Readings

Joe Wilkins joins us to read from his debut novel Fall Back Down When I Die, published by Little, Brown. The book tells the story of  Wendell Newman, a young ranch hand in Montana who has recently lost his mother. Wendell is broke and owes back taxes on his parent's land. Into this situation comes seven-year-old Rowdy Burns, the mute and traumatized son of Wendell's incarcerated cousin. Wendell, as the boy's only remaining relative, must care for him. What is initially an ordeal turns into an unexpected and affectionate bond, one that is stretched to the breaking point during the first legal wolf hunt in Montana in more than thirty years. This haunting novel is an unforgettable tale of sacrificial love, with two indelible characters…