Explora Books Announces London Book Fair Feature of Kay Marie Perrin’s Novel on Women’s Lives and Family History
Explora Books will display The Spinster I Once Knew by Kay Marie Perrin during the London Book Fair, taking place March 10–12, 2026, at Olympia London in Hammersmith, London, UK. The novel arrives at the fair as a quiet but firm statement about family history, women’s lives, and the stories that often survive only in fragments.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 11th Feb 2026 – Based on true events, The Spinster I Once Knew is a historically grounded novel shaped by memory, research, and lived detail. Perrin traces her family’s past back to 19th-century Colorado, following brothers Henry and Peter Schattinger as they move from factory labor into ranching life in the American West. Their choices, ambitions, and compromises form the backdrop for a later generation, culminating in the figur...
