Amity Gaige in conversation with Claire Messud
Join Amity Gaige discussing her new novel Sea Wife with bestselling author Claire Messud
**This is a virtual event that will be hosted on Zoom - you will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing and sufficient Internet access. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom.**
DIGITAL DOORS: 6:40PM EST (be the first to submit a question/participate in chat)
EVENT START: 7:00PM EST (or shortly after once all are checked in)
Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids—Sybil, age seven, and George, age two—Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. A smart, sophisticated page literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives, Sea Wife has been hailed by Jennifer Egan, Lauren Groff, Amy Bloom and others as a riveting and transporting story about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil. Amity Gaige is the author of three novels, O My Darling, The Folded World, and Schroeder, which was short-listed for the Folio Prize in 2014. She will be appearing discussing Sea Wife with Claire Messud, author of four novels including The Emperor’s Children and, most recently, The Burning Girl.
This event is hosted in partnership with Harvard Books, where you can find both authors books. Click here to order your copy of Sea Wife from our bookseller partner. For more information about both authors visit www.amitygaige.com and www.clairemessud.com.
For more great reading recommendations visit www.penguinrandomhouse.com/cc/books-connect-us
Join Amity Gaige discussing her new novel Sea Wife with bestselling author Claire Messud
**This is a virtual event that will be hosted on Zoom - you will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing and sufficient Internet access. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom.**
DIGITAL DOORS: 6:40PM EST (be the first to submit a question/participate in chat)
EVENT START: 7:00PM EST (or shortly after once all are checked in)
Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids—Sybil, age seven, and George, age two—Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. A smart, sophisticated page literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives, Sea Wife has been hailed by Jennifer Egan, Lauren Groff, Amy Bloom and others as a riveting and transporting story about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil. Amity Gaige is the author of three novels, O My Darling, The Folded World, and Schroeder, which was short-listed for the Folio Prize in 2014. She will be appearing discussing Sea Wife with Claire Messud, author of four novels including The Emperor’s Children and, most recently, The Burning Girl.
This event is hosted in partnership with Harvard Books, where you can find both authors books. Click here to order your copy of Sea Wife from our bookseller partner. For more information about both authors visit www.amitygaige.com and www.clairemessud.com.
For more great reading recommendations visit www.penguinrandomhouse.com/cc/books-connect-us