Janet Burroway, author of SIMONE IN PIECES - an in-person event

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Tue Nov 18 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI

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Janet Burroway, author of SIMONE IN PIECES - an in-person event
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Boswell Book Company presents an evening with local author Janet Burroway, author of Simone in Pieces. She will be in conversation with Director of Red Oak Writing Center Kim Suhr.

from Boswell. Signed copies are available on most event preorders. If you have a personalization request, enter it in "order comments" at checkout. Please note: signed copies will ship after the event. Remember to select “In Store Pickup” at check out to avoid unnecessary shipping fees on books you intend to pick up at the event.

Readers first meet Simone Lerrante, a Belgian war orphan, as a child refugee in Sussex, England, her memory damaged by trauma. This novel offers a kaleidoscopic vision of her fractured life and piecemeal understanding of self across multiple points of view. Janet Burroway slowly reveals a multifaceted, fascinating protagonist, who observes her own life without always allowing herself to be immersed in it. Spanning seven decades, this story is both epic and contained, rewarding readers at every turn.

“This book is stupendous. I loved it so, so much. An assemblage, fragments that bring vividly to life a woman, an era, a world—or rather many worlds—this book is a marvel and a delight.”— Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure

Janet Burroway, the author of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, has written eight previous novels, as well as a memoir, plays, short fiction, children’s books, and more. Recipient of the Florida Humanities Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing, she is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Florida State University at Tallahassee.

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Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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