Somehow it's Spring

I just love this time of year — everything slowly turning brighter shades of green.

This year winter sped by, days toppling over each other. I’m relishing my daily woods walks, making sure I mark the change of seasons.

Scroll down for:

• information about launch events

• B&N 25% off preorder sale

• Amazon First Reads (ebook of In the Great Quiet free for one more week)

But first—

• the snowdrops sprouting in the forest, there one day & gone the next

• vintage purses - I’ve rediscovered Poshmark & adore my vintage tapestry purse

• did I share this yet? I’m obsessed. Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

• one night, out back, the owls were wildly wild wild—I woke up in the dead of night & asked my husband: “Is that real?” It was evocative.

• my new parenting rule: “obvs you must ask for screentime, unless it’s LOTR, and that’s always okay”

• rereading Seasons of Wonder by Bonnie Smith Whitehouse - It’s rejuvenating & wise.

Magic City Books - 7:00 pm - launch party: Q&A, signing, & mini pies

Full Circle Books - 6:30 pm​ - Q&A and signing

Vintage Books and Wine - 7:00 pm -in conversation with Andrea Catalano, author of The First Witch of Boston

Good on Paper - 7:30 pm - in conversation with Andrea Catalano, author of The First Witch of Boston

Bookclub - message for details

Women in the Woods - nature hike & book chat

See here for the full list of events.

In the Great Quiet is 25% off if you preorder on Barnes & Noble—until tomorrow, March 26.

If you’ve been meaning to order a print copy, now’s the time—as In the Great Quiet releases next week, April 1!

In the Great Quiet was selected at a March Editors’ Choice for Amazon First Reads. The ebook is F R E E for Prime Members and $1.99 for everyone else.

You can read my debut, NOW, before the print and audiobook launches next week. Questions, see this post!

We’re reading Wendell Berry’s The Peace of Wild Things: Poems in April.

And can I tell you, I’m so deliriously happy to slip that volume into my vintage tapestry satchel this month. His poems are always a salve. Here’s a link to this years’ book club picks for Laura’s Wayward Book Club.

Friends, thank you, each one of you, for your support. Thank you for every review and message. My debut season has brimmed with such joy. You’ve helped boldly launch In the Great Quiet.

I hope, wherever you are, that you are finding little moments of joy and beauty today. Tell me about your wildest surprise, this season.

xo,

Laura