CLAIRE CARUSILLO & RILEY ANGULO
About this Event
The Book Box is proud to present Claire Carusillo, in conversation with Riley Angulo, as she discusses her debut novel, The Responsible Party. The authors will discuss the book, do a Q&A with the audience and sign books at this event. Admission is FREE, but RSVP is required.
About this event:
- Doors open at 6:45 PM, author discussion begins at 7:00 PM.
- A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the event. The best way to guarentee your copy of The Responsible Party is by purchasing it as an add-on with your ticket.
- Tickets are free, however RSVP is required to attend the event.
- Both authors will be participating in the signing line.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A rollicking, "unsinkable," (Sam Lipsyte) and hilarious debut novel about a family of unforgettable women obsessed with securing their legacy, for fans of Geek Love
Claire grew up with the legend of the Unsinkable Mounsey Women. Her great-great-grandmother Fanny made headlines in 1915 for washing ashore in England nearly a year after her ship sank. Fanny’s daughter Sarah went to collect her mother on the equally ill-fated Lusitania—whose sinking she, too, survived. Their improbable endurance led to regional stardom on the Midwestern vaudeville circuit. But Claire never knew the full story—until now.
Listless, jobless, and recently canceled for extolling skin-care advice online that sent a reader to the hospital, Claire is surprised when a knock at the door turns out to be the police, looking for answers about a M**der from the 1970s they suspect her mother, Kath, may know something about. As the cops zero in, Claire demands answers from her mother.
Kath’s comically long response, which blossoms into the story of the Mounseys and their descendants writ large, moves from a Liverpudlian poorhouse at the onset of World War I to a Lake Michigan lighthouse in 1971 (when sex was freer and McDonald’s fried their potatoes with beef tallow) to present-day Chicagoland; along the way, it offers Claire a richer understanding of what she inherited from the complicated, resilient women she descends from.
Replete with inappropriately old boyfriends, dubious medical professionals, and more than a few boats, The Responsible Party is the story of several women, in several different timelines, trying to stay afloat.
Where is it happening?
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