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The Mark Twain House & Museum, Talk

February 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

A blazing novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life in our universe, that is a remarkable evocation of feeling in exile at home and introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.

At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced but reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different; she also possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of earthlings.

For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. But at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?

Virtual: Choose your own price for non-members. Free for members. REGISTER HERE.

Copies of Beautyland are available for purchase through the Mark Twain Store; proceeds benefit The Mark Twain House & Museum. Books will be shipped after the event. We regret that we are NOT able to ship books outside the United States as it is cost-prohibitive to do so. _____________________________________________________________

About the Author: Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of Parakeet, 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas, and the story collection Safe as Houses. She was the 2017 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow in Cork, Ireland. Her work has received the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Mississippi Review Story Prize, and fellowships from MacDowell, Sewanee, and New York City’s Center for Fiction, and has twice been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts. She teaches creative writing at New York University and Yale University and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About the Moderator: Kerri Ana Provost writes queer romance and climate fiction, has a biweekly CT News Junkie column, and publishes Real Hartford. When not knee-deep in green transportation advocacy, Kerri Ana is busy winning coveted awards like Most Miles Walked in an Alley Cat Race.

Details

Date:
February 20
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Website:
https://marktwainhouse.org/events/

Venue

Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Ave
Hartford, CT
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Phone
860-247-0998
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