Family business: In her debut novel, Etiquette for Runaways, local resident Liza Nash Taylor sets the action in her own backyard. Inspired by true events, Taylor’s Jazz-Age story follows the fate of May Marshall who, after being expelled from Mary Baldwin College, settles at her father’s Keswick farm and stumbles upon a moonshine enterprise. Taylor will discuss her work virtually with Stephanie Barron, who also writes as Francine Mathews.
Thursday 8/20. 6:30pm. Zoom required. ndbookshop.com.
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