Tuesday, August 19 @ 7PM | What the River Keeps, Cheryl Grey Bostrom
Book Celebration with Author Cheryl Grey Bostrom (Cheryl Hobson, PAHS ’71)
Sunset Bar & Lounge open 5PM – 9PM
Join Pacific Northwest author and Port Angeles local Cheryl Grey Bostrom (Cheryl Hobson, PAHS ’71) for a reading from her latest novel, What the River Keeps. Set on the shores of the Elwha River during the restoration and removal of two century-old dams, this beautiful and engrossing love story celebrates the natural beauty of the Olympic Peninsula.
PAHS Alumni and fellow former Salmon Derby Days Queen Gail Ralston will introduce Cheryl Grey Bostrom, who will provide a brief presentation and reading. Following the reading, Cheryl’s childhood neighbor and friend Deb Reed will end the evening with an interview and audience Q&A.
Port Book and News will be onsite with copies of What the River Keeps available for purchase and signing. Enter our onsite raffle to win a free copy!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A keen student of the natural world and the workings of the human heart, Pacific Northwest author Cheryl Grey Bostrom captures the mystery and wonder of both in her lyrical, surprising fiction.
Her novels Sugar Birds (Christy finalist, Amazon bestseller, and Book of the Year) and Leaning on Air have won more than two dozen industry honors, among which are Christianity Today’s Fiction Award of Merit and American Fiction, Reader’s Favorite, ACFW Carol, Nautilus, Best Book, Foreword Indies, IPPY, and International Book Awards. KIRKUS REVIEWS named Cheryl’s newest work of contemporary women’s fiction, What the River Keeps, as a Best Indies Book of June 2025.
An avid birder and nature photographer, Cheryl lives in rural Washington State with her veterinarian husband and a pack of half-trained Gordon setters.
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