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:
Back Cove Books, Portland, Maine
Barnswallow Books, Rockport, Maine
Booktenders, York, Maine
Center for Maine Craft, West Gardiner, Maine
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
Can't attend a live event?
Watch a virtual reading from Consecration Pond with Laura and Toad Hall Editions here. (Recorded on Sunday, August 28, 2022, from 7:00-8:00 p.m.)
Watch a virtual reading hosted by The Poets Corner and featuring Laura along with Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez, here. (Recorded on Sunday, March 5, 2023, from 4:00-5:30 p.m.)
Back Cove Books, Portland, Maine
Barnswallow Books, Rockport, Maine
Booktenders, York, Maine
Center for Maine Craft, West Gardiner, Maine
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 and Jodi Paloni, author of They Could Live With Themselves, will be presenting a program on the short-story cycle with readings from their books at the Belfast Free Library on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. and at the Skidompha Library in Damariscotta on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
- Laura will be teaching an in-person writing workshop called Writing That Moves Us: Using Poetic Devices to Make Your Writing More Effective at the Rockport Public Library on four Tuesdays, June 6-27, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The workshop will be offered again on four Wednesdays, July 12 to August 2, 2023, from noon until 2:00 p.m. Both sessions are currently full. To add your name to the waiting list, contact the Rockport Public Library.
Can't attend a live event?
Watch a virtual reading from Consecration Pond with Laura and Toad Hall Editions here. (Recorded on Sunday, August 28, 2022, from 7:00-8:00 p.m.)
Watch a virtual reading hosted by The Poets Corner and featuring Laura along with Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez, here. (Recorded on Sunday, March 5, 2023, from 4:00-5:30 p.m.)
