Maggie (Margaret Elizabeth) Mitchell, will read from her intense new novel Pretty Is, the story of two twelve-year old girls who are abducted by a seemingly gentle but inscrutable man. He holds them in a remote cabin in the woods, acting almost like a prim schoolteacher at times, but keeping them on edge. They are not physically harmed but the episode changes their lives, each "becoming" someone else, a writer with a nom de plume and an actress with a stage name. At once dramatic and thoughtful, you will want to read the book in one sitting yet the characters will linger with you long after. Bestselling humorist Regina Barreca will introduce Maggie Mitchell.
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