Autumn Konopka, a Glenside resident, avid runner, and author of Pheidippides Didn’t Die will be at Capricorn Books in Jenkintown on Saturday, November 18, to talk about and sign copies of her book which is a sweet ode to the Philadelphia running community.

The signing will take place between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., writes Ryan Genova for Glenside Local.

“Pheidippides Didn’t Die”, according to the book description tells the story of how through helping a fellow runner train for a marathon, Libby finds her way out of the darkness of despair into a future she didn’t know was possible.

On Konopka’a website, Naomi Benaron, author of Running the Rift, writes, “With a voice at once lyrical and unflinching, Konopka has written a novel that takes on some of the more difficult subjects of life: alcoholism, depression, suicide, and the struggle to succeed in a world that often seems bent on making success impossible.

“Pheidippides Didn’t Die is a love story to Philadelphia, to literature, to the art of running, and — ultimately — a love story between two people who come together to pull themselves out of darkness and trauma through the goal of finishing a marathon…”

Konopka was the 2016 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County.

Read more about Autumn Konopka’s novel and the book signing at Capricorn Books at Glenside Local.

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