“Monsters We Have Made,” published earlier in 2024, is Starck’s second novel. Thirteen years ago, Sylvia Gray’s young daughter, Faye, attacked her babysitter in order to impress the Kingman, a monster she and her best friend had encountered on the Internet. When the now twenty-three-year-old Faye goes missing, leaving her toddler behind, Sylvia launches a search that propels her back into the past and back into the Kingman’s orbit.
A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality. Lindsay will read from the novel and take audience questions, and copies of the novel will be available to purchase.
This event is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. Call the McMillan Memorial Library at 715-422-5136 for more information.
Support for the 2024 Central Wisconsin Book Festival was provided through the Marathon County Public Library, Portage County Public Library and McMillan Memorial Library; the Community Arts Grant Program of the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, with funds provided by the Wisconsin Arts Board, a state agency; the Community Foundation; and the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation.
Support also provided by the Murco Foundation; Ruder Ware Law Firm; the Portage County Public Library Foundation; Center for the Visual Arts; the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Libraries; Bound to Happen Books; Sojourn Booksellers; and Janke Book Store.
