Jane Hamilton - "The Phoebe Variations" - Rowan Beaird

Jane Hamilton will discuss her new book The Phoebe Variations. She will be joined in conversation by Rowan Beaird. A Q&A and book signing will follow the conversation. About the Book: A stunning coming-of-age novel about friendship, mothers, and finding one's way in the world by the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World. Seventeen-year-old Phoebe was never interested in her birth family. But on the cusp of her high school graduation, her adoptive mother, Greta, insists on a visit to meet her biological parents and siblings. The encounter is a jolt, a revelation that derails Phoebe. With the help of her best friend Luna, Phoebe runs away--as far as their friend Patrick O'Connor's chaotic home, where she hopes to go unnoticed among his thirteen siblings. What begins as an adolescent rebellion soon spirals into a whirlwind of transformation and self-discovery. As Phoebe grapples with her shifting identity, she must navigate the tumultuous road out of girlhood and chart a new and unknown course. About the Author: Jane Hamilton’s novels have won literary prizes, have been made into films, and have been international bestsellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, were selections of Oprah’s Book Club. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times; The Washington Post; Allure; O, The Oprah Magazine; Elle; and various anthologies. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin. About the Interlocutor: Rowan Beaird is the author of two novels: The Divorcées and Tenderness. Her novels have been named best books by Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, People, The Independent, and the Chicago Review of Books. Her short fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Common, among others, and she is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award. National Bestseller An Oprah Daily Best Book An Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads Pick