One More for the People (Perfect Day Publishing)

Skylight Books is delighted to host zinester Martha Grover (Somnambulist) in celebration of her new novel, One More for the People.

Eight years in the making, One More for the People is the first collection of Martha Grover's zine, Somnambulist. Playful, wry, and conversational, One More for the People chronicles three generations in the life of the Grover family. As these idiosyncratic characters reluctantly confront adulthood, one Grover is always there to take notes. But after she's diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal disease (whose 81 symptoms include dramatic changes to her appearance, not to mention the dreaded possibility of having to move back home), One More for the People becomes something unexpected: a survival guide. In the spirit of Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face, Grover transforms her own misfortune into a tale as unsettling as it is entertaining. 

Praise for One More for the People:  

"Grover has had brain operations and endured a terrible succession of hospitals and treatments-- but her wry, observant take on what's happening is often quite funny. She's a natural storyteller with a smart sense of pacing who's able to convey her experiences in a way that's uplifting without getting all 'movie of the week' on her readers."  --The Oregonian

"One More for the People is a beautiful, substanital book, both in content and design." --Bitch

"There were several moments where I found myself putting down Portlander Martha Grover's One More for the People to take deep, stabilizing breaths... it's never self-pitying, and it provides a totally fascinating window into what it's like to be young and sick." --The Portland Mercury

Martha Grover has a master's degree in creative writing from California College of the Arts. Her work has appeared in The Coachella Review, Switchback, Broken Pencil, Never Have Paris Zine, Tom Tom Magazine, The Raven Chronicles, and her zine Somnambulist, which she has been publishing since 2003. She lives in Portland, Oregon.