New Fiction: Pam Houston on Contents May Have Shifted, Christopher Beha on What Happened to Sophie Wilder, Rachel Joyce on The Unlikely Pilgrammage of Harold Fry and Eleni Gage on Other Waters
Sunday, Nov. 18, 4:00 p.m., Room 8303 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Pam Houston
Pam Houston’s novel Contents May Have Shifted (W.W. Norton & Co. $25.95) is journey of discovery and far-flung adventures. Pam gets on airplane after airplane, attempting to seize life on her own terms in the midst of a crumbling relationship with her boyfriend Ethan, who is so unavailable in so many ways, even his cell phone seems to suggest she should cut him off. Pam is determined to unburden herself from the demons of her past and—with the help of a well-chosen cast of loyal friends—find solid ground in her life. “In controlled, elegant prose, Houston imbues each pithy chapter with unifying lyricism.”―Booklist, starred review. Houston’s writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories of the Century, and the Pushcart Prize.
Christopher Beha
What Happened to Sophie Wilder (Tin House Books, $15.95) is Christopher Beha’s debut novel in which a floundering writer living in New York is visited by his college love who abruptly disappears. He sets off to find her. “. . . a moving meditation on why and for whom we write." —New York Times Book Review. Beha is the author of the memoir Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else.
Rachel Joyce
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Random House, $25.00) is Rachel Joyce’s debut novel about one man’s journey of hope and transformation. Recently retired and lacking any sense of purpose, Harold lives an unremarkable life until a letter arrives. An old friend is dying and has written to say goodbye. Harold decides he will walk the 600 miles to see her, hoping that as long as he walks, his friend will stay alive. “. . . quietly haunting in its poignant and wise examination of love and devotion.”—Booklist starred review. Joyce, a former actress, is an award-winning writer of more than twenty plays for BBC Radio 4.
Eleni N. Gage
Eleni N. Gage explores the tug of war between two homelands, two cultures, and two selves in her debut novel, Other Waters (St. Martin's Griffin, $25.99) A young Indian-American doctor is caught between the ostensibly scientific Western culture that guides her everyday life as a medical practitioner, and the faith-based Eastern tradition of her heritage, in which the mystical belief in curses, prayers, gods, and goddesses is as real as medical knowledge. "A Jane Austen-ish plot gets a delicious Indian accent in this effervescent novel."―People. Gage is also the author of the memoir North of Ithaka.
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 8303 (Building 8, 3rd Floor)
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