start. It’s a page-turner filled with depth, secrecy, and thrill that’ll have you questioning your own concept of truth and reality.” Read the full review here.
“At its center, my novel is an investigation of memory, its ties to identity, sense of home and belonging, and the fragmentation and fractures that come when we lose it. When Claire suffers memory loss, she, her husband Charlie, and best friend Rachel, become detectives of their own past. Rachel hunts down all of Claire’s favorite foods to help trigger her lost history, believing that sensory memories might help rebuild Claire’s ties to the past. I imagine that a lot of this detective work also centers around music. The two friends spend a lot of time digging through storage boxes, one or two of which must hold CDs from their graduate school days as well as the albums Claire might have saved from her parents’ collections and her high school and college years. Here is a list of songs I imagine playing in the background in the homes of my characters—from childhood through graduate school and, eventually, in Charlie’s home after Claire returns from the hospital.” Read about and listen to the entire playlist here.
“A novel of sonorous character study, showing both the limits and allure of truly knowing another person—and oneself.” You can read the full review here.