Conversation with Noted UM Author Miriam Gershow

Please join us as special guest Miriam Gershow, a ‘92 UM grad, will be visiting Seattle in celebration of the release of her debut novel, The Local News. Miriam is a novelist, short story writer and teacher. The Local News has been called “unusually credible and precise” and “deftly heartbreaking” by The New York Times, as well as “an accomplished debut” (Publisher’s Weekly). The book was also chosen as a “Breakout Book” by Target.

Here is a brief synopsis of the plot:

When fifteen-year-old Lydia Pasternak’s popular older brother Danny disappears late one summer night, she unwillingly becomes a celebrity in her community and an afterthought to her bereaved parents. In Danny’s absence, Lydia blossoms from a bookish outcast to the center of attention, all while grappling with her grudging grief for a brother she never particularly liked. When an intriguing private investigator enters the picture, Lydia finds herself drawn into the search for clues to Danny’s whereabouts. The shocking end to that trail of clues—an end that Lydia never prepares for—will haunt her for the rest of her life.

The club will provide appetizers. Please RSVP to Michael at michael@umseattle.com, and look for us at Buckley’s in Belltown, in the private room all the way at the back.

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