The author is joined by A.M. Homes to discuss her recently released novel, "The Float Test." Book signing to follow.
About the Book (from the publisher):
The Kenner siblings are at odds. Jenn is a harried mom struggling under the weight of family obligations. Fred is a novelist who can’t write, maybe because she’s lost faith in storytelling itself. Jude is a recovering corporate lawyer with her own story to tell, and a grudge against her former favorite sister, Fred. George, the baby, is estranged from his wife and harboring both a secret about his former employer and an ill-advised crush on one of his sisters’ friends. Gathered after a major loss, each sibling needs the others more than ever—if only they could trust each other.
A rich exploration of family, ambition, secrets, and love, "The Float Test" is an elegant and gripping testament to the power that family has to both nurture and destroy us.
About the Author: Lynn Steger Strong is the author of the novels "Flight", "Want", and "Hold Still." Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, Time, Harper’s Bazaar, Los Angeles Times, The Paris Review, The Cut, New York Magazine, and elsewhere. She teaches writing at Princeton University and Columbia University. She was born and raised in South Florida.
About the Moderator: A.M. Homes' most recent book is "The Unfolding." Her previous work includes, "This Book Will Save Your Life," which won the 2013 Orange/Women’s Prize for Fiction, "Music For Torching," "The End of Alice," "In a Country of Mothers," and "Jack," as well as the short-story collections, "Days of Awe," "Things You Should Know" and "The Safety of Objects," the best selling memoir, "The Mistress’s Daughter" along with a travel memoir, "Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill." In addition to being an author, she is a Professor of the Practice in the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University.
