A Book Talk with Sadeqa Johnson

Bookmarks is excited to host Sadeqa Johnson for her newest novel, Keeper of Lost Children! Previous Bookmarks Festival attendees may remember Sadeqa from her novel The House of Eve, which was a New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick.

Make plans to join us at this free book talk at the Bookmarks Bookstore! Attendees who purchase Keeper of Lost Children either with registration or at the event will receive a complimentary glass of wine (non-alcoholic options will also be available).

There will be a book signing following the author conversation. Attendees are welcome to bring any number of books to be signed and personalized; additional books will be for sale at the event.

Have any questions? Check out our Event FAQs page and email events@bookmarksnc.org for further inquiries.

About the Author

Sadeqa Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel, The House of Eve, was an instant New York Times bestseller, Reese’s Book Club selection, NAACP Image Award nominee, Goodreads Choice Award finalist and Target Book Club pick. Her previous novel, Yellow Wife, was the Library of Virginia’s Literary People’s Choice Award winner, Goodreads Choice Award finalist, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy finalist, BCALA Literary Award honoree and a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection. Originally from Philadelphia, Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond, Virginia. For more information, go to www.Sadeqa.net and on Instagram @SadeqaSays.

About the Book

In this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Eve, one American woman’s vision in post WWII Germany will tie together three people in an unexpected way.

Lost in the streets and smoldering rubble of Occupied Germany, Ethel Gathers, the proud wife of an American soldier spots a gaggle of mixed-race children following a nun. Desperate to conceive her own family, she feels compelled to follow them to learn their story.

Ozzie Philips volunteers for the army in 1948, eager to break barriers for Black soldiers. Despite his best efforts, he finds the racism he encountered at home in Philadelphia has followed him overseas. He finds solace in the arms of Jelka, a German woman struggling with the lack of resources and even joy in her destroyed country.

In 1965, Sophia Clark discovers she’s been given an opportunity to integrate a prestigious boarding school in Maryland and leave behind her spiteful parents and the grueling demands. In a chance meeting with a fellow classmate, she discovers a secret that upends her world.

Toggling between the lives of these three individuals, Keeper of Lost Children explores how one woman’s vision will change the course of countless lives, and demonstrates that love in its myriad of forms—familial, parental, and forbidden, even love of self—can be transcendent.