Explora Books will display The Spinster I Once Knew by Kay Marie Perrin during the London Book Fair, taking place March 10–12, 2026, at Olympia London in Hammersmith, London, UK. The novel arrives at the fair as a quiet but firm statement about family history, women’s lives, and the stories that often survive only in fragments.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 11th Feb 2026 – Based on true events, The Spinster I Once Knew is a historically grounded novel shaped by memory, research, and lived detail. Perrin traces her family’s past back to 19th-century Colorado, following brothers Henry and Peter Schattinger as they move from factory labor into ranching life in the American West. Their choices, ambitions, and compromises form the backdrop for a later generation, culminating in the figure of Aunt Clara—an unmarried woman whose independence and privacy defined her place in the family, even as they left much unsaid.
The novel is told through the voice of a young narrator who observes more than she understands. This perspective gives the book its steady tension. Clara’s life is revealed slowly, through inherited objects, remembered visits, and the lingering presence of an old trunk that suggests far more than it explains. Perrin resists easy answers. Instead, she allows silence, routine, and small decisions to carry meaning.
What sets The Spinster I Once Knew apart is its balance between historical scope and personal focus. The book pays close attention to work, migration, and domestic life without turning its characters into symbols. Clara is not framed as a legend or a puzzle to be solved, but as a woman shaped by her time who made deliberate choices within its limits. The result is a portrait that feels grounded and lived-in, rather than shaped for effect.
Early readers have noted the book’s restraint and emotional clarity. Reviews point to Perrin’s careful prose and her ability to turn family research into narrative without losing intimacy. Book clubs, in particular, have responded to the way the novel opens conversations about inheritance, secrecy, and what families choose to preserve—or leave behind.
Perrin writes with both scholarly attention and personal care, drawing from genealogy and archival work while keeping the story accessible. Her aim is not to resolve the past, but to listen to it. The Spinster I Once Knew invites readers to reflect on the women whose lives were rarely documented and to consider how much meaning can rest in what was never fully explained.
At the London Book Fair, Explora Books will present The Spinster I Once Knew as a work that values patience, memory, and honest storytelling—qualities that continue to matter in historical fiction today.
The Spinster I Once Knew is available on Amazon and other major retailers.
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