If you have a favorite bookstore, please let them know about Unexpected Weather Events. The book is now up on the distributor website, which is where they’ll hunt it down:
https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781736765968/unexpected-weather-events.aspx
Your conversation might go like this:
You (approaching book counter): Oh my goodness I can’t find my favorite writer’s newest book on your shelves!! (Hands to cheeks for emphasis and bewilderment.)
Bookseller: Gracious me! How can that be? Let me help you. What’s his name?
You: Her name is Erin Pringle.
Bookseller: Thinking then typing.
You: Pringle like the potato chip.
Bookseller: Backspacing. More typing. Hmm. I can order it for you. It retails at $25.
You: Great! I’d much prefer to order it through your store than through [insert infamous online bookstore and seller of everything else].
Bookseller: Thanks so much for your support!
You: I remember when a paperback cost 1.25.
Bookseller: Or even 5.99.
You: But bread was 10 cents.
Bookseller: And gasoline 99 cents/gallon.
You: My mother quit smoking when a pack cost 50 cents. Too rich for my blood, she said.
Bookseller: Nodding.
You: Thanks again for keeping culturally important spaces in the community.
Bookseller: Thanks for reading!
You and Bookseller start to dance together among the aisles, and others join.
(Curtain)
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