Oct 14 2019
Cynthia Newberry Martin – Tidal Flats

Cynthia Newberry Martin – Tidal Flats

Presented by Point Reyes Books at Point Reyes Books

Cynthia will be introduced by Pam Houston, author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country.

About Tidal Flats
This is the story of a marriage. Mary Cassatt Miller falls for famous photojournalist Ethan Graham. But it's complicated. For months at a time, Ethan's work takes him to Afghanistan, and Cass, who's passionate about her job in Atlanta, wants a husband who comes home at night. Then, there's the issue of family--he wants one; she doesn't.

What they do want is a life together, so Ethan agrees that after three years, he will stop traveling--whether Cass agrees to children or not. But for Cass, who grew up with a mother who didn't want her and a father who was never home, even thinking about children is troubling.

In this elegant and honest debut novel, Cass and Ethan must navigate that fine line between the things they want for themselves and the life they want together, and it appears that Cass will have to choose one or the other.

"With deep insight and unending sensitivity, Cynthia Newberry Martin shows us to ourselves: our penchant for choosing lives that will crack us open, our resilience when our deepest fears come true. In scenes both vivid and emotionally complex, Tidal Flats excavates the interior of a long term marriage, how it demands the impossible, offers the unimaginable. This book is a stunning, heart-expanding debut." --Pam Houston

Cynthia Newberry Martin holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has served as the Review Editor for Contrary Magazine and the Writing Life Editor for Hunger Mountain. Her website features the How We Spend Our Days series, over a decade of essays by writers on their lives. She grew up in Atlanta and now lives in Columbus, Georgia, with her husband, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in a little house by the water.

Admission Info

Free admission

Phone: 415.663.1542

Email: ptreyesbooks@gmail.com

Additional time info:

7:00 pm

Dates & Times

2019/10/14 - 2019/10/14

Location Info

Point Reyes Books

11315 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956