Carrie Classon - Loon Point

Overview

Join Subtext Books at The Saint Paul University Club for the newly released novel Loon Point by Carrie Classon.

Carrie Classon is a performer and a nationally syndicated columnist with Andrews McMeel Universal. After founding and running a professional Equity theater for seven years, Carrie earned her MBA and began working in international business. She also holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of New Mexico. In her 600-word weekly column, The Postscript, Carrie writes about the transformative power of optimism and how to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. She champions the idea that it's never too late to reinvent our lives in unexpected and fulfilling ways.

Loon Point is set against the rugged beauty of the northern woods, this debut novel explores how chosen family can sweeten bitterness into surprising joy. Alone in the Northwoods, Norry Last settles in for another springtime lull at the remote resort she inherited from her father. She’s content with the solitude, maybe resigned. But when a blizzard hits, those little cabins by the lake start to fill up fast.