Join the Newport Public Library in welcoming local author Debra Curtis to discuss her debut novel, "Laws of Love and Logic" on Thursday September 17th at 6:30pm.
Registration Required.
About the book:
In the serene town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lily Webb is deeply
in love with a charismatic boy, a college-bound quarterback whose
spectacular athletic talents are matched only by his fierce devotion.
But their dreams of a life together are cut short when his passionate
protectiveness leads to an irrevocable choice—one that tears them apart
and leads Lily down a path of heartbreak from which she may never
recover.
Lily already knows the sting of loss, beginning with the death of her
mother, a tragedy that left deep scars on both her and her gifted
younger sister, Jane. Jane seeks escape in the abstract world of
mathematics and quantum mechanics—when she can keep the demons that fuel
her
addictions at bay. As the years pass, Lily buries her twin griefs deep
in her heart, finding solace and a new beginning with Marshall
Middleton, a renowned ornithologist whose love is as steadfast as the
migration patterns he studies. Yet the shadows of her past linger.
When the boy who was once everything to Lily reappears in her life, she struggles with questions
around that terrible night in high school. Can she reconcile the wild
wonderment of her first love with the comfort and safety of her second?
Laws of Love and Logic explores love’s enduring power and the human
spirit’s capacity for forgiveness and redemption.
About the author:
Debra Curtis is a retired professor of cultural anthropology at Salve Regina University, where she specialized in gender and sexuality. This is her first novel. She is the mother of grown-up twin girls and lives in Rhode Island with her husband.