Lunch in the Loft: Debra Gwartneyon, will be discussing her beautiful new memoir I Am a Stranger Here Myself. Her memoir tells of her childhood as a lonely girl growing up in rural Idaho. But in an interesting and non-traditional twist, she interweaves the story of Narcissa Whitman, the first Caucasian woman to cross theFind OUT MORE

Join Beach Books for Lunch in the Loft with Apricot Irving. The 2019 Oregon Book Award finalist, retraces the story of her family In her memoir The Gospel of Trees Irving. The New Yorker review of her book says "Irving moves seamlessly between the wide-eyed perspective of the child and the critical gaze of theFind OUT MORE

Come enjoy Lunch in the Loft with Erica Bauemeister. Erica will talk about her new novel, The Scent Keeper, a moving and evocative coming-of-age novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the cluesFind OUT MORE

Lunch in the Loft with Linda B. Myers at Beach Books in Seaside. Her novel Fog Coast Runaway tells a story of a young girl who vanishes on the North Oregon Coast. Set during much the same time period as Karl Marlantes' Deep River, Adelia Wright is armed only with survival skills learned from aFind OUT MORE

Lunch in the Loft with Jackie Shannon Hollis, This Particular Happiness . Jackie grew up in Condon, Oregon, expecting to follow the traditional country girl's path of marriage, children and happily ever after. However, Jackie left Condon for college, married, divorced and eventually met the man of her dreams. A man who definitely did notFind OUT MORE

Lunch in the Loft with Marianne Monson at Beach Books. Her Quiet Revolution: A Novel of Martha Hughes Cannon: Frontier Doctor and First Female State Senator is an historically rich novel that brings to life the fascinating story of America's first female state senator, Martha Hughes Cannon, who was also a doctor, suffragist, and championFind OUT MORE