Field releases short story collection
Field releases short story collection
Kona/Dallas resident and writer Suzanne Field recently released her latest book, “Sixteen Short Stories.”
Field’s writing plumbs internal conflicts which are often more significant than outward events. This collection wades into life’s messiness and compels readers to ponder difficult but familiar foibles of human life.
“If you see yourself in this eclectic mix, be ready to squirm,” she said. Whom might readers recognize? The perfectionist, the pampered, the introvert, the grieved, the critic, and more.
The book follows publication of “The Painted Table,” a novel about shedding baggage from a childhood marked by family mental illness, in 2013.
Field’s books are available for purchase at www.amazon.com.
Book sale benefits Kona libraries
The Friends of the Libraries, Kona will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on the lanai of the Kailua-Kona Public Library. Proceeds from sales help support the needs of Kona libraries.
Teachers will receive special discounts with their official school ID. In celebration of National Library Week, FOLK is offering a special discount if you buy a $10 Book Bag, which can be filled with free fiction books.
Volunteers are welcome and book donations are accepted. A special discount is offered to teachers with ID.
Info/volunteer: 322-0077.
Fiction book club meets Tuesday
Kona Stories hosts a fiction book club discussing “The Widow” by Fiona Barton on Tuesday.
The group meets at 6:30 p.m. at the store. Book groups are free if books are purchased at Kona Stories, or a $5 donation is requested.
Following the twists and turns of an unimaginable crime, “The Widow” is an electrifying debut thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife.
There’s a lot Jean hasn’t said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment. Now her husband is dead, and there’s no reason to stay quiet. The truth — that’s all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anything.
Barton trains and works with journalists all over the world. Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards. The Widow is her first novel, and she’s working on her second.
Info: Brenda or Joy, 324-0350, www.konastories.com.
Book group to discuss ‘Man Without a Country’
North Kohala Public Library’s book group meets at 11 a.m. on Tuesday in Kapaau.
April’s book selection is, “Man Without a Country” by Kurt Vonnegut. The book is an essay collection published in 2005 with topics ranging from the importance of humor, to problems with modern technology, to Vonnegut’s opinions on the differences between men and women.
Info: 889-6655. ■