Invitation to a Hanging by Karin Rathert Book Signing

Karin Rathert grew up in North Dakota, close to where Mondak once flourished. When not writing, she loves yoga and photographing abandoned buildings. Invitation to a Hanging is her first novel.

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Mondak is a dying place Adam longs to escape. In 1903, Alta, a sheltered socialite, marries a charming entrepreneur and runs away with him to boomtown on the prairie seeking romance and adventure. Years later, her orphan son discovers a prostitute’s diary while scavenging buildings for the town boss. The diary and a mangy circus tiger guide Adam on his journey through the past. Invitation to a Hanging is the story of a place where desperation and dreams collide and a boy fights to find himself.