Minneapolis-based author Lindsay Starck will talk about her second novel, "Monsters We Have Made." Lindsay will also take audience questions.
Bio:
Lindsay Starck is a writer, editor, and professor based in Minneapolis. Her first novel, Noah’s Wife, was published in 2016 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, and her second novel, Monsters We Have Made, was recently released by Vintage / Anchor Books.
Her short prose has appeared in esteemed literary journals such as AGNI, the New England Review, Ploughshares, the Cincinnati Review, and the Southern Review, among others. Her story “Baikal” was awarded a Pushcart Prize.
Lindsay’s academic work has been featured in publications like Modern Fiction, The Journal of Modern Periodical Studies, and Adaptation.
When not writing, Lindsay enjoys traveling with her husband and training their dog, Cedar, who is, undoubtedly, a good girl.
Book Description:
A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality.
Thirteen years ago, Sylvia Gray's young daughter, Faye, attacked her babysitter in order to impress the Kingman, a monster she and her best friend had encountered on the Internet. When the now twenty-three-year-old Faye goes missing, leaving her toddler behind, Sylvia launches a search that propels her back into the past and back into the Kingman's orbit. With the help of her estranged husband and a sister she hasn't spoken to in years, Sylvia draws dangerously closer not only to Faye, but also to the truth about the monster that once inspired her. Will Sylvia be able to reach her daughter before history repeats itself? Or will it be Sylvia, this time, who loses her grip on reality and succumbs to the dark powers of this monstrous fiction?
Both literary and suspenseful, Monsters We Have Made confronts the terrors of parenthood and examines the boundaries of love. Most importantly, it reminds us of the power of stories to shape our lives.