top of page

Book Lovers

Mon, Feb 06

|

Birch Tree Bookstore

Join us for a discussion of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella with your host Amanda.

Registration is closed
See other events
Book Lovers
Book Lovers

Time & Location

8 more dates

Feb 06, 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Birch Tree Bookstore, 11 W Market St, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA

About the event

From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways.

Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip of winter, A Quiet Life follows three people grappling with loss and finding a tender wisdom in their grief.

Chuck Ayers used to look forward to nothing so much as his annual trip to Hilton Head with his wife, Cat--that yearly taste of relaxation they'd become accustomed to in retirement, after a lifetime of working and raising two children. Now, just months after Cat's death, Chuck finds that he can't let go of her things--her favorite towel, the sketchbooks in her desk drawer--as he struggles to pack for a trip he can't imagine taking without her.

Ella Burke delivers morning newspapers and works at a bridal shop to fill her days while she anxiously…

Share this event

bottom of page