You are cordially invited to the Book Launch Party on Wednesday, March 26th at 4:00 p.m., at the Vogel Room (Rm. 223), second floor, Student Union at Washburn University.
Remarks by Topeka Mayor Michael Padilla.
Books will be available for purchase for $20, tax included.
Remarks by Topeka Mayor Michael Padilla.
Books will be available for purchase for $20, tax included.
DIRECTIONS: Memorial Union is directly south of White Concert Hall on the Washburn campus. Enter through the door under the archway (under the large tower). There is an elevator right there on your right. Take the elevator to the Upper Level. Go down the long atrium hallway until it dead-ends. The Vogel Room is on your right.
LUNACY AND ACTS OF GOD is a coming of age story set against 1950s real life events in Topeka, Kansas. With plenty of quirky, humorous characters and a compelling murder mystery, the book reflects the impact of family and community on prejudice passed through generations, marginalized peoples, our differences, similarities, and choices.
Available at Amazon, Bookshop.org, and wherever books are sold.
What reviewers say about LUNACY AND ACTS OF GOD:
Available at Amazon, Bookshop.org, and wherever books are sold.
What reviewers say about LUNACY AND ACTS OF GOD:
- “Melody tells her story reminiscent of the young girl Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird. She listens and observes others then weaves in an unsolved murder mystery in this page-turning and engaging read.”
- “What a thoroughly enjoyable, moving read your book is! Can this really be your first novel? You must have a native gift for plotting and pacing and character development, and for blending it all together into a book that pulses with life.”
- “What a witty and wonderfully readable book! Full of laugh-out-loud scenes, Lunacy and Acts of God will keep anyone up all night to find out what happens next.”
- “A charming and fantastical coming of age story. A young girl wrestles with the social ills of racism, mental illness, the abuses of powerful institutions, [and] life’s many nuanced shades of gray.”
- “This fine novel tells an American story featuring characters so broken and vulnerable and horrible and redeeming and real that you’d swear they can exist only in fiction—until you realize that you know them--right now. That is the power and the humility of Ruth Maus’ debut.”
- “Ruth Maus’s character, Melody, belongs in that august pantheon of American child characters founded by Mark Twain who are able to expound upon the madness of their times with a magnificent wit and wisdom so far beyond their years, you keep turning the pages.”
- “A refreshing glimpse into history and human nature.”
- “Follow the misadventures of Ruth Maus’ heroine as [she] tries to make sense of the prejudices and loving loyalties of her quirky Kansas community.”
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