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SUMMARY:Author Thrity Umrigar
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DESCRIPTION:Join us when author Thrity Umrigar visits to discuss her lates
 t novel\, <i>Missing Sam</i>..\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/1471814
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Registration for this event is&nbsp\;<stro
 ng>FREE</strong>. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.</p>\n<p><st
 rong>Each VIP ticket ($30+fees) includes:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>A copy o
 f&nbsp\;<strong><em>Missing Sam</em></strong></li>\n<li>VIP seating at the
  event</li>\n<li>Signing line priority</li>\n<li>A donation to the Cuyahog
 a County Public Library Foundation</li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href="https://www.ev
 entbrite.com/e/thrity-umrigar-vip-ticket-tickets-1664923504019?aff=oddtdtc
 reator"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a>&nbsp\;to purchase VIP tickets</p>\
 n<hr />\n<p><em>About the author:</em></p>\n<p><strong>Thrity Umrigar</str
 ong> is the bestselling author of nine previous novels\, including Reese's
  Book Club Pick&nbsp\;<em>Honor</em>\, four picture books and a memoir. He
 r books have been published in more than twenty countries and in several l
 anguages. A former journalist\, she has contributed to the&nbsp\;<em>Washi
 ngton Post</em>\, the&nbsp\;<em>Boston Globe</em>\, the&nbsp\;<em>New York
  Times</em>\, the&nbsp\;<em>Cleveland Plain Dealer</em>\,&nbsp\;and other 
 newspapers. She is a recipient of the Harvard's Nieman Fellowship and winn
 er of the Cleveland Arts Prize\, the Seth Rosenberg prize\, and a Lambda L
 iterary award. &nbsp\;She is currently a Distinguished University Professo
 r of English at Case Western Reserve University.</p>\n<p>In <em><strong>Mi
 ssing Sam</strong></em>\, one night after a party\, old grievances surface
  between married couple Aliya and Sam and the night ends badly with a heat
 ed argument. Sam goes for a run early the next morning to clear her head&m
 dash\;and doesn&rsquo\;t come back.<br />&nbsp\;<br />Aliya reports her wi
 fe missing\, but as a gay\, Muslim daughter of immigrants\, she can&rsquo\
 ;t escape the scrutiny and suspicion of those around her. Scared and furio
 us and feeling isolated as strangers and acquaintances alike doubt her inn
 ocence\, Aliya makes one wrong choice after another. She must fight to pro
 ve her innocence in the public eye even as she is torn between her fear th
 at Sam is dead and her desire to find and save her wife. But is safety eve
 r truly possible for them?<br /><br />Thrity Umrigar will be in conversati
 on with <strong>Karen R. Long</strong>\, who is the former manager of the&
 nbsp\;Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards for the Cleveland Foundation\, and is the
  former book editor of Cleveland's The Plain Dealer.</p>\n<hr />\n<h3><str
 ong>FAQs</strong></h3>\n<p><strong><em>Additional books will be available 
 for purchase courtesy of Loganberry Books.</em></strong></p>\n<p>For quest
 ions about accessibility or to request accommodations for individuals with
  hearing\, visual or mobility impairments\, please email&nbsp\;<a href="ma
 ilto:For%20questions about accessibility or to request accommodations for 
 individuals with hearing\, visual or mobility impairments\, please email e
 vents@cuyahogalibrary.org.">events@cuyahogalibrary.org</a>.</p>\n<p><stron
 g>NO REFUNDS.</strong>&nbsp\;If you are unable to attend the event\, pleas
 e contact&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:events@cuyahogalibrary.org">events@cuyahog
 alibrary.org</a>&nbsp\;to claim the book(s) included with your ticket purc
 hase and schedule pick up from the CCPL branch of your choice. Books not c
 laimed within 7 days of the event will be donated to the Library.</p>\n<p>
 <strong>Questions?</strong>&nbsp\;Email us at&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:events
 @cuyahogalibrary.org">events@cuyahogalibrary.org</a>.</p>\nhttps://cuyahog
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