Amplify Presents: Laekan Zea Kemp ('An Appetite for Miracles')

This event is presented in partnership with the Texas Book Festival. For information about this year's Festival programming, please visit .

Please join Amplify in welcoming award-winning Texas Book Festival author Laekan Zea Kemp for a special reading and discussion of An Appetite for Miracles.

This event is ticketed. One copy of An Appetite for Miracles will be included with your free ticket. Attendees may be asked to confirm their attendance 24 hours prior to the event or risk forfeiting their ticket(s).

Event Details:

• Event starts at 6:00 PM.
• Event will include a reading and moderated Q&A followed by a signing line.
• Location: Amplify Credit Union's Esperanza event space.

Additional information:

• Free parking available.
• Masks are encouraged but not required. Amplify will provide hand sanitizer and masks onsite.
• Seating will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
• Amplify reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event as needed.
• For additional questions or concerns, please contact [email protected].

About An Appetite for Miracles:::

Danna Mendoza Villarreal’s grandfather is slowly losing himself as his memories fade, and Danna’s not sure her plan to help him remember through the foods he once reviewed will be enough to bring him back. Especially when her own love of food makes her complicated relationship with her mother even more difficult.

Raul Santos has been lost ever since his mother was wrongly incarcerated two years ago. Playing guitar for the elderly has been his only escape, to help them remember and him forget. But when his mom unexpectedly comes back into his life, what is he supposed to do when she isn’t the same person who left?

When Danna and Raul meet, sparks fly immediately and they embark on a mission to heal her grandfather…and themselves. Because healing is something best done together—even if healing doesn’t always look the way we want it to.

About the Author:

Laekan Zea Kemp is a writer living in Austin, Texas. Her debut novel, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet was a 2022 Pura Belpré Honor Recipient. She has three objectives when it comes to storytelling: to make people laugh, cry, and crave Mexican food. Her work celebrates Chicane grit, resilience, creativity, and joy while exploring themes of identity and mental health.

About Amplify:

Amplify is an Austin-based credit union that provides digital-first banking to its members throughout Central Texas. In 2022, Amplify became the first financial institution in Texas to turn off all bank fees for its customers. As an Amplify member, it is now impossible to be charged a bank fee now matter how much money you deposit, spend, or save. Visit our website to help us end bank fees in Texas, one person at a time.

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