A Night in with Essie Chambers
Join us for a night in with award-winning writer and producer Essie Chambers, to celebrate the release of her alluring novel, Swift River.
What if the price of knowing who you are is losing the only family you've ever known?
Summer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill town of Swift River, sixteen-year-old Diamond Newbury is desperately lonely. It's been seven years since her father disappeared, and while her mother is determined to move on, Diamond can't distance herself from his memory.
When Diamond receives a letter from a relative she has never met, she unearths long-buried secrets of her father's past and discovers a family and heritage she never knew she was missing.
Hosted by Curtis Sittenfeld, together they will dissect themes of personal and historical grief, the bonds of family, and the human instinct for resilience.
“Complicated, frank, yet infused with that satisfying feeling one gets when you realize the missing piece to the puzzle is a sense of self . . . a sensational debut.” Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout
The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Swift River (RRP £8.99) deliverable to any UK or international address.
The event will initially be broadcast on 15 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for two weeks.
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