Wedding in October

"e;A novel about loss and learning and love that is hard to put down and not to be forgotten"e; from the author of Necessary Deaths (Carl Dawson, author of Living Backwards).An off-season wedding at a local resort is an exciting event for nineteen-year-old Miller and the residents of the small town where he lives in 1950s Michigan. After all, the owners of the resort are local royalty-and it is their daughter who is getting married. Miller and his brother will be working behind the scenes at the wedding fattening their wallets in the process. It's a win-win situation. But it's the bride's sister who steals the scene for Miller. And though she's ten years his senior-and married-they embark on an unforgettable love affair that will change the trajectory of both of their lives."e;A rich and gorgeous novel, deeply rooted in memory, delicately constructed, filled with subtle and compelling characters. While grappling with universal themes and events, Geoffrey Clark creates a world that is unmistakably Midwestern: fertile and expansive, plain-spoken and harshly beautiful. Wedding in October will lay claim to readers' minds and hearts, its hold both gentle and utterly tenacious."e; -Susan Dodd, author of The Silent Woman"e;Geoffrey Clark formulated into words those sublime experiences that habitually leave no trace in the compartments of our consciousness save a film whose images have silvered."e; -Dennis Must, author of Banjo Grease