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The Novel Idea Society

Enjoy a live author interview, over Zoom, with Bobbi French. We will be discussing her book 'The Brink of Something Beautiful'. Hosted by long-time journalist and book lover Sam Maciag.

In May we will be reading The Brink of Something Beautiful by Bobbi French

This is a hybrid event. Register to attend in person or join us on Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89156024793?pwd=mS9MSpRrKHxKRxIfDRUOoinkIxavLX.1

Book Description

For readers of Miriam Toews and Claire Keegan, an immersive and deeply poignant new novel set on the Rock about female friendship and found family

Ruby Nolan is a new widow. Hidden in her grief and guilt for her husband, Joe, is a sense that she is free from a marriage she never wanted. But how can she possibly begin again? An encounter with Maxine, a pregnant teen who reminds Ruby of her own sorry past, and a shocking revelation from her mother, Vera, send Ruby on a collision course with old truths and regrets and on a mission to help Maxine whether she wants it or not. While a friend warns Ruby that you can’t help anyone until you help yourself, it’s a lesson Ruby has to learn the hard way if she’s going to find any real peace.

Set over the course of one winter in 1990s St. John’s and infused with the rich culture and characters of the Rock, The Brink of Something Beautiful is the life-affirming, ultimately hopeful story about how women lift each other up and figure themselves out.

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