OFFSITE in Burlington: Margot Harrison w/ Lisa Kusel Book Launch of "Midnight Club"
Schedule
Thu Sep 26 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
The Venetian Soda Lounge | Burlington, VT
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“The Midnight Club is a strange, riveting, brilliant fable about smart people seduced by the darkest, most forbidden fantasy. Like a fever-dream of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.”
—Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians
Join Vermont author Margot Harrison for the launch of her debut adult novel, The Midnight Club which features four friends, a campus reunion and dark new way to relive the past. Margot will be in conversation with fellow Vermont author Lisa Kusel at the Venetian Soda Lounge at 266 Pine Street in downtown, Burlington.
"How could you leave the past undisturbed when it was hiding parts of you from yourself?"
It's been twenty-five years since The Midnight Club last convened. A tight-knit group of college friends bonded by late nights at the campus literary magazine, they're also bonded by something darker: the death of their brilliant friend Jennet junior year. But now, decades later, a mysterious invitation has pulled them back to the pine-shrouded Vermont town where it all began.
As the estranged friends gather for a weeklong campus reunion, they soon learn that their host has an ulterior motive: she wants them to uncover the truth about the night Jennet died, and she's provided them with an extraordinary method--a secret substance that helps them not only remember but relive the past.
But each one of the friends has something to hide. And the more they question each other, the deeper they dive into their own memories, the more they understand that nothing they thought they knew about their college years, and that fateful night, is true.
Twisty, nostalgic, and emotionally thrilling, The Midnight Club explores that innate desire to revisit our first loves, our biggest mistakes, and the gulf between who we are and who we hoped we'd be.
Margot Harrison is the author of four young adult novels, including an Indies Introduce Pick, two Junior Library Guild Selections, and two Vermont Book Award Finalists. She grew up in New York and now lives in Vermont. The Midnight Club is her debut adult novel. Find her on TikTok, @MargotFHarrison, and on Instagram, @margotfharrison.
Born in New Jersey and raised in California, Lisa Kusel lived in various exotic locales across the globe before she made a home in Vermont with her family. She is the author of a memoir, a short story collection, and the novel Hat Trick. Learn more about her at www.lisakusel.com.
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Where is it happening?
The Venetian Soda Lounge, 273 St Paul St, Burlington, VT 05401-4639, United States,Burlington, VermontEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
