The author talks about her recently released novel "The Boy in the Rain" with author Lauren B. Davis. Tea will be served and a book-signing will follow the discussion.
About the Book:
It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the 29-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go. Robbie grows into an accomplished portraitist in the vivid London art world with the help of Anton’s enchanting former wife, while Anton turns from his inherited wealth and connections to improve the conditions of the poor. But it is the Edwardian Era, and the law sentences homosexual men to prison with hard labor, following the tragic experience of Oscar Wilde. As Robbie and Anton’s commitment to each other grows, the world about them turns to a more dangerous place.
About the Author: Stephanie Cowell has been an opera singer, balladeer, founder of Strawberry Opera and other arts venues, including a Renaissance festival and an outdoor arts series in NYC. She is the author of "Nicholas Cooke," "The Physician of London," "The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare," "Marrying Mozart" and "Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet." Her work had been translated into nine languages and adapted into an opera. She is the recipient of an American Book Award.
About the Moderator: Lauren B. Davis is the author of "Even So," "The Grimoire of Kensington Market," "Against a Darkening Sky," "The Empty Room," "Our Daily Bread" and "The Radiant City." She has been longlisted for the Giller Prize and the ReLit Awards, and shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Lauren was born in Montreal, lived in France for 10 years and now lives with her husband, Ron, in Princeton.
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