Our first event of 2023 at the bookshop celebrates a new voice in fiction.

Kathy Biggs’ first novel The Luck, published by Welsh women’s press Honno, is an epic generational saga set in America’s rural west.

It is 1930: Beattie and Darragh give all they have to make a living from their Midwest farm, The Luck, pouring their love into their home and their one son. When Conrad leaves to find a new life they are heartbroken, but later thrilled when his two young daughters come to live with them. The girls are a new start for Beattie and she is determined to keep them.

As Olive and Rose grow up as strong-willed as their grandmother, the family will see betrayal, heartbreak, murder and also intense joy in this gripping family saga.

TICKETS

This is a seated event so tickets are very limited. Tickets are £3 (to be discounted from the price of the book if purchased). Please email Jules on jules@northbooks.co.uk or pop into the shop to reserve your place.

At North Books, 4 Castle Street, Hay-on-Wye on Saturday 21 January, 4pm.

THE AUTHOR

Kathy Biggs is originally from Yorkshire, where she trained to be a nurse. She took a summer job in Mid Wales with her husband in 1985 – and never left. They bought a derelict cottage and lived 'off grid' for 14 years. During this time she started a family, trained to be a homeopath and took up Samba drumming. She has lived in her current location for the last 23 years: working and raising her family. She is a keen gardener and leads a local samba band. After being made redundant in 2017 she completed several Creative Writing courses provided by Aberystwyth University and discovered a passion for writing. The Luck is her first novel.