BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Montreal BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Montreal:20260717T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Montreal:20260717T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ethan Joella (The Top of the World) Author Talk and Signing DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ethan Joella for his new book\, The Top of the World. About the Book A heartbreaking\, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick\, A Little Hope about a young woman searching for answers about her brother's last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school\, the future hers to embrace but she's still reeling from the death of her older brother\, Chip. A devastating diagnosis the summer before prompted Chip to leave home for a few months\, never revealing where he went. Maggie's search for clues leads her to The Red Maple Inn\, a mountaintop resort in the Poconos. At the Red Maple\, Maggie is welcomed into a tight-knit community. As she unravels secrets about her brother's final days\, she begins to connect with the people he loved\, and whose lives he touched. Through the warmth of strangers\, Maggie begins to heal and is able to help others cope with loss. Set in a nostalgic resort town over two transformative summers\, this dual-narrative novel explores sibling relationships\, coming of age\, and the quiet power of human connection. Perfect for fans of emotional storytelling and small-town summer books\, The Top of the World is a timeless story about memory\, grief\, second chances\, and hope. About the AuthorEthan Joella teaches English and psychology at the University of Delaware. He is the author of A Little Hope\, which was a Read with Jenna Bonus Selection\; A Quiet Life\; The Same Bright Stars\; and The Top of the World. He lives in Rehoboth Beach\, Delaware\, with his wife and two daughters. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ethan Joella for his new book\, The Top of the World. \;

About the Book \;

A heartbreaking\, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella&mdash\;author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick\, A Little Hope&mdash\;about a young woman searching for answers about her brother&rsquo\;s last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school\, the future hers to embrace&mdash\;but she&rsquo\;s still reeling from the death of her older brother\, Chip. A devastating diagnosis the summer before prompted Chip to leave home for a few months\, never revealing where he went. Maggie&rsquo\;s search for clues leads her to The Red Maple Inn\, a mountaintop resort in the Poconos. At the Red Maple\, Maggie is welcomed into a tight-knit community. As she unravels secrets about her brother&rsquo\;s final days\, she begins to connect with the people he loved\, and whose lives he touched. Through the warmth of strangers\, Maggie begins to heal and is able to help others cope with loss. Set in a nostalgic resort town over two transformative summers\, this dual-narrative novel explores sibling relationships\, coming of age\, and the quiet power of human connection. Perfect for fans of emotional storytelling and small-town summer books\, The Top of the World is a timeless story about memory\, grief\, second chances\, and hope. \;

About the Author

Ethan Joella teaches English and psychology at the University of Delaware. He is the author of A Little Hope\, which was a Read with Jenna Bonus Selection\; A Quiet Life\; The Same Bright Stars\; and The Top of the World. He lives in Rehoboth Beach\, Delaware\, with his wife and two daughters.

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