# Event Details - **Event Name**: In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: “Corey Ann Haydu is one of the wisest, most soulful, and heartfelt writers we have today.” —Taylor Jenkins ReidAbout this EventEvent guidelines:Each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.A signing will follow the talk.Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.The event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/FjYTaCrEUvEAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.Two estranged childhood best friends reunite as expectant mothers, after a mysterious falling-out between their own mothers keeps them apart for years​. Perfect for readers of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan.When Sydney and Mae meet on the playground as toddlers, it seems like kismet. Even their very different mothers—the Type-A Beth Ann and the free-spirited Joni—agree the girls are made for each other, and it's not long before even the mothers become inseparable.Then a falling out draws them apart, and decades later, the loneliness still lingers for the newly pregnant Sydney. Adrift in the absence of her closest friend, Sydney has been drawn into a Multi-Level Marketing scheme, exacerbated by the demands of her inflexible mother, Beth Ann, whose constant scrutiny seems reserved only for her daughter.Across the city, Mae is stunned to find herself single, pregnant, and still haunted by the loss of her mercurial late mother, Joni, whose mysterious death holds as many unanswered questions as Mae does herself. Mae is an artist who has lived under the shadow of the one painting (of two girls) that made her famous years ago, the success of which confines as much as it defines her.When Sydney and Mae find themselves back in one another’s lives, each with a baby girl on the horizon, it once again seems like destiny. Each begins to pull the other away from the coercive influence of outsiders—mommy groups, marketing schemes, artistic pressures, and ex-boyfriends. But the two women will soon discover that it’s not destiny that has drawn them together this time, but a devastating secret at the center of their orbits—a truth that finally will bind them or shatter them, for good.An intimate and searing novel about mothers and daughters, and destiny and desire, Mothers and Other Strangers takes a full-hearted look at those relationships in life that are as impossible as they are utterly essential.Corey Ann Haydu is the author of several titles for children and young adults, and a professor of VCFA’s creative writing for children program. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, and of course, her two daughters. Mothers and Other Strangers is her adult debut.Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of The Bad Ones, Our Crooked Hearts, and the Hazel Wood series. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books. Her debut adult novel, The Children, is forthcoming this June. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-corey-ann-haydu-mothers-and-other-strangers-w-melissa-albert/100001980876264230 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, fine-arts, magic-show - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10.89, max: 31.58, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Books Are Magic Montague - **lat**: 40.6945995 - **long**: -73.994642 - **full address**: Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/75edf7384160194ebfb3a7744b828bbea707906eb72f527e52e1e33796dc48e3-rimg-w1200-h600-dc713a72-gmir.jpg?v=1769224674 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert being held? - **A:** In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert takes place on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert? - **A:** Ticket prices for In-Store: Corey Ann Haydu: Mothers and Other Strangers w/ Melissa Albert range from USD 11 to USD 32 depending on the ticket type. 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