Author Discussion & Signing with Jeanne Blasberg - The Nine

Author Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg returns to The Hickory Stick Bookshop on Sunday, September 8th at 2:30pm for a discussion and signing of her latest novel, The Nine (She Writes Press, $16.95).

When well-meaning helicopter mom Hannah Webber enrolls her brilliant son and center of her world, Sam, into the boarding school of her dreams, neither of them is prepared for what awaits: an illicit underworld where decades of privileged conspiracy threaten not only Sam but also their fragile family.

The Nine uncovers the underbelly of an elite private school, revealing decades-long corruption while also exposing how the fervent dreams of mothers for their children can shatter families.” –Randy Susan Meyers, best-selling author of Waisted and The Widow of Wall Street

“A poignant mother-son drama … in fluid prose, Blasberg combines two tales through two alternating voices … A helicopter mom turns out to be no match for a well-funded conspiracy; engaging, with a likable young protagonist.” –Kirkus Reviews

“A complex and beautifully wrought tale of the sacrifices parents and children make to join the ranks of the elite, and the shocking secrets they find once they get there.” –Holly LeCraw, author of The Swimming Pool and The Half Brother

 

Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg is the author of Eden: A Novel, winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Women’s Fiction and finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction. After graduating from Smith College, she embarked on a career in finance. Though she worked primarily with numbers, she was always reading and writing. After holding jobs on Wall Street, at Macy’s, and writing case studies at Harvard Business School, she turned her attention to memoir and fiction. Blasberg founded the Westerly Memoir Project. She sits on the board of the Boston Book Festival and Grub Street, one of the country’s preeminent creative writing centers. She and her husband have three grown children and split time between Boston, MA and Westerly, RI. She loves to travel, play squash, ski, and take in the glorious sunsets over Little Narragansett Bay.

 

This event is free and open to the public.  If you are unable to attend this event, you may reserve a signed copy of The Nine by calling The Hickory Stick Bookshop at (860) 868 0525. For further information about this event please visit www.hickorystickbookshop.com or email books@hickorystickbookshop.com

 

Event date: 
Sunday, September 8, 2019 - 2:30pm
Event address: 
2 Green Hill Road
Washington Depot, CT 06794
The Nine By Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781631526527
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: She Writes Press - August 20th, 2019

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