Local Author Kathie Giorgio

In Don't Let Me Keep You: Hildy Halverson, a genius in math and science, is pushed by her parents to step into a male-dominated field. Instead, she decides to marry young and raise a house full of children. The struggles, joys, fatigue, and exhilaration that follows are captured in this ambitious novel of motherhood. Hildy lovingly raises her children, then lets them go, finding herself along the way. 

Giorgio is the author of eight novels, two story collections, an essay collection, and four poetry books, as well as the founder and director of Allwriters’ Workshop and Workplace, an international creative writing studio. She lives in Waukesha, WI.