Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, as well The Half Moon, Fever, and The Walking People, returns to SAS. In conversation with Anna Katsavos, Keane will discuss her latest novel, Whale Harbor, a sweeping multigenerational saga inspired by the author's family history. In a small rural village in 1960s Ireland, after the death of their mother during childbirth, their father makes arrangements for raising eleven grieving brothers who range in age from teenager down to newborn. The older boys emigrate to England and the U.S. for work, while the younger ones stay behind. The second eldest, Macdara, sets off for a job on a Montana cattle ranch and promises to bring his spirited younger brother Rian when he is old enough. Rian runs away at age 13 and his disappearance haunts the rest of his family for decades. Spanning lifetimes and continents, Whale Harbor is “tender, immersive, and exquisitely written” (Florence Knapp, author of The Names). The family epic, told with Keane's signature wit and eloquence, is expansive yet intimate with emotional reverberations across generations.
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