An Evening with Susan Metallo

Name: An Evening with Susan Metallo
Start: 2025-09-29T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-29T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Henrico County Public Library - Twin Hickory

Schedule

Mon Sep 29 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Henrico County Public Library - Twin Hickory | Short Pump, VA

Come meet young adult author Susan Metallo at Twin Hickory Area Library as she discusses her exciting new book Reasons to Hate Me. A hilarious and heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent theater nerd.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
There are countless good reasons to hate seventeen-year-old Jess Lanza, Stone Bridge High's premier autistic theater nerd and Champion of Questionable Life Choices. Unfortunately, the cyberbullies that hounded her all summer are stuck on last year's life-ruining mistake, the one that earned Jess the title "Boyfriend Stealing Slutbag." To relieve the bullies of their stale content, Jess vows to dazzle them with online posts about her own ridiculous fails and embarrassing character traits. But somehow, all of Jess's posts circle back to her friendship with Chloe--the friendship her alleged sluttiness pulverized--and the gaping hole she left in Jess's life. As Jess chases Chloe's forgiveness, she must confront some of her darkest weaknesses--and darker still, the truth of what happened with Chloe's boyfriend, a story neither of them wants to hear. Told through a series of blog posts and short scripts, this cleverly staged and structured debut novel crackles with spot-on dialogue, features a range of fully developed neurodiverse characters, and sharply evokes high school in all its hilarious and agonizing complexity.