WINONA LAKE - Five-time Christy Award winner and Chicago author Lynn Austin will have a book signing and discussion of her new novel "Though Waters Roar" in Winona Lake.
She will be at Tree of Life, 1104 Kings Highway, Winona Lake Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call 574-267-2006.
In the novel, Harriet Sherwood decides to follow in the footsteps of her beloved grandmother to fight for social justice. She never expected her efforts to land her in jail. Languishing in her cell, Harriet has plenty of time to sift through the memories of the three generations of women who preceded her.
As each story emerges, the strength of her family, and their deep faith in the God of justice and righteousness, brings Harriet to the discovery of her own goals and motives for pursuing them.Austin, a former teacher who now writes and speaks full time, has won five Christy Awards for her historical fiction. One of those novels, "Hidden Places," also has been made into a Hallmark Channel movie.
Austin and her husband have raised three children and make their home near Chicago.
