Online Author Events in July

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Jenny Xie and Molly Lynch

Tuesday, Jul 25 | 7 – 8 pm
online
For adults. Register here.

You won’t want to miss this engaging and insightful discussion between contemporary literary fiction authors Jenny Xie and Molly Lynch as they explore the complexities of human relationships.

Set against a swiftly evolving Oakland and the tech culture that is changing the ways we interact and relate, Xie’s novel Holding Pattern (also available as an e-book) offers a nuanced and lightly satirical look at start-ups, influencers, and the boom-and-bust cycles of Silicon Valley enthusiasms.

Fates and Furies meets Melancholia in Lynch’s The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman, an ominous and absorbing debut novel about marriage and motherhood in a time of ecological collapse, as mothers around the world begin to mysteriously vanish from their homes.

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Elizabeth Silver

Monday, Jul 31 | 7 – 8 pm
online
For adults. Register here.

Elizabeth Silver discusses her compelling new novel The Majority. Illuminating and compassionate, The Majority reimagines the life of a fictional first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States: Sylvia Olin Bernstein (or, “SOB”). Unlike some of the other gamechangers of her time, Sylvia is a quiet rule-follower, steadily climbing to the top of her class at Harvard and beyond, until — caught in a dramatic tug of war between career and family, truth and convenience, progress and patience — she is given a chance to change the course of American history and give voice, at last, to an overlooked majority.

Though set against the rich sweep of the 20th century, The Majority directly engages with the world right now, bringing to light huge questions at the current center and foreseeable future of American life: What is the role of the Supreme Court? How much power should these nine figures have? How are women treated within the law?

Summer Reading Bonanza! Free Book Giveaway!

Register to win! One hundred randomly selected registrants (50 from each event) will receive a copy of a book by one of the authors. If chosen, you may pick up a book at a Howard County Library System branch of your choice. Winners will be contacted via email with more details.

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