An Evening with Jodi Picoult (Virtual)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes Hollow Bones–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.
Event Details
The livestream will begin with a slideshow at 6:50 p.m. ET. Please note this slideshow will have no audio. The programming will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET, a great time to test your audio. If you have any problems please double check the troubleshooting tips in your confirmation email. Didn't get a confirmation email? Let's help: marketing@nwstc.org. Questions will be gathered ahead of time. If you'd like to ask Picoult a question, please email marketing@nwstc.org.
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