Book Summary:

From landing on just-thawed lakes in spring to raise their chicks, until they migrate to ocean waters in the fall, loons enchant us with their haunting calls and black and white plumage.

Diving, swimming, fishing, raising their chicks are portrayed through Yvona Fast’s lyrical poems and Nina Schoch’s stunning photos.

Fun science facts accompany each poem and photo, providing scientific information about loon calls, diving abilities, fishing skills, and how their raise their chicks.

Event Details:

This loon literature event will feature Yvona Fast, author of Loon Summer. It includes a reading and book signing. Pick up your copy at the Adirondack Loon Center, where this event takes place @ 6pm on Friday, September 2 during Saranac Lake’s First Friday Event.

Author Bio:

My writing comes from varied experiences as an immigrant, as a person with a hidden disability trying to fit into a neurotypical world, as the child of Holocaust survivors, as someone with a deep spiritual life who loves the natural world of lakes and mountains, trees and forests, sun, rain and snow.​

I love language. I’m neurodiverse and hyperlexic. As a child, I was fascinated by letters, words, poems, stories. I taught myself to read early, then brought stacks of books home from the public library. A first-generation immigrant American, I lived on three continents and spoke three languages by the time I was ten.

I want to contribute to the world, to make a positive difference in people’s lives. My writing gift is the best way I know I do that. I hone my craft, writing, revising and submitting in hopes of publication. ​

My creativity also comes out in the kitchen, where I make healthy meals with vegetables from Mom’s garden, roadside stands and the farmers’ market. I have been writing weekly about food since 2005 and have had articles published in newspapers and magazines.