We have a real treat for you as we shepherd in the summer with a brand new book from Barbara Linn Probst.
Join author Barbara Probst in conversation with artist Erin Carney as we celebrate the launch of Barbara’s latest book, Roll the Sun Across the Sky. Our guests will explore themes of art in Barbara’s writing and how she approaches the creative process. Barbara will also read a bit from her book - and both guests will take questions from the audience.
A little about the book:
For fans of dual-timeline, mother-daughter novels like The Paper Palace and Tom Lake, Roll the Sun Across the Sky is a compelling contemporary novel about a woman’s struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.
At this event, Barbara will offer two very special treats: Lovely bags of chocolate kisses for each attendee (courtesy of our author) and a door prize of a book bundle of Barbara’s first three books. Will this be your lucky day?
Please RSVP here to let us know you’re planning on coming. Copies of Roll the Sun Across the Sky will be available for purchase and signing.
About Barbara
Barbara Linn Probst is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction living on an historic dirt road in New York’s Hudson Valley. Each of her novels has been a medalist for prestigious national awards, including the Nautilus Award, the Independent Book Publishers Award for both popular and literary fiction, and the Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction. Barbara’s latest novel, Roll the Sun Across the Sky, launches in May of 2025—a mesmerizing and unforgettable story that New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis calls “a treasure—profound and moving, and impossible to put down.”
Barbara has a PhD in clinical social work and is a former teacher, researcher, therapist, and advocate for out-of-the-box kids. She has given presentations and workshops for organizations including the Women’s Fiction Writers Association and the Kauai Writers Conference, and has published more than 80 essays on the craft of writing and the writing life. When not writing, she’s a “serious amateur pianist” and an avid traveler to places from Iceland and Alaska to Armenia and the Himalayas.
About the Book
From the ruins of Egypt to the privileged life of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the story of a woman’s odyssey through the maze of love, loyalty, recklessness, and remorse, as the consequences of her acts ripple through the generations.
Approaching a milestone birthday, Arden Rice has seen it all: three marriages, hardship and wealth, choices she both regrets and defends, all fueled by the same fierce desire—to give her daughter the best possible life. At least, that’s what Arden tells herself.
But nothing is simple. Arden is haunted by her impetuous history, with its trail of damage and deception. Yet she’s finally made a life where she can be her best self—until the unthinkable happens, and a train engineer’s lapse in attention throws that life into chaos.
Secrets begin to unravel, and Arden finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew—along with her own role in shaping the disturbing person her daughter has become. As the stakes increase, especially for the vulnerable granddaughter who’s now in her care, Arden must face questions she’s spent a lifetime avoiding: Which acts define a person? Can someone be better than her worst acts?
For fans of dual-timeline and mother-daughter novels, a compelling story about a woman’s struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.