Author of 'Stay' at Bookstore

RFH 2010, Arts

Sun, Jul 11, 2010

Author Allie Larkin will read from her humorous debut novel Stay on Thursday, July 22 at 7 p.m. at the Colgate Bookstore. The reading will be followed by a Q&A, book-signing, and reception; the event is free and open to the public.

Stay is the story of Savannah “Van” Leone who has just watched the man of her dreams marry her best friend. Heartbroken, Van drowns her sorrows in Kool-Aid–vodka cocktails and reruns of Rin Tin Tin and does something crazy: She buys a German Shepherd over the Internet. Together, Van and her new companion, Joe—a clumsy, slobbering hundred-pound beast that only responds to commands in Slovak—begin to mend the pieces of her shattered heart and get her life back on track. But sometimes life gets more complicated before it gets better.

Publishers Weekly has called Stay “a funny and touching story about love, loss, and dog ownership.” Kirkus Reviews praised it as “Smart … with emotional depth” and “a cut above the romantic comedies that flood the market every summer.”

Larkin lives in Rochester, with her husband, Jeremy, their two German Shepherds, Argo (featured on the cover of Stay) and Stella, and a three-legged cat. She is the cofounder of TheGreenists.com, a site dedicated to helping readers take simple steps toward going green. Stay is her first novel.

For more information about the event, please visit www.colgatebookstore.com/stay or contact the Colgate Bookstore at 228-7480.

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