Allegra Goodman, major contemporary fiction writer, is the author of the new novel, This Is Not About Us, a kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern family torn apart by a senseless fight between two grandmothers about apple cake.

Geraldine Brooks praised Goodman's novel: “Every character . . . is endowed by their creator with the fullest complements of flaws, tics, vices, strengths, virtues and moments of nobility. . . . Goodman presides over her universe with a light and sometimes funny touch.” 
 

Goodman is also the author of the national bestseller, Isola, named a “Best Book of the Year” by TIME magazine and The Washington Post.

• Free and open to the public.
• Books will be available for sale. 
• A signing will follow the conversation.
   

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