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Author Reading: THE GRACE YEAR by Kim Liggett

Please join us as we welcome Kim Liggett for the first stop on her tour for her hotly anticipated new novel The Grace Year. Already optioned by Elizabeth Banks and a #3 IndieNext selection for Fall 2019, The Grace Year has everything readers of Margaret Atwood, Rory Power, and Naomi Alderman could want. Moderated by Libba Bray, Kim will be on a panel with Samira Ahmed and Jasmine Warga.

Register HERE to attend this event. Registration is encouraged but not required.

In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.

Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between.

Kim Liggett, originally from the rural Midwest, moved to New York City to pursue a career in the arts. She's the author of Blood and Salt, Heart of Ash, The Last Harvest (Bram Stoker Award Winner), The Unfortunates, and The Grace Year. Kim spends her free time studying tarot and scouring Manhattan for rare vials of perfume and the perfect egg-white cocktail.

Event date: 
Monday, October 7, 2019 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
The Grace Year: A Novel By Kim Liggett Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250145444
Availability: We can order this for you!
Published: Wednesday Books - October 8th, 2019