Author Event! Fran Fabriczki & Daniela Gerson in partnership with Nu Reads

About the book:

“If Gilmore Girls had sharper edges and came with a Los Angeles sunburn, you’d have this riveting novel, a love letter to kids who are done keeping their parents’ secrets.” —Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

A fresh and witty debut about a young immigrant mother and her increasingly inquisitive daughter, who wakes up one day and decides to find out who her father is.

About the author:

Fran Fabriczki was born in Budapest and has lived in Los Angeles and London. She read English at the University of Cambridge and worked in publishing for several years before going freelance to focus on her own writing. She graduated from the University of East Anglia’s Creative Writing MA in 2022 and received the Curtis Brown Award for her dissertation. Porcupines is her first novel.

Daniela Gerson is an award-winning immigration reporter whose work has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, WNYC, Der Spiegel, and Financial Times. An associate professor of journalism at California State University, Northridge and editor-at-large at Zócalo Public Square, she previously co-founded Migratory Notes, worked as a community engagement editor at the LA Times and as a staff immigration reporter for the New York Sun. Daniela lives in Los Angeles with her two children and wife, an attorney specializing in immigrants’ rights.

About Nu Reads:

Nu Reads is a new bimonthly Jewish book subscription series that brings remarkable Jewish literature straight to your door. Curated by Jewish Book Council, our book collection brings together contemporary voices and timeless stories that carry our culture forward and connect us to a shared history. When you join Nu Reads, you're stepping into a community brought together by a shared passion for Jewish storytelling.NuReads.org

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