Author Talk with Jim Minick
Venue: Blacksburg Library, Blacksburg
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Time: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
Blacksburg Library presents an Author Talk with Jim Minick on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

Join us for an evening of conversation with Jim Minick about his debut novel, "Fire is Your Water".

Sacred chants are Ada Franklin’s power and her medicine. By saying them, she can remove warts, stanch bleeding, and draw the fire from burns. At age twenty, her reputation as a faith healer defines her in her rural Pennsylvania community. But on the day in 1953 that her family’s barn is consumed by flame, her identity as a healer is upended. The heat, the roar of the blaze, and the bellows of the trapped cows change Ada. For the first time, she fears death and—for the first time—she doubts God. With her belief goes her power to heal. Then Ada meets an agnostic named Will Burk and his pet raven, Cicero.

Built on magical realism and social observation in equal measure, "Fire Is Your Water" never gives way to sentimentality and provides an insider’s glimpse into the culture of Appalachia. A jealous raven, a Greek chorus of one, punctuates the story with its judgments on the characters and their actions, until a tragic accident brings Ada and Will together in a deeper connection.

For more information on the book, visit: http://www.jim-minick.com/wpdev/.

Autographed books will be available for purchase.

For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735 or call 540-552-8246.