LONG MAN’S PILLOW | A Busboys and Poets Presentation
Date and Time
Sep 15, 2024 6:00 pm
Location
Columbia
6251 Mango Tree Rd, Columbia, Maryland, 21044
Sep 15, 2024 6:00 pm
Columbia
Three years into a global drought, Vicki Truax, a lonely Baltimorean, inherits a rundown cabin outside a remote Appalachian town. In a parched and dying landscape, water has become the most precious of commodities.
When a subterranean aquifer is discovered on her land, Vicki finds herself in the midst of an escalating war between violent “moonshiners” who have occupied an abandoned resort on the land adjacent to her own, desperate townsfolk who are inclined to take matters into their own hands, and a merciless businessman with an eye to maximizing profits. The water supply, however, is limited, and the thirsty populace grows by the day.
In a new world, where the distribution of water decides who lives and who dies, Vicki must wrestle with the most difficult of choices—until the choice is no longer hers to make.
Julie Castillo is joining us on the Busboys stage to celebrate the release of her first solo-authored novel and share more about what inspired her to write this story. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Castillo will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of LONG MAN’S PILLOW will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Julie Castillo is a novelist, professor of anthropology, and futurist. She previously published Eat Local for Less, a guide to sustainable eating. She currently lives as a digital nomad with her husband and two dogs. The Long Man’s Pillow is her first solo-authored novel.
