In Night Swim, an incredible debut that has been called "deeply moving and devastatingly beautiful", Jessica Keener explores the coming-of-age of sixteen year-old Sara Kunitz under the oppressive regime of her emotionally absent parents. In this and Jennifer Haigh's Faith, both women explore the dynamics, beliefs, and disappointments of two strikingly different Boston families--one, a clan of wealthy 1970s Jewish suburbanites attempting to maintain a charmed facade after a self-desctructive tragedy; the other a Christian pastor and his estranged sister thrown into the maelstrom of religious controversy and family secrets in the early 2000s.
Join us for a unique pairing with debut novelist Jessica Keener, who Jennifer Egan called "a strong, distinct and fully evolved new voice", and acclaimed author Jennifer Haigh for a reading from their tender, brilliantly-wrought meditations on family and belief.
Parking is available directly behind Back Pages in the Crescent Street Lot (no charge after 6 PM)
