A Fortune of Sand with Ruta Sepetys and Tirzah Price

Name: A Fortune of Sand with Ruta Sepetys and Tirzah Price
Start: 2026-06-04T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Schuler Books (Grand Rapids)

Schedule

Thu, 04 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Schuler Books (Grand Rapids) | Grand Rapids, MI

We are so excited to host Ruta Sepetys in our Grand Rapids event studio on June 4th!
A Fortune of Sand, which is set in Detroit, is perfect for readers who love historical fiction, especially stories set in the Prohibition era.
Ruta will be in conversation with local Michigan author Tirzah Price.

Tickets:
Tickets are required for this event.
There are two ticket options:
1:1 = This ticket includes one book and entry for one person
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Please note that children younger than 10 and caregivers of attendees do not need tickets.
Books:
Your ticket purchase includes one copy of A Fortune of Sand, which attendees will receive at the event.
Seating:
This event will include a combination of seating and standing. Seating may be limited for the discussion/Q&A portion of this event.
Attendees with accessibility needs will be guaranteed a seat, otherwise, seating is first-come-first-serve.
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About the Book:
The daughter of an automotive magnate escapes to an artistic retreat that holds more secrets—and more intrigue—than she could have ever imagined, in this Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea.
“Enthralling . . . While history is often molded by those in power, there are always those who can wrest control and write a new story of their own.”—Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies
Detroit, 1927. A city of smoke and ambition, where glittering wealth conceals a graveyard of secrets.
Marjorie Lennox is the youngest daughter of a powerful automotive dynasty, a family known for money, not manners. Artistic, impulsive, and always slightly out of step, Marjorie has long been dismissed by her controlling father and self-absorbed siblings. But when she secretly applies to an exclusive arts program funded by an elusive benefactor, she sees a chance to redefine herself on her own terms.
The building is grand. The participants are gifted. But something…is off.
The program is uncomfortably restrictive. Doors lock at odd hours. Strange sounds echo through the halls amid whispers that women are disappearing. And the handsome benefactor—mostly absent, yet somehow everywhere—begins to unnerve her. As Marjorie’s sense of self begins to slip, so does her grip on the truth. What happens to women who don’t fit neatly into a gilded frame?
Set against the crumbling grandeur of 1920s Detroit and inspired by actual, long-buried historical events, A Fortune of Sand is a haunting mosaic of glamour and grift—a novel about those who vanish, and those who demand to be seen.
About the Author:
Ruta Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Considered a “crossover” novelist, her books are read by both students and adults worldwide. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and recently honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Ruta is renowned for giving voice to underrepresented history and those who experienced it. Ruta is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee. Born in Michigan, she was raised in a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. She is passionate about the power of history to foster dialogue and global understanding. The New York Times Book Review declared, “Ruta Sepetys acts as champion of the interstitial people so often ignored—whole populations lost in the cracks of history.” Ruta lives with her family in the hills of Tennessee.
About the Conversation Partner:
USA TODAY Bestselling author, Tirzah Price, holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. When she’s not writing, reading, or talking about YA books, she experiments in the kitchen and knits. She lives in Michigan.