The Readfield Community Library is excited to be part of the BOOK TOUR for the novel HAZEL SAYS NO by Maine author Jessica Berger Gross this summer! Please join us outdoors behind the Library on Thursday, June 26th at 6:30pm for this not-to-be-missed author event! Jessica will highlight her debut novel in conversation with Debra Spark, also a Maine author!
Oliver & Friends Bookshop of Waterville will be on hand to sell copies of Jessica’s and Debra’s books. If you have a packable chair, please bring one along as we have limited folding chairs. Rain location will be the Readfield Town Office at 8 Old Kents Hill Road, Readfield.
About the Book:
When a tight-knit family moves from Brooklyn to Maine, their lives are upended by an event that will alter their new community forever in this bighearted, sparkling debut for fans of Now Is Not the Time to Panic, Pineapple Street, and Schitt’s Creek.
"Hazel Blum, please report to the principal’s office. Hazel Blum."
When Hazel Blum’s father gets a tenured job at a prestigious college, she and her family relocate from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn to a middle-of-nowhere college town in Maine. With her mother, Claire, a clothing designer, and her father, Gus, an American Studies professor, Hazel and her eleven-year-old brother, Wolf, spend the summer at the town pool, where they acclimate to their new lives and connect with the town’s sprawling community. That is, until a dramatic fallout on the very first day of her senior year tips the fickle balance of idyllic Riverburg and impacts everyone in her family.
Tracking through the perspectives of each member of the Blum family, this relatable fish-out-of-water story handles big issues with great empathy and humor, capturing the love that unites one unforgettable family and the essence of life in small-town Maine. Emotionally deft, authentic, and compulsively readable, Hazel Says No is a debut novel not to be missed.
About these Maine Authors:
~ JESSICA BERGER GROSS is the author of the memoir Estranged: Leaving Family and Finding Home. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Longreads, and many other publications. Hazel Says No is her first novel.
~ DEBRA SPARK is the award-winning author of five novels, including the recent Discipline; two collections of short stories; and two books of essays on fiction writing, as well as editor/co-editor of two anthologies.
You may also like the following events from Readfield Community Library:
- This Tuesday, 17th June, 12:00 pm, Aging & Disability Resource Counselor Available in Readfield
- This Tuesday, 17th June, 01:00 pm, LOVE TO STITCH Crafting Group in Readfield
- This Wednesday, 18th June, 06:00 pm, SUMMER READING KICKOFF EVENT: Registration, Lawn Games, Ice Cream! in Readfield
Also check out other
Arts events in Readfield,
Literary Art events in Readfield,
Performances in Readfield.
