Maryka Biaggio is the author of a new book, Eden Waits, a work of historical fiction published by Sunbury Press.

Eden Waits is based on the true story of Michigan’s utopian experiment. In 1893, Abraham and Elizabeth Byers launch Hiawatha Colony, a product-sharing community designed to support its members through self-sufficiency. But can this cooperative community withstand internal strife, the harsh wilds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and the antagonism of the outside world?

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Neal Lemery is the author of a new book, Building Community: Rural Voices for Hope and Change: An Oregon Perspective, a nonfiction book published by Happy House Press.

How are rural American communities working to build a better world? These are the stories of building a stronger rural America. These are the stories of a resurgence in diverse talents and work in progress to improve community services, relationships, and to further collective societal values and organizations. Active community involvement engages everyone to address social conditions and improve our collective lives.

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Valerie Brooks will be at Revenge in 3 Parts: Reading and Signing, at 06:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Revenge in 3 Parts: Reading and Signing happens at Hood River Library], 502 State St., Hood River, Oregon.

Valerie J. Brooks will read from her noir suspense novel Revenge in 3 Parts, the first in a trilogy. Protagonist Angeline Porter was unfairly disbarred as a criminal attorney and now seeks justice for others outside. This time she seeks revenge against the man who possibly pushed her sister to suicide. Brooks will talk about the new noir she calls femmes-noir and gives background on why she set the novel in Paris, Portland, and Kauai. Entertaining, fun, and educational.