# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with author Lauren Francis-Sharma for the release of her newest novel, CASUALTIES OF TRUTH.About this Event🎟 This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event! An RSVP grants general entry, but seating is not guaranteed, so please try and show up early. Please RSVP only if you intend to join us. Can't make the event? About The BookPrudence Wright seems to have it all: a loving husband, Davis; a spacious home in Washington, D.C.; and the former glories of a successful career at McKinsey, which now enables her to dedicate her days to her autistic son, Roland. When she and Davis head out for dinner with one of Davis’s new colleagues on a stormy summer evening filled with startling and unwelcome interruptions, Prudence has little reason to think that certain details of her history might arise sometime between cocktails and the appetizer course.Yet when Davis’s colleague turns out to be Matshediso, a man from Prudence’s past, she is transported back to the formative months she spent as a law student in South Africa in 1996. As an intern at a Johannesburg law firm, Prudence attended sessions of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings that uncovered the many horrors and human rights abuses of the Apartheid state, and which fundamentally shaped her sense of righteousness and justice. Prudence experienced personal horrors in South Africa as well, long hidden and now at risk of coming to light. When Matshediso finally reveals the real reason behind his sudden reappearance, he will force Prudence to examine her most deeply held beliefs and to excavate inner reserves of resilience and strength.Lauren Francis-Sharma’s previous two novels have established her as a deft chronicler of history and its intersections with flawed humans struggling to find peace in unjust circumstances. With keen insight and gripping tension, Casualties of Truth explosively mines questions of whether we are ever truly able to remove the stains of our past and how we may attempt to reconcile with unquestionable wrongs.About The AuthorLauren Francis-Sharma is the author of Book of the Little Axe, a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the critically acclaimed novel ’Til the Well Runs Dry. She is the Assistant Director of Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College and resides near Washington, DC, with her family.About The ModeratorAna Menéndez is an associate professor of English at Florida International University in Miami. Before joining FIU she taught creative writing at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. A former journalist, columnist, and freelance photographer, she has also lived in New Delhi, Istanbul, and Cairo, where she was a 2008-09 Fulbright Scholar. She has published five books of fiction, most recently The Apartment. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/coconut-grove/an-evening-with-lauren-francis-sharma-in-conversation-with-ana-menéndez/100001984489774336 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, nonprofit, business, conferences - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Coconut Grove - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Books & Books in Coconut Grove - **lat**: 25.7275856 - **long**: -80.24245619999999 - **full address**: Books & Books in Coconut Grove, 3409 Main Hwy, Coconut Grove, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/124c4f509ce5e0cfbcfbfa1618ad7e5e6b03b8ed3dccdead4eeaed033da178a3-rimg-w1200-h600-dc151716-gmir.jpg?v=1773371191 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez being held? - **A:** An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez takes place on Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Books & Books in Coconut Grove, 3409 Main Hwy, Coconut Grove, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez? - **A:** An Evening with Lauren Francis-Sharma in conversation with Ana Menéndez is organized by Books & Books. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Books & Books's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Books & Books a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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