Writer, artist, Rutgers University grad to offer next middle-grade offering at borough book store
On Saturday, Oct. 13th at Inkwood Books in Haddonfield, Colleen Rowan Kosinski will present her latest book, “A Promise Stitched in Time.”
The piece is a haunting middle-grade novel about a girl who purchases a vintage coat she believes to be haunted. Solving the mystery of the identity of the former owner of the coat results in thought-provoking consequences.
From the author’s web site: “Maggie McConnell is determined to keep a promise she made to her father before he died. She must win a scholarship to a prestigious art program, but her grief gets in the way. When Maggie purchases an old tweed coat as inspiration, she never guesses this fur-collared coat will forever change the way she views her life and her place in it.
“The coat awakens her muse, but also awakens something else: Maggie believes its previous owner haunts the coat. Dreams and visions give way to clues from the past, and then a Holocaust victim’s tattoo appears on her arm. With the help of a steam-punk dressing school outcast named Taj, Maggie must decipher what the ghost wants her to discover, and in the process find herself.”
Kosinski, a resident of Cherry Hill whose previous work “Lilla’s Sunflowers” was published in 2016, also painted the artwork for the cover of this novel. For more information about the author, her work or the upcoming appearance, visit colleenrowankosinski.com or call (856) 448–4471.
