“One of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read.” - Karen Russell
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome debut novelist Christopher M. Hood to Harrisburg for an in-person presentation and signing on his novel, THE REVIVALISTS. This event is free and open to the public.
Bill and Penelope are the lucky ones. Not only do they survive the Shark Flu emerging from the melting Icelandic permafrost to sweep like a scythe across the world, but they begin to rebuild a life in the wreckage of the old. A garden to feed themselves planted where the lawn used to be, a mattress pulled down to the living room fireplace for warmth. Even Bill’s psychology practice endures the collapse of the social order, the handful of remaining clients bartering cans of food for their sessions. But when their daughter’s voice over the radio in the kitchen announces that she’s joined a cult three thousand miles away in Bishop, California, they leave it all behind to embark on a perilous trek across the hollowed-out remains of America to save her.
Their journey is an unforgettable odyssey through communities scattered across the continent, but for all the ways that the world has changed, the hopes and fears of this little family remain the same as they always have been. In The Revivalists, Christopher M. Hood creates a haunting, moving, darkly funny, and ultimately hopeful portrait of a world and a marriage tested by extraordinary circumstances.
About the Author:
A graduate of UC Irvine’s MFA program, Christopher M. Hood is the director of the Creative Writing Program at the Dalton School. He has published short fiction and essays in various literary journals. The Revivalists is his first novel. He lives in the New York area with his wife and daughter.
