Touch

In Sawgamet, a north woods boomtown gone bust, the cold of winter breaks the glass of the schoolhouse thermometer, and the dangers of working in the cuts are overshadowed by the mysteries and magic lurking in the woods. Stephen, a pastor, is at home on the eve of his mother's funeral, thirty years after the mythic summer his grandfather returned to the town in search of his beloved but long-dead wife. And like his grandfather, Stephen is forced to confront the losses of his past. Touch introduces you to a world where monsters and witches oppose singing dogs and golden caribou, where the living and the dead part and meet again in the crippling beauty of winter and the surreal haze of summer.

Alexi Zentner’s first novel, Touch, is a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a Knopf New Face of Fiction pick. He is the winner of the 2008 Narrative Prize and 2008 O. Henry Prize, and his fiction has been featured in The Atlantic, Tin House, and more. He was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, and currently lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

READERBIO

Norman Dietz is a writer, actor, and solo performer. He is the author of the comic novel Nailing It, as well as two collections of his work. Norman has also performed frequently on radio and television, and has recorded over 150 audiobooks, many of which have earned him awards from AudioFile magazine, the ALA, and Publishers Weekly. Additionally, AudioFile named Norman one of the Best Voices of the Century. He lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.