Author Meredith Hall, Beneficence

Gibson's Bookstore, founded in 1898, is the oldest independent bookstore in New Hampshire, and is the largest independent bookstore in Northern New England.

Gibson's Bookstore

Virtual author event with novelist Meredith Hall, with her new title, Beneficence. In conversation with Wesley McNair.

(Zoom registration link provided in confirmation email, scroll to bottom, it&#x27;s hidden!)&quot;If the word &#x27;luminous&#x27; didn&#x27;t already exist, you&#x27;d have to invent it to describe Meredith Hall&#x27;s radiant new novel Beneficence.&quot;--Richard RussoMeredith Hall (Without A Map) visits Gibson&#x27;s Bookstore virtually to share her radiant debut novel, Beneficence, a study of love--both its gifts and its obligations--that will stay with readers long after the last page. With a rare tenderness and compassion, Beneficence illuminates the heart&#x27;s enduring covenants and compromises. Meredith will be joined in conversation by Wesley McNair at this special pre-publication day event.When they meet in the 1930s, Doris and Tup&#x27;s love is immediate. They marry quickly and Doris commits to the only life Tup ever wanted: working the Senter family farm, where his parents and grandparents and great-grandparents are buried under the old pines. Their lives follow the calming rhythms of the land--chores in the cow barn, haying the fields, tending their gardens--and in this they find immeasurable joy.Soon their first child, Sonny, is born and Doris and Tup understand they are blessed. More children arrive--precocious, large-hearted Dodie and quiet, devoted Beston--but Doris and Tup take nothing for granted. They are grateful every day for the grace of their deep bonds to each other, to their family, and to their bountiful land. As they hold fast to this contentment, Doris is uneasy, and confesses, &quot;We can&#x27;t ever know what will come.&quot;When an unimaginable tragedy turns the family of five into a family of four, everything the Senters held faith in is shattered. The family is consumed by a dark shadow of grief and guilt. Slowly, the surviving Senters must find their way to forgiveness--of themselves and of each other.Event harassment policy:We expect all participants to maintain an atmosphere of respect and fairness. Anyone who violates this standard of behavior, including engaging in any form of harassment, or otherwise disrupts the event, may, at the discretion of the organizers, be immediately removed. Participants removed as a result of their behavior will not receive any refund.

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