Author Event: Chasing Eleanor by Kerry Chaput

Please join us for this in-store author event. This is a ticketed event requiring a $5 fee or purchase of the book which can be purchased through Eventbrite here. 

Newly orphaned Magnolia Parker must protect her sick little brothers, but when the authorities send the boys to an unknown orphan asylum, Magnolia calls on her unwavering grit to bring them home. She’s lost everything but still has a secret weapon—a promise from Eleanor Roosevelt, the most famous woman in America. Setting out on a cross-country quest, she befriends two unlikely travelers: Hop, a migrant worker with a big heart, and Red, a young girl traumatized into silence. Hunger and dust storms aren’t the only dangers this found family faces on the rails. After an assault, they’re forced to outrun the police, all while trying to track down the First Lady. But time is running out and Magnolia’s chance to reunite her siblings depends on one thing—finding Eleanor.

Kerry Chaput is an award-winning historical fiction author who believes in the power of stories that highlight young women and found families. Her debut Daughter of the King, continues to place as a best-seller in Historical French Fiction. The sequel, Daughter of the Shadows, published in March 2023. Born and raised in California, she now lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, where she can be found on hiking trails and in coffee shops.