Mike McCabe
courtesy Little Creek Press
A close-up of Mike McCabe.
Mike McCabe
A longtime political reform activist (and long-shot candidate for Wisconsin governor in 2018), Mike McCabe has written two nonfiction books. Now he’s celebrating the publication of his debut novel. Miracles Along County Q follows Ray Glennon, who lives in a beleaguered country town called (of all things) Faith. When a series of confounding incidents that upend the community all share a common link — Ray — secrets are revealed. Seating for this free event is limited and reservations are suggested; it also will be livestreamed via Crowdcast.
media release: About the Book: Few can do what Ray Glennon can. Ray has a secret. Three, actually. Sent away at birth, brought back nearly nine years later to a beleaguered country town called Faith. People stay in their lanes here, do as they're told, become what they're expected to be. Ray is different, not an easy thing to be in Faith, making the poor kid a foreigner at home, a target of torment at school. An elderly couple offers solace and the delights within a ceramic jar on their kitchen counter. Secrets are revealed, as are faculties of the human spirit that only in the rarest instances get put to use.
About the Author: Mike McCabe has lived his life straddling America's rural-urban divide. Reared on his family's dairy farm, he's called both cities and small towns home, even lived abroad for a time. Mike has been a farmhand, journalist, educator, civic leader and nonprofit CEO. He's had two nonfiction books published. Miracles Along County Q is his debut novel.