2 Wellesley authors to give readings at Wellesley Books

Monday, November 14th 2016 @ 7pm
Elizabeth C. Wellington, Circus Girl
Author appearance, discussion, Q&A, and book signing

In Wellington’s debut novel, it is 1971 and seventeen-year-old Sarah Cunningham is consumed by wanderlust. When her passion for capturing interesting subjects through her camera lens leads Sarah to a grassy lot one day, she becomes immediately mesmerized by the fascinating circus life that surrounds her. Eager to fit in and in need of a passport into a world beyond her reach, Sarah escapes her scripted suburban life, makes the circus her family, and loses her virginity to West, a handsome performer with a gift for handling wild animals. While under the spell of circus mystique, Sarah falls in love with West and the nomadic way of life as she mingles with jailbirds and performers alike. As the tour nears its end, the gritty underbelly of the circus is revealed. Just before the show reaches winter quarters in Florida, Sarah makes two unwanted discoveries that place her prematurely into adulthood and lead her to face major life choices.

Wednesday, November 16th 2016 @ 7pm
Author appearance, discussion, Q&A, and book signing  
Matthew G. McKay, Evolved

In this debut scifi novel set in a society in which silicon and organic life forms blend almost seamlessly, Amos must choose between love and societal salvation, silicon and organic life, science and spirituality that was abandoned long ago. In this world, the government has used science to manage evolution for over a millennia to produce humans capable of overcoming apocalyptic challenges. Amos Hare is the final product of the evolution project and must solve the puzzle of a low entropy singularity in space called Kairos, or pregnant time.

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Thursday, November 17th 2016 @ 7pm
Author appearance, discussion, Q&A, and book signing
Margot Livesey, Mercury

Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury—a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past—arrives at Windy Hill and everything changes.