Author Event with Rachel Beanland, The Half Life
The Bookshelf on Church, West Church Street, Kilmarnock, VA, 22482, United States
An Evening with Rachel Beanland, Author of The Half Life
What happens when the life you chose starts to feel like a cage? When twenty-three-year-old Eileen O’Malley falls for a charming naval officer, she finds herself following him to the tiny, sun-drenched Mediterranean island of La Maddalena — far from everything she’s ever known. But paradise has a dark underbelly: when Italian activists begin sounding the alarm about nuclear contamination in the water, the island erupts in protest — and Eileen’s loyalties begin to shift, drawn into a web of secrets and toward a local journalist who forces her to imagine a life beyond the one she’s been handed.
Atmospheric, sexy, and quietly defiant, The Half Life is a story of love, complicity, and awakening. Readers are calling it a page-turner they literally lost sleep over.
Join us for an intimate evening with Richmond author Rachel Beanland — author of Florence Adler Swims Forever, winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction — as she discusses her stunning new novel, takes questions from the audience, and signs books.
Tickets: 🎟 $45 — includes a Hardcover copy of The Half Life 🎟 $20 — general admission, no book included.
Seating is limited.
