Meet Katie Powner at Rendezvous ’24

Join authors and readers at JustRead Rendezvous on November 15, 2024, near Chicago, to celebrate stories and enjoy encouraging fellowship. Meet Katie Powner, a participating author and The Christy Award 2023 winner in the General Fiction category, and discover what she’s reading!

About the Author

Katie Powner is a Christy Award-winning author of small-town contemporary fiction. She writes about redemption, relationships, and finding the dirt road home. She loves Jesus, red shoes, and candy, and is a mom to the third power (biological, adoptive, and foster).

You can learn more about Katie Powner and her books on her website at katiepowner.com.

Genre: general fiction, women’s fiction

Currently reading: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

About the Featured Title

The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass

For the first time in his life, Pete has everything to lose.

After years of drifting, fifty-year-old Pete Ryman has settled down with his potbellied pig, Pearl, in the small Montana town of Sleeping Grass–a place he never expected to see again. It’s not the life he dreamed of, but there aren’t many prospects for a high-school dropout like him.

Elderly widow Wilma Jacobsen carries a burden of guilt over her part in events that led to Pete leaving Sleeping Grass decades ago. Now that he’s back, she’s been praying for the chance to make things right, but she never expected God’s answer to leave her flat on her face–literally–and up to her ears in meddling.

When the younger sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up in Sleeping Grass with her eleven-year-old son, Pete is forced to face a past he buried long ago, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at a higher cost than she’s willing to pay.

Also Available: Where the Blue Sky Begins, A Flicker of Light

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Have you read any of Katie Powner’s books? Let us know your favorites and which titles you add to your TBR!