Book Talk-Rock & Roll Novel Based on True Life

Chaucer’s Books (3321 State Street, Santa Barbara) will host local author Margaux Dunbar Hession for a book talk and signing of her debut novel “Soaring to New Lows” on Wednesday,  June 5 at 6 p.m.

Book Description “Soaring to New Lows”

Charlemagne Devlin is addicted to drama. Plus, booze, coke, and anything else to escape the memories of a tragic loss that still haunts her, including running away on tour forever with her rockstar husband, Jubal. The trouble is, his band’s back from rehab and she’s still partying. When her booze-and-blow-infused blunder ruins their comeback concert, Jubal dumps her for her high school nemesis, just months before their upcoming twenty-five-year reunion. Consumed with envy and a never-quitter, Charlemagne will do whatever it takes to get him back, no matter how outrageous, no matter how low, except getting clean.

 Her motto? “Do Anything. Deny Everything.”  Courtesy of the author.

 Praise for- “Great dark humor, and all too true. Reminds me of one of my ex-wives…ha-ha”
– Aynsley Dunbar, Rock & Roll Hall of FameDrummer – Journey

“I LMFAO through the whole book. I’ve lived inside the rock world, and this book kicks ass! This story is all sex, drugs and lots of heart.”

– Mick Mashbir, Guitarist, Alice Cooper band

Author Biography –  Margaux Dunbar Hession

A Santa Barbara resident for over thirty years, Margaux was inspired to write her dark humor novel from her former life as the rock star wife of Journey’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer, Aynsley Dunbar. Her award-winning writing has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald and Santa Barbara Literary Journal. Margaux currently works for Charles M. Schulz Jr, and his Santa Barbara Writers Conference, while residing in Kailua, Hawaii.-Courtesy of the author