The Rockport Public Library will host authors Laura Bonazzoli and Cynthia Reeves on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 1 p.m., for a discussion about the dual-narrative novel, its advantages for readers, and its challenges for writers. Bonazzoli and Reeves will describe the form, identify some popular examples, and read from their own dual-narrative novels.

Laura Bonazzoli’s novel Our Share of Morning is narrated in turns by two sisters coming of age between 1933 and 1950 in a mill town west of Boston, in a neighborhood scarred by the secret it holds. It was just published on September 12, 2025.

Cynthia Reeves’ novel The Last Whaler is narrated in turns by a beluga whaler and his botanist wife, who are stranded and fight to survive the long polar winter of 1937-38 at his remote Arctic whaling station. It has won multiple awards since its publication in 2024.

Books will be available for sale courtesy of hello hello books, with an opportunity for signings.

Light refreshments will be served.

Free and open to the public.