Jessica Handler | The World to See

When teenager Nadine Harvey helps her best friend hide a disturbing secret, she’ s also concealing her own deepest truth

ABOUT THE EVENT

Tickets include a copy of The World to See, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Jessica will be in conversation with Elaine Neil Orr and will sign books after the program.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

When teenager Nadine Harvey helps her best friend hide a disturbing secret, she’ s also concealing her own deepest truth: she’ ll do almost anything to be wanted. Five years and three thousand miles later, Nadine is thrilled when her idol, Celeste— a rock singer known as “ the oracle” — befriends her. As Celeste’ s career begins to falter, she launches a bold program encouraging women to speak their truths. Nadine eagerly becomes her business partner, but as their ambitions clash, their alliance starts to unravel. Determined to hide their growing rift, Celeste and Nadine invite their mothers to a high-profile awards gala. When painful histories resurface, each woman must confront how she sees herself— and how the world sees her.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

JESSICA HANDLER's novel The Magnetic Girl was awarded the 2020 Southern Book Prize. She is the author of the memoir, Invisible Sisters, and the craft guide, Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss. Her writing has appeared on NPR, in Tin House, The Bitter Southerner, Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, the Washington Post, Oldster, and elsewhere. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, author Mickey Dubrow.

ELAINE NEIL ORR is the author of five books, including the Dancing Woman. She was born and grew up in Nigeria, the daughter of missionary parents, and most of her writing is grounded in both the American South and the Nigerian South. She is a professor of literature at N.C. State and serves on the faculty of the Brief-Residency MFA in Writing Program at Spalding University. She lives in Raleigh.