Lostine: An Homage to a Girl
Book Launch Party
Join us at Beach Daisy Wine in Yachats for an evening of stories, music, and great food and wine in celebration of the long-awaited release of Waldport author L.W. Smolen’s debut novel Lostine: An Homage to a Girl.
Beach Daisy Wine
2118 Hwy 101 N, Building 3
Yachats, OR 97498
Learn more at www.sterncastle.org/events/book-launch-party-lostine
Lostine: An Homage to a Girl (by L.W. Smolen) is a coming-of-age psychological fiction novel. Set in the 1960s Pacific Northwest, it explores first love, friendship, and the complexities of growing up through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy named Chet. Chet and his best friend, Koz, navigate local waterways to uncover mysterious secrets and rescue a girl named Lostine from armed men.
The book is celebrated for blending childhood imagination with real-life danger, humor, and suspense, drawing comparisons to Mark Twain. Readers have praised its honest, nostalgic, and often autobiographical exploration of past tragedy and innocence.