Piper (Permanent Press)
"The sleepy town of Stampede, Wash., is abuzz at the outset of Keegan's fast-paced, warm-hearted novel. Free-spirited artist Kathryn Scanlon, wife of newspaper editor Tom Scanlon, has just drowned in the Jacuzzi at the home of wealthy John Carlisle, Tom's boss. For 17-year-old Piper Scanlon, [her mother] Kathryn's death marks the end of the world as she knows it . . . and she is forced to examine some of her naive assumptions about her parents, the nature of friendship and betrayal, about her own sexual identity and, most of all, about love. The absorbing coming-of-age chronicle culminates in a scandal, a tragedy and the revelation of a secret - dark events humorously punctuated by two wacky road trips. One hopes that Keegan will feature spirited, wisecracking Piper in a sequel."
- Publisher's Weekly
"Keegan is an exuberant and playful storyteller, full of wit and unique eccentricity, which he shares generously with most of his full-fledged characters. This is a delightful novel, very funny, sincere and memorable."
-The Bellingham Herald