Leif Enger | Author Leif Enger discusses "I Cheerfully Refuse"

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Bestselling, award-winning novelist, Leif Enger, a story-teller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), will discuss his most recent novel, I Cheerfully Refuse.

Set in a not-too-distant America roiled by climate change and societal collapse, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician, the affable Rainy, who sets sail across Lake Superior in search of his departed, bookseller wife. The Gulliver-like challenges of life on a turbulent sea grow into something wide and wild, sweeping up friends and foes alike in its strengthening wake. I Cheerfully Refuse is a harrowing nautical tale buoyed by beauty and unexpected kindness—a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.

About the Author

LEIF ENGER grew up in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River, which won the Booksense Award for Fiction and was named one of the Year's Best Books by Time Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was also a national bestseller. It was a Midwest Booksellers Honor Book, and won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction. His third novel Virgil Wander was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was named a best book of the year by Amazon, Library Journal, Bookpage, and Chicago Public Library. He lives with his wife in Duluth, MN.

Learn more about Leif Enger at leifenger.com.

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