10/30 - Actress Meg Tilly in Minneapolis
Monday, October 30, 7 p.m.
Meg Tilly
with Kirsten Dierking and Patricia Weaver Francisco
at
Amazon Bookstore (feminist bookstore in Minneapolis)
4755 Chicago Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-821-9630
Meg Tilly will be here to read from her new novel, Gemma. She will be joined by two local authors reading from their works on the same topic-Kirsten Dierking (One Red Eye) and Patricia Weaver Francisco (Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery).
Gemma is a compelling, yet disturbing, twist on the theme of Vladimir Nabokov's infamous novel Lolita. This time, however, author Meg Tilly explores both sides of a story about child molestation and sexual abuse, allowing us to hear not only the voice of the adult predator, but that of his young victim as well.
Gemma has been abused for years by her alcoholic mother's boyfriend when she is kidnapped and taken on a cross country journey that tests the very limits of her endurance. It is only Gemma's childlike resilience and fertile imagination that protect her from the worst of the abuses she suffers. And in the end, it is only the healing power of unconditional love that gives her the courage to speak out against her abuser and to reclaim her dignity as a human being.
BIO
Meg Tilly is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Singing Songs. Working as an actress before focusing upon her writing career, Meg Tilly is best known for her movie roles in The Big Chill and Agnes of God (for which she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Oscar). She lives in Vancouver
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M-F 10-8 (Later on event nights)
Sat 10-6
Sun noon-5
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