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Ann McLaughlin has published five novels: The House on Q Street, Maiden Voyage, Lightning in July, The Balancing Pole and Sunset at Rosalie. Her sixth novel, Leaving Bayberry House, will be released on May 3, 2010. She has also published scholarly articles and short stories and has taught at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland for many years. Read more about Ann...

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LEAVING BAYBERRY HOUSE, Ann’s sixth novel, will be published by John Daniel & Co. in the spring of 2010. The novel is the story of two sisters who meet at their deceased parents’ country house to prepare it for sale. They are beseiged by memories, both happy and terrible, since their minister father committed suicide in the house years ago. A parallel story shows the family during World War 2, a time which changed their lives and caused their father’s decline. The sisters confront their father’s suicide together finally and feel a new support for each other. Pub date: May 3, 2010, 224 pages, $14.95, ISBN: 978-1-56474-495-1

THE BETHESDA MAGAZINE will publish Ann’s story, “A Chevy Chase Morning,” in its November/December issue.

The House on Q Street


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Upcoming Readings


May 16, 2pm:
The Writer's Center,
4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD

May 23, 1pm:
Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.

June 7, 7pm:
Book Party
282 W. 4th St.
New York, NY

June 15, 7pm:
American University Library
4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.