Event

Alice LaPlante in conversation with Tracy Guzeman

Sponsored by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's

Thursday, August 13, 2015
7:30pm

Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

We're so thrilled Alice LaPlante is returning from Spain to let Kepler's launch her new novel, "Coming of Age at the End of Days". Master of the psychological literary thriller, LaPlante delves into the barbed psyche of a teenager whose misguided convictions bear irrevocable consequences.

Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest and willful, as a young girl she quickly learned how to hide her quirks from her parents and her friends. But when, at sixteen, a sudden melancholia takes hold of her life, she loses her sense of self and purpose.

Then the Goldschmidts move in next door. They're active members of a religious cult, and Anna is awestruck by both their son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna's life - her family, her home, her very identity - will undergo profound changes, and when her newfound beliefs threaten to push her over an edge, she must find her way back to the center with the help of unlikely friends. Better than ever, LaPlante delivers a haunting exploration of family legacies, devotion, and tangled relationships.

Alice LaPlante is an award-winning and best-selling author of numerous books, including A Circle of Wives and the New York Time bestseller Turn of Mind, which was the winner of the Wellcome Trust's Book Prize and a B&N Discover Award finalist.

Tracy Guzeman is the author of the acclaimed novel The Gravity of Birds. She has written for Gulf Coast, Vestal Review, and Glimmer Train Stories.

The event is free - please register today.