Book Launch: Ashes in a Coconut by Bo Kearns
Occidental Center for the Arts
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 7:00 pm
In 1983, New York City fashion designer Laura Harrison sets aside her career and accompanies her banker husband Jack to Indonesia to save her marriage. Finding herself in a culture of mysticism and superstition, Laura experiences feelings of unease and haunting premonitions. Still, she’s determined to make things work. As she attempts to grow closer to her husband, they become at odds over his shady business dealings. When her premonitions become reality, events spin out of control.
Bo Kearns, journalist, and writer of fiction, is the author of Ashes in a Coconut, a novel set in Indonesia, where he lived for three years. In his career in international finance, he lived in Bahrain, Indonesia, and London. He is a feature writer with Northbay biz magazine and the Sonoma Index-Tribune newspaper. His short stories have won awards—First Prize, Napa Valley College writing contest, Honorable Mention-Glimmer Train Fiction Open competition, and Finalist- Redwood Writers On the Edge genre competition. Other works have been published in the annual California Writers Club Literary Review, Napa Valley Writers First Press, The Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine and Sonoma: Stories of a Region and Its People. He is a UC Naturalist, beekeeper, avid hiker and active supporter of conservation causes. He lives in Sonoma with his wife and rescue dog Jake.
The author will share from his personal experiences, along with selected readings from the novel, accompanied by a slide show.
Book sales and signing will follow.
Admission is free. (Donations gratefully accepted)
Indonesian treats will be available by donation.
Beer/wine available for sale.
Location:
Occidental Center for the Arts
3850 Doris Murphy Court
Occidental, CA 95465
(707) 874-9392
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