Author event with Ruta Sepetys

Schedule

Tue May 26 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

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Parnassus Books is thrilled to present an evening with Ruta Sepetys for her new book, A FORTUNE OF SAND.
About this Event

Parnassus Books is thrilled to present an evening with Ruta Sepetys to celebrate her new book, A Fortune of Sand.

This ticketed event will take place at Parnassus Books (3900 Hilllsboro Pike, Suite 14, Nashville, TN 37215) on Monday,March 2nd, at 6:30 PM.

Tickets:

Please note there are two ticket types for this event:

  • A ONE person and ONE book ticket is $33.00 and includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of A Fortune of Sand.
  • A TWO person and ONE book ticket is $33.00 and includes two general admission seats and one signed copy of A Fortune of Sand.

All books will be pre-signed, and there will be a signing line for personalizations after the event.

Parking:

There is ample free parking in front of the store, as well as in the lot and garage behind the store.

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.

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. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Ruta gives voice to underrepresented history and those who experienced it. She has been invited to present at NATO, European Parliament, the U.S. Capitol, the Library of Congress, and embassies worldwide. Ruta alternates her time between the hills of Tennessee and the flats of Florida.

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Where is it happening?

Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, United States

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USD 40.66

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