Fiction. Mapping a utopia on the brink, THE MOTHERING COVEN's rare blend of charisma and pyrotechnic wordplay makes for an utterly original act of storytelling. Bertrand has disappeared from the house she shared with seven women--artists, scientists, and of course, witches. As the women plan a party for Mrs. Borage's hundredth birthday, Bertrand's absence threatens to dissolve the world they've created. "Deliriously imagined, THE MOTHERING COVEN is a work of wonder. Joanna Ruocco arrives: marvelous, and fully sprung!"--Carole Maso. "[A]n engagingly whimsical tale, graceful and inventive, with its own distinctive lexicon"--Robert Coover.

Author Hometown: DENVER, CO USA



About the author: Joanna Ruocco is the author of A COMPENDIUM OF DOMESTIC INCIDENTS (Noemi Press, 2011), MAN'S COMPANIONS (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2010), and the novel THE MOTHERING COVEN (Ellipsis Press, 2009). She co-edits Birkensnake, a fiction journal. She recently won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for Another Governess/The Least Blacksmith-A Diptych. The judge was Ben Marcus. This book will be published by FC2 in Spring 2012. She currently resides in Denver, Colorado.

Reviews:
excerpt @ Harp & Altar
Laura Di Giovine @ NewPages