Now available from Toad Hall Editions
This is a solid, meditative collection of interconnected short stories that weave together seemingly disparate narratives into a satisfying and cohesive whole. Bonazzoli opts for a poetic and introspective approach to writing in this collection, which fits the mood of the book well. Intriguingly, many of the stories are presented as narrators conversing with another, often unseen, individual. This provides an especially intimate feeling to the prose. With each story in the collection, readers come to know characters through personal, voice-driven prose. As their circumstances and dilemmas reveal themselves, the collection begins to leave a gently haunting impression on readers.
-Publishers Weekly
Separate lives, touched by tragedy, sustained by love, connected by the still waters of Consecration Pond. Eleven individual stories, skillfully interwoven, beautifully told. When I finished the final story and put the book aside, the characters lived on in my memory as vivid and fresh as when we’d first met. And so, I returned to the first, to again share the lives of the people who inhabit the shores of Consecration Pond. I loved these stories.
-John Bragg, award-winning author of The Broom of God and Exit 8
-Publishers Weekly
Separate lives, touched by tragedy, sustained by love, connected by the still waters of Consecration Pond. Eleven individual stories, skillfully interwoven, beautifully told. When I finished the final story and put the book aside, the characters lived on in my memory as vivid and fresh as when we’d first met. And so, I returned to the first, to again share the lives of the people who inhabit the shores of Consecration Pond. I loved these stories.
-John Bragg, award-winning author of The Broom of God and Exit 8
You'll find Consecration Pond at these local bookstores:
Hello Hello Books, Rockland, Maine
Left Bank Books, Belfast, Maine
Owl & Turtle Bookshop Café, Camden, Maine
Print: A Bookstore, Portland, Maine
Sherman's Bookstores throughout Maine
Or order directly from the publisher at toadhalleditions.ink/book-shop
Upcoming Events
- Laura will be presenting a program entitled, "What Is a Short-Story Cycle, Why Write One, and How?" at the Rockport Public Library on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. The program is free and open to the public.
- Join Laura for "Writing Poetic Prose: Making Your Writing More Memorable and Effective," a 3-week online writing workshop through Maine Media Workshops and College. The class will run twice weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays from February 28 to March 16, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. For more information and to register, visit Maine Media.
- Laura will be joined by authors Morgan Talty and Audrey Le via Zoom on The Poets Corner on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. A web link will be available a few weeks in advance of the program at thepoetscorner.org.
- Laura will be one of three authors participating in a joint reading as part of the 3X3 Reading Series at the Trinity Episcopal Church on 580 Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.
- Along with fiction author Jodi Paloni, Laura will be presenting a program on the short-story cycle with readings from Consecration Pond at the Thomaston Public Library on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
- Laura and Jodi will also present their program on the short-story cycle at various other locations in Midcoast Maine in 2023, including the Belfast Free Library and the Skidompha Library in Damariscotta. Check back for dates and times.
