Booked For The Summer with Catherine Manett

About this Event

We are super excited for our first summer here at B&N Bridgehampton! We’re planning a month-long event called “Booked for the Summer.” We want to help our customers kickoff their summer the right way by having their favorite authors here at our new store every Saturday and Sunday for the month of June. Join Us!

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Catherine is a graduate of Hofstra University where she studied creative writing. Since then, Catherine started a career as a caseworker for Adult Protective Services. In her position, she assists her community’s most vulnerable adults with connecting to services that meet their essential needs. Through her work, Catherine has found a passion for helping those who battle homelessness. Growing up on Long Island, it became clear to Catherine that the price of living in New York is unaffordable. Because of this, she became a volunteer with a myriad of not-for-profit organizations including, Habitat For Humanity.

Catherine has always had love for writing and was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta in 2015. RUN AWAY HOME: TEMPERED is Catherine’s debut novel and passion project. It will be the first of a series of three.

Peter and Hayley are two young adults who're set to age out of Long Island's foster care system together. It's an exciting time for the two, and life should be fun without rules and the watchful eye of a foster parent. However, with the news of their foster mother's terminal illness, Peter has decided to adopt Danny, a thirteen-year-old boy also in her care. Now, Peter's life isn't the same.

The three must continue to live together in a new apartment. Peter hopes he has created the perfect family, despite their differences. He soon learns what a tremendous burden he's taken on at the young age of twenty-one. Being the sole breadwinner and a new parent means giving up the opportunity to live a carefree life with Hayley. As she continues to struggle with addiction, Hayley competes with Danny for Peter's attention and affection. When that seems to fail, she turns to her new boyfriend and opioid dealer, Tristian, to fill that void.

Peter and Tristian clash immediately. With the prospect of his plans for a perfect family falling apart, Peter begins to hallucinate and flashback to a past he fled on a Scottish Island many years ago.