Peter Rock
This event is in the past
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 7 pm
Powell's City of Books
Pearl District (Portland)
This is an in-person event
$0 - $26
The following description comes from the event organizer.
At age 11, Helen disappeared in the wilderness of Mount Rainier National Park while camping with her father, Benjamin. She was gone for almost a week before being discovered and returned to her family. It is now 25 years later, and after more than two decades of estrangement, Helen and Benjamin reconnect at his home in Portland, Oregon, to try to understand what happened during the days she was gone. Meanwhile, Benjamin meets an odd pair, a woman and boy who seem driven to help him learn more about Helen's disappearance and send him on a journey that will lead to a murder house, uncanny possession, and a bone-filled body of water known as Sad Clown Lake, a lake "that could only be found by getting lost, that was never in the same place twice." Passersthrough (Soho) is a haunted, starkly lyrical exploration of family, memory, and the border between life and death from Peter Rock, author of My Abandonment.