Jodi Picoult, Hollow Bones with Rainy Day Books

Join Rainy Day Books at Unity Temple to celebrate Hollow Bones with beloved author Jodi Picoult!

This event takes place in Unity Temple's Sanctuary and includes a conversation with Jodi and a moderator, followed by an optional photo line.

Doors Open - Event doors open at 6:00 p.m. While you may queue outside the venue, no access to the event space will be granted ahead of this time. If you have any accessibility concerns that preclude you from standing in line, please reach out to [email protected] to arrange a separate entry. This needs to be done a minimum of 2 business days before the event to allow our staff adequate time to assist with any needs.

Signed Books & Photo Line - Event books will be PRE-SIGNED by Jodi, and you will receive your pre-signed book upon check-in. There will not be any additional signing or presigning, but there will be an optional photo line following the conversation. Photos will be taken by a professional photographer and uploaded to a shared link for attendees to access. Signing details are subject to change depending on the author and publisher's needs.

ADA Accessibility - This event is hosted in the historic Unity Temple. While the Sanctuary space is ADA accessible, some seats are not (including the entire balcony). We offer specific ADA tickets to meet attendees' needs. Please read through the ticket options carefully if you have any concerns. You may also reach out to [email protected] for one of our staff members to personally assist you with your ADA needs or arrange for early entry. This needs to be done a minimum of 2 business days before the event to allow our staff adequate time to assist with any needs.

Hollow Bones

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner.

On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Her 30th novel, HOLLOW BONES, will publish on September 15, 2026. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.

Please Note: There are no refunds for this event. If you are unable to attend, your book will be available for pickup at Rainy Day Books starting the following day. If you are not local, we'll be happy to mail it to you upon request. Thank you for your support!

We will hold your event book in-store for a maximum of 6 months following the event. If you have not retrieved your book in that time period, it will be donated.