“A rare combination of boldface intrigue and profound emotion” - Oprah Daily
“The most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory.” - Kirkus
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Join for events with Tony Kushner, Ayad Akhtar, Jonathan Safron Foer, Ruby Namdar, Menachem Kaiser, John Burnam Schwartz, James Lasdun, Aminatta Forna, Dani Shapiro, Jean Guerrero, Tom Powell, Andrew Martin, Todd Almond, Marion Winik, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Moriel Rothman Zecher, Anne Germanacos, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon, and Altair Brandon-Salmon
Aug 28, 2025 Rockport, Maine: Barnswallow Books - register
Sep 15, 2025 NYC Launch - The Public Theater in conversation with Tony Kushner - co-sponsored by Jewish Book Council
Sep 16, 2025 NYC: Launch party with Ruby Namdar
Sep 18, 2025 Virtual Launch with The NY Jewish Week and UJA of New York with Menachem Kaiser - register
Sep 19, 2025 92Y with Ayad Akhtar co-sponsored by Harper’s Magazine and PEN America - tickets
Sep 20, 2025 Hudson Valley Launch, Woodstock, NY: The Golden Notebook in conversation with James Lasdun - tickets
Sep 23, 2025 Brooklyn Launch: Greenlight Books in conversation with John Burnham Schwartz - tickets
Sep 25, 2025 DC: East City Books in conversation with Aminatta Forna - tickets
Sep 28, 2025 NYC: Private House Party( 57th/7th) - tickets
Sept 30, 2025 NYC: Totally Booked Live from the Whitby Hotel - tickets
Oct 2, 2025 London Launch at Ink84 in Islington with Burhan Sonmez, President of PEN International
Oct 6, 2025 Oxford: Caper Books in conversation with Tom Powell
Oct 8, 2025 Los Angeles Public Library with Jean Guerrero
Oct 9, 2025 Los Angeles: Zibby’s Bookshop with Chloe Conaway - register
Oct 11, 2025 San Francisco Launch with Anne Germanacos (RSVP: sam.sussman.author@gmail.com)
Oct 14, 2025 Stanford University in conversation with Professor Altair Brandon-Salmon
Oct 16, 2025 Chicago: Beth Emet Synagogue in conversation with Rabbi Andrea London
Oct 17, 2025 Westchester: Kol Ami Synagogue
Oct 18-19, 2025 Brattleboro Literary Festival, Vermont
Oct 21, 2025 Cambridge, MA: Porter Square Books in conversation with Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon - register
Oct 22, 2025 NYC: hosted by Harper’s Magazine in conversation with Andrew Martin at McNally Jackson Seaport - tickets
Oct 23, 2025 NYC: PEN America Author Evening - tickets
Oct 24, 2025 NYC: Tamid Synagogue
Oct 27, 2025 NYC: Rodeph Sholom Synagogue with Jonathan Safran Foer
Oct 28, 2025 TINYabc Book Club - Virtual, 7:00p (email bookstinyabc@gmail.com for link)
Nov 1, 2025 Hudson Valley - house party - private - (email for details: sam.sussman.author@gmail.com)
Nov 3, 2025 Indianapolis Jewish Community Center
Nov 5, 2025 NYC: P&T Knitwear with Todd Almond - tickets
Nov 7, 2025 Atlanta: Muse & Co Fine Art with Lisa Moore (book cover artist for Boy), 5-9pm
Nov 8, 2025 Pittsburgh Jewish Books Festival
Nov 11, 2025 Baltimore: Greedy Books (Remington location) with Marion Winik
Nov 12, 2025 Swarthmore College, 4:30pm with Moriel Rothman Zechman
Nov 16, 2025 Ossining Public Library, Westchester, NY
Nov 18, 2025 NYC: Book the Writer with Jean Hanff Korelitz - tickets sold out, virtual tickets available
Nov 19, 2025 2pm, Dorot Bookmark Series (Virtual)
Nov 19, 2025 7pm, Columbia University - details to come
Nov 20, 2025 Key West, Florida: Books & Books
Nov 22-23, 2025 Miami Book Fair
Dec 9, 2025 Youngstown, Ohio - JCC
Jan 6, 2025 Miami: Books & Books (Coral Gables location)
Jan 8, 2026 Boca Raton, Florida - B'nai Torah Congregation
Jan 21, 2026 Nyack, NY: Big Red Bookstore with Ross Benjamin
Feb 16, 2026 Cornell College, Iowa
Feb 18, 2026 West Orange, NJ - JCC MetroWest
March 1, 2026 London: Jewish Book Week
April 9, 2026 UC Berkeley, Center for Jewish Studies
Apr 23, 2026 Eagle Ridge Book Club
May 16, 2026 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Maryland