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The author of Mother is Watching chats with Andrew F. Sullivan about her latest novel.
Attend a live reading and conversation with author Karma Brown, who discusses her new book Mother is Watching.
The 45-minute conversation is followed by a 15-minute question and answer period. Check out the HPL catalogue to borrow the book before the event.
Mathilde “Tilly” Crewson, a 39-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumoured fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye.
Soon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers she’s unexpectedly pregnant and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin—terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization that the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But The Mother has plans of her own—and they’re darker than Tilly could ever imagine. As Tilly’s obsession with the mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life.
Karma Brown is an award-winning journalist and author of 10 novels, including Mother is Watching, the #1 international bestseller Recipe for a Perfect Wife, What Wild Women Do, Come Away with Me (a Globe & Mail Best Book of 2015), Globe and Mail and Toronto Star bestsellers The Choices We Make and In This Moment, and The Life Lucy Knew. She is also the author of the bestseller The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life.
Andrew F. Sullivan is the author of The Marigold, a finalist for the Aurora Awards, the Locus Awards and the Hamilton Literary Awards. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Esquire, The Verge, Book Riot and the Winnipeg Free Press. He cowrote The Handyman Method with Nick Cutter, a novel about home improvement gone wrong. Sullivan is also the author of the novel WASTE, a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year, and the short story collection All We Want is Everything, a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year and finalist for the ReLit Award. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Books and Writing |
TAGS: | Literature | Books | Author Visit | Author Events |
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