Bozeman Magazine

We are delighted to welcome author Joe Wilkins back home to Montana to share his debut novel Fall Back Down When I Die. Joe Wilkins brings Montana and the American West to life with the same authenticity of Daniel Woodrell’s Ozarks and Ron Rash’s Appalachia. Set in eastern Montana ranch country, Fall Back Down When I Die is a beautiful tale of love and sacrifice and bonds that can’t be broken. The novel tells the story of Wendell Newman, a young ranch hand living in a state of chronic despair and Rowdy, the abandoned boy put in his care. Joe Wilkins, who grew up in the rural ranch country of Montana, in the very county in which this novel takes place, is a lyrical storyteller who writes with deep familiarity about the equal parts beauty and brutality in the American West and about the social barriers that act as walls of division.

This event is free and open to the public. Most of our events are held upstairs, but we do not have an elevator. Please contact us with any accessibility concerns. To join the signing line and have books signed by the author at this event, please consider purchasing your copy of Fall Back Down When I Die from Country Bookshelf, either in-store, over the phone, or online. By purchasing your book from Country Bookshelf, you are not only supporting a locally owned, independent business, but you are also showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to Country Bookshelf. The author's previous titles will be available for purchase at the event as supplies last.

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