Meet the Author - Shadley Grei

Seven months ago, Carol Parker left a note on the kitchen counter and walked out on her life, leaving behind a husband of nearly forty years and two adult children to navigate the silence she left behind.

In three days, Clayton is convinced his wife will return. It will be their fortieth wedding anniversary, and he believes she’ll come back to celebrate and rebuild what’s been broken. Frankie and Jules aren’t so sure. Frankie has gone numb in the wake of his own relationship’s collapse, and Jules is barely holding a fragile marriage together. As one Iowa summer weekend unfolds, each of them must face an invitation to rethink the future they were expecting. Told with sharp insight and quiet compassion, Before Closure is a tender portrait of love stretched thin, the burden of unspoken truths, and the messy grace of daring to live.

After two decades of working in the entertainment industry, Shadley Grei moved back to Iowa in 2020 at the start of the pandemic to care for his mother. In the quiet nights after caretaking, he went searching for some creative escape and dusted off a screenplay he had written in 2010 as a subtle love letter to his hometown of Des Moines. That script evolved into his first novel, Before Closure. He is a ghostwriter, consultant, and publisher, living in West Des Moines with his husband, too many books, and never quite enough time to read.

You may also like the following events from Beaverdale Books:

• This Tuesday, 12th August, 06:30 pm, Book Launch - Stephanie R. Caffrey in Des Moines
• This Friday, 15th August, 06:30 pm, Meet the Authors of Word of Mouth: Laura Kina & Jave Yoshimoto in Des Moines
• Next Friday, 22nd August, 06:30 pm, Meet the Author - Elise Wayland in Des Moines

Also check out other Arts events in Des Moines, Literary Art events in Des Moines.