Please join us on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM as we welcome Beverly Burch and Frances Dinkelspiel for a conversation about Beverly’s new novel, What You Don’t Know.
We will be selling the book at the event, or you can order a copy at
https://ggpbooks.com/book/9781960573889. We hope to see you there!
Description
One contrary ghost, two women, three triangles, four children: What You Don't Know is a bisexual love story from the Music City, the Blueridge Mountains and the Bay Area.
Chloe, beautiful, whip-smart, flees a difficult childhood and sexual betrayal to the Bay Area where she falls in love with a woman. Afraid of this love, she devotes herself to making money instead. At 29 she moves to Nashville and meets Peter, a producer whose wife Angie recently died. Angie still seems to be around though, quietly coaching Chloe about Peter and helping her twin sister Rosie through grief. Rosie is devastated by the loss of Angie and dislikes Chloe immediately, that is, until she becomes intrigued by her. After Chloe marries Peter, their relationship grows close, displeasing Angie. Chloe realizes she's in love with Rosie, creating yet another triangle. A terrible accident ensues that upends everyone's lives again, but bringing Chloe home to her true desires.
Beverly Burch is the author of two nonfiction books and four poetry collections. Her books have won a John Ciardi Poetry Prize, a Gival Poetry Prize, a Lambda Literary Award and were finalists for the Audre Lorde Award and Housatonic Award. Her short fiction has appeared in many literary journals. She lives in the Bay Area with her wife. www.beverlyburch.com
Frances Dinkelspiel is an award-winning journalist and author who co-founded Cityside, the nonprofit news organization behind Berkeleyside, Oaklandside and Richmondside. Her two books are Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, which was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and the winner of a Golden Poppy award, and Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California, a New York Times bestseller, and a finalist for a Northern California Book Award.
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