Author Event: Alain J. Otárola – Life Among the Willows

Enjoy (a signed copy of) this collection of vividly told stories about the author’s early years in the Chilean Andes. Each vignette captures the innocence, humor, cruelty, and wonder that shaped the author’s childhood. Whether rooted in ordinary experiences, such as going to the market with his mother, seeing ghosts, and hiking in the mountains, or in extraordinary events, such as a grandmother with an unusual profession or a brother kidnapped by the military dictatorship, each story stands on its own while contributing to a larger meditation on childhood, loss, and memory.