Entertainment Briefs
Author to sign
MTV Books novel
The author of “Floating,” a
book billed as “a story about
the fragile boundaries be
tween love, desire and be
trayal” will appear for a book
signing in Portland on Oct. l.
Robin Troy, the author of
"Floating,” was selected from
more than 500 entries to be
the first novel published by
MTV Books. The entries
were judged by a celebrity
panel, including Mike Mills
of R.E.M and Serena Altschul
of MTV News.
“Floating is a story of four
complex individuals strug
gling to come to terms with
their relationships, familites,
community and themselves.
The book is set in Whitticker,
Ariz., a town with a popula
tion of 641. Ruby Pearson, a
25-year-old with a son and
husband, Carl, wants to break
free of a life going nowhere.
When Carl is arrested for a
convenience store robbery,
Ruby sees a future with the
new guy in town, Sean. The
problem is that Sean is Carl’s
brother.
As Ruby and Sean grow
closer, she must weigh the
burdens of the relationship
on her son and herself.
Troy will be signing books
at a Portland B. Dalton book
store, 9720 S.W. Washington
Square Rd., from 12:30 p.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
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