Book Reading and Signing by Larada Horner-Miller

  The library is pleased to host a reading and book signing by Larada Horner-Miller on Saturday, October 1, 2016, from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
 Her novel,  "When Will Papa Get Home?", follows forty-year-old Maria as she remembers her childhood in the old rock and adobe house known as the "Philly place", named after her father, Philadelphia Gonzales.  Located a few miles east of Branson in southeastern Colorado, she remembers anxiously awaiting her papa's return in 1928.  The novel explores the lives of Mexican-Americans who moved west and their struggle with prejudice and cultural barriers during the 1920s and '30s.
  About the author: Larada Horner-Miller lived and taught language arts in Raton in the 1990s.  She is now retired after a 27 year career teaching middle school.  Although she lives above Albuquerque with her husband, she also co-owns and manages a ranch in southeastern Colorado with her brother.  "The Philly Place" is now on her aunt's ranch.  Her imagination was sparked after she found a marble while exploring this old homestead on her family ranch.