Join us at Page Turner Bookstore in Conifer, Colorado for the chance to hear author, Karen Auvinen read from her memoir Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living. 

In Rough Beauty, Auvinen examines her life’s journey to the point of the fire while beginning a new adventure that rebuilds her life, reconciles with her past, and even finds love. Recording forty seasons of living at 8,500 feet alone (save for her beloved husky Elvis), Auvinen lets readers experience the joy of deep winter’s silence, the beauty of walking through the thawing grasslands in spring, and the thrill of waking up to a brown bear tapping at your door.