Straight Up

On Saturday, October 24, Rachel Coyne will be at Magers & Quinn to read from her new novel Whiskey Heart at 7:00pm. Alcohol is the villain in this novel, and Coyne tells her story of grief and redemption in a heightened language that will captivate readers. It’s a literary soap opera that forces its narrator to deal with one predicament after another in a world of anger, denial, and moments of fierce joy. When Rachel Coyne was fifteen, her estranged father entered alcohol rehab after drinking himself into a coma that lasted so long he claims he heard the dead whispering to him.

“Whiskey Heart lays bare the destructive power of family love, and yet Coyne’s voice--as clear and sweet as water--charges the novel with a visionary light. Rich in character, place, and incident, the story moves like fate toward its final chapter.”--Lin Enger

“Coyne understands the human heart--she knows all the dark corners, twisted by the heat and hurt of love, and she knows the odd paths back from ruin. I couldn’t put it down.”--Jonis Agee

Details of this event are here.--David E