Booksigning - Sarah Willis & Maureen McHugh July 19, 2005

The Sound of Us (Berkley), novelist Sarah Willis? fourth book, is a nuanced and insightful look at foster parenting and racial relationships. Middle-aged and childless, interpreter Alice Marlowe answers a late night phone call that changes the direction of her life. Sarah Willis is a novelist who makes you think about family, friendship, community and society and The Sound of Us will keep you turning pages until the very end.

Maureen McHugh?s collection of short stories, Mothers and Other Monsters (Small Beer Press) is also out this summer. Maureen has won the prestigious Hugo and Locus awards for her short fiction and acclaim for four novels, including Nekropolis, a New York Times Notable book. This collection, featuring ?aging parents, wayward children and nervous stepmothers are all brought to life with graceful restraint and delicacy.? The two page story "Wicked" is a good way to sample the intelligent wit contained in all these stories.