The author of The Burning Girl celebrates its paperback release on Mon., June 11th, at 6:30PM!
Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship. The Burning Girl is a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about youth and friendship, and straddles, expertly, childhood's imaginary worlds and painful adult reality--crafting a true, immediate portrait of female adolescence.
Messud with be in conversation with novelist Mary Kay Zuravleff, author of Man Alive!
At East City Book Shop, 645 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, DC. Click here for info.
