Gossipers Contemplate the Shadows of a Small Town Over Coffee

WINCHENDON, Mass. - Oct. 25, 2021 - PRLog -- Catherine Zebrowski – author of the novels Sleeping Backwards, Maura, and poetry chapbooks Immigrant and Gone Stealin' – returns to the historical fiction genre with her new novel Through a Bakery Window (TouchPoint Press, October 20, 2021). In Through a Bakery Window, Zebrowski investigates a planned wedding between two wealthy families at the borders of Northern Worchester County, Massachusetts in January 1899, and the tragic events that followed.

Zebrowski frames Through a Bakery Window with the witty conversation of two shopkeepers, paying homage to the oral tradition of storytelling that has influenced much of her writing career. "As a young child I was surrounded by the oral tradition in the form of stories and songs that my mother from the County Galway, Ireland passed down," Zebrowski says. "I want to write stories that make readers feel captured in the frenzy of reading."

About the Book
Enthralled with a lavish wedding, the town gossips flourish until the specter of a long-deceased spirit intervenes. Based loosely on a true crime story from the turn of the nineteenth century in New England, this novel uncovers a simple truth of humanity-from the well-off to the working class, everyone falls victim to the transience of joy and the struggles of human nature.

All readers can find Zebrowski's Through a Bakery Window at http://bit.ly/ZebrowskiBakeryWindow. Through a Bakery Window  will also be available from major book retailers in eBook ($5.99) and paperback ($16.99). Wholesale from Ingram and TouchPoint Press.

About Catherine Zebrowski
Catherine Zebrowski grew up right at the top of dead horse hill in Leicester, Mass. Her imagination was stirred at an early age by the stories she was told by her mother who grew up on the west coast of Ireland.  She has had two chapbooks of poetry published and her poems have appeared in the Worcester Review, The Monadnock Reader,and SURVIVE, an anthology through Northwoods Press. An unfinished novel, Maura, was a semi-finalist for the novel-in-progress Heekam Award, and her first ever fiction accolade came as an honorable mention for a short, short in Alfred Hitchcock magazine's Mysterious Photograph Contest.

About the Publisher
TouchPoint Press is a traditional publisher of fiction and nonfiction. Our staff is comprised of professionals whose collective experience in publishing, editing, journalism, design, and marketing set the stage behind our growing list of published titles. We are proud to work with talented authors and strive to be as innovative and energetic as possible from acquisitions to promotion before and after publication.

For interview and review requests, please contact Jennifer Bond at media@touchpointpress.com.