Join us on Wednesday, November 11 to celebrate the publication of The Obits: A St. Louis Romance by Eric Sandweiss.

If you’d like to reserve a copy to pick up during the event, order here.

About the book: The nation prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of its birth . . . as the metropolis on the Mississippi appears to spiral toward its demise.

Twenty-three-year-old Gus Alterman can’t help probing his crumbling city’s hidden corners. Adopted at birth by a family that shaped his circumstance but somehow doesn’t explain who he is, Gus seeks to uncover the hidden patterns that might guide him—and the city—out of ruts that feel as inescapable as his daily grocery run.

A delivery to a local obituary writer reveals hidden secrets, and with them a path forward. Now Gus must decide: What price will he pay to rescue the missing pieces of a tortured city’s past?

About the author: Eric Sandweiss is a historian who grew up (and went to high school) in St. Louis. He now lives in Bloomington, Indiana.