Author Event: Nicola Maye Goldberg's "Other Women" with Alissa Bennett

A slyly subversive bildungsroman about misplaced love, by the author of the lauded novel Nothing Can Hurt You.

After dropping out of college, a young woman wanders through New York both invisible and vulnerable, studying the city’s strong magic and longing for a man she knows will never love her back. Salvation appears to arrive when Charlotte Herzfeld, the young wife of a successful businessman, hires her as a live-in nanny to accompany the family on a trip to Berlin. As the Herzfelds begin to crack under the weight of their secrets, she finds herself in a more precarious position than ever before.

Reflective yet propulsive, and told in a voice both ingenuous and insightful, Other Women is a timeless and all-too-relatable tale of unwise decisions and unfortunate fixations.

Nicola Maye Goldberg is a writer and bookseller in New York City. She is the author of Nothing Can Hurt You. Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Tyrant, Joyland, and Forever Magazine. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University and the Center for Fiction.

[ABOUT THIS EVENT: The rear half of the store will be used exclusively for this event. The front bar will be open to the public for drinking & chatting. Book browsing will be limited to a few display tables and shelves closest to the front of the store.]

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