Join us for a free author event at the Brainerd Public Library! Meet the author, hear their work, and ask questions.
On Monday, June 23, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., Minnesota author Peter Geye will discuss his new book, “A Lesser Light: A Novel,” at the Brainerd Public Library. The novel begins in 1910, and Theodulf Sauer has finally achieved a position befitting his ego: master lighthouse keeper at a newly commissioned station towering above Lake Superior. When his new wife, Willa, arrives on the first spring ferry, it’s clear her life has taken the opposite turn: after being summoned home from college to Duluth when her father dies, she and her scheming mother find themselves destitute, and Willa is rushed into this ill-suited arranged marriage before she can comprehend her fate. As the lighthouse station establishes, the new relationship teeters between tense and hostile, with little mutual understanding or tenderness. Willa takes solace in her learned fascination with the cosmos, especially (despite her husband’s suspicion of the event) in viewing the imminent Halley’s Comet. Under ominous night skies, Theodulf stands sentry over the lake, clinging to long-ago and faraway memories of happiness that fill him with longing and shame.
Peter Geye is the award-winning author of “Safe from the Sea,” “The Lighthouse Road,” “Wintering,” “Northernmost,” and “The Ski Jumpers.” He lives in Minneapolis with his family. See more about him at his website: www.petergeye.com.
This presentation is sponsored by the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library through their volunteer and fundraising efforts. No registration is required, and all are welcome.
2025 Summer Author Series schedule:
June 23: Peter Geye, “A Lesser Light: A Novel”
June 30: Sally Franson, “Big in Sweden: A Novel”
July 14: Andrea Gilats, “Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity”
July 21: Josh Moehling, “A Long Time Gone: A Novel”
July 28: Matt Goldman, “The Murder Show: A Novel”
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