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Frankie O’Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie is a lonely ornithologist struggling to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl following a rift with her advisor. Anne is an Irish musician far from home and family, raising her five-year-old son, Aiden, who refuses to speak.
At Beauty Bay, a community of summer homes nestled on the shores of June Lake, in the remote foothills of Mount Adams, it’s off-season with most houses shuttered for the fall. But Frankie, adrift, returns to the rundown caretaker’s cottage that has been in the hardworking O’Neill family for generations—a beloved place and a constant reminder of the family she has lost. And Anne, in the wake of a tragedy that has disrupted her career and silenced her music, has fled to the neighboring house, a showy summer home owned by her husband’s wealthy family.
When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls—Frankie, Anne, and Aiden—together on a journey toward hope, healing, and rediscovering joy. Crow Talk is an achingly beautiful story of love, grief, friendship, and the healing power of nature in the darkest of times.
An Evening with Eileen Garvin
An Evening with Eileen Garvin
Wednesday, April 1 | 7pm - 8pm | Zoom
Wednesday, April 1 | 7pm - 8pm | Zoom
Moderated by
Amanda Leigh Passmore-Ott
Associate Teaching Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
Penn State Faculty Affiliate, Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
Faculty Advisor, Rince na Leon – Penn State Irish Dance Club
Free and open to the public. Preregistration is required.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Born and raised in eastern Washington, Eileen Garvin lives in Hood River, Oregon. Her novels, The Music of Bees and Crow Talk, are national bestsellers. Her novel Crow Talk has been featured in many common reads programs around the country, including The Literary Project in Vail, Colorado and was named a top ten title on The Texas Library Association’s 2025 Lariat List. Her upcoming book Bumblebee Season (April 2026), is a heartwarming new story that returns to the vibrant world of beekeeping in a small Oregon town.
The Music of Bees was named a Good Morning America Buzz Pick, a Good Housekeeping Book club Pick, a People Magazine Best New Book, an IndieNext Pick, a Library Reads Pick, a Christian Science Monitor Pick, a Washington Post Best Summer Reads, and named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by BookRiot, Bookish, Nerd Daily, The Tempest, Midwestness and others.
Eileen’s memoir, How to be a Sister, was named an Indie Next by IndieBound and was chosen as a Target Book of the Month and a Kindle Book of the Month. Her essays have appeared with Mom’s Don’t Have Time to Read Books, The Oregonian, PsychologyToday.com, and Creative Non-Fiction Magazine.
Eileen shares her backyard with four chickens, wild birds of all kinds, and about 120,000 honeybees.
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