Book Vault

Spend your lunch hour with Iowa-born author Zachary Michael Jack as he introduces his newest book, What Cheer: A Love Story.

Part romantic comedy, part whodunit, part great American road trip, What Cheer is a celebration of love sprung from perfectly surreal yet real places What Cheer, Lost Nation, Story County. Here's a comedy of errors featuring three not-yet-over-the-hill friends, a series of dreamy love letters, and a mysterious list of warm, nearly-gone touchstones that inspire a rollicking ride through the Heartland.

Zachary Michael Jack has authored or edited more than fifteen award-winning books in a variety of genres, including fiction, poetry, essay, literary journalism, and creative nonfiction. He is an associate professor of English, at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. 

Please join Book Vault as we welcome Michelle Hoover who joins us from Boston to read and discuss her debut novel, Quickening, the story of two very differrent women in the years leading up to the Great Depression. The two become friends because of the remoteness of their surroundings, but revelations and dark secrets begin to undermine their relationship. Refreshments will be served.