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Books & Brews March 12 & 13 2019

Our March  Books & Brews features Inman Majors discussing his book, Penelope Lemon; Game On! Penelope Lemon is a recent divorcee, closet Metallica fan, and accidental subversive to all the expectations of suburban motherhood. After ending her marriage with James, a woodsy intellectual who favors silky kimonos too short for his knobby knees, Penelope finds herself, at forty, living with her randy mother in her childhood home. Broke and desperate for work, she waitresses at Coonskins, a frontier-themed restaurant where the decor is heavy on stuffed mammals and discarded peanut shells.

Despite the pitfalls of balancing parental duties, jobs, and the vagaries of middle-age life, Penelope pushes through one obstacle after another, trying to regain her independence. Whether fumbling through the world of online dating; coping with a bullying situation involving her son, Theo, something of a gastric wonder on the school bus; or wrestling with the discovery of nude photos from her carefree college days that are not quite as “artistic” as she remembers, Penelope gradually emerges as a modern-day heroine who navigates the assorted inanities of life with verve and humor.

Audacious and laugh-out-loud funny, Inman Majors’s new novel holds up a fun-house mirror to the relatable challenges of being a single parent in the digital age. All those who live by the beat of their own drum gain a co-conspirator, an accomplice, and a champion in the unstoppable Penelope Lemon.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Pale Fire Brewing Company in Harrisonburg at 7pm. Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in Crozet at the Pro Re Nata Farm Brewery at 7pm.

WMRA's Books & Brews series is sponsored by Union Bank & Trust.

When you present your WMRA Member Card at either event, you'll receive a certificate for a complimentary beer.

No tickets are required.

Inman Majors is a novelist originally from Knoxville, TN who is now a  Creative Writing professor at James Madison University. His novels are Swimming in the SkyWonderdogThe MillionairesLove's Winning Plays, and the recently released Penelope Lemon: Game On!

Martin was born and raised in Lenkisem, Kajiado County, Kenya. He moved to the US in 2013 to attend James Madison University where he studied Integrated Science and Technology with a concentration in Information and Knowledge Management.