YA author Anica Mrose Rissi discusses her latest novel, "Girl Reflected in Knife," with author Emily XR Pan and the library's Teen Advisory Board. Book signing to follow.
About the book:
Be careful of the story you tell yourself. It might become the one you believe.
Destiny cannot count on anyone but herself. Her mother has struggled with addiction for most of Destiny’s life, moving them from town to town, bad boyfriend to bad boyfriend—including a particularly dark period in Texas, where Destiny ended up in a psychiatric hospital. But Destiny’s mother is newly sober and stable. And Destiny is falling in love.
Destiny never believed in happily ever after, but that doesn’t stop her confidence from fraying when the first guy she ever trusted casually shatters her heart. Spiraling hard, she tells a tiny, desperate lie to buy herself a moment of hope. But as the lie grows and the pressures tangle, she gets lost in her own deception, and the line between truth and fantasy starts to blur.
With time untethered and her perception in knots, Destiny must find a way to reclaim her story and weave a new ending—before the beginnings unravel.
About the authors:
Anica Mrose Rissi is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens, including picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and YA. Her essays have been published by The Writer and the New York Times, and she plays fiddle in and writes lyrics for the band Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves. Anica grew up in Maine and spent many years in New York City, where she worked as an executive editor in children’s book publishing. She currently lives in central New Jersey with her very good dog, Sweet Potato.
Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, which was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. It won the APALA Honor Award and Walter Honor Award, was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her latest novel, AN ARROW TO THE MOON, was a Locus Award finalist, an instant national bestseller, and featured on NPR’s Best Books of 2022. Emily is currently on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at The New School, and has taught at Harvard University, New York University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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