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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Julia Franks
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DESCRIPTION:Meet award-winning author Julia Franks as she discusses her ne
 w novel\, "The Say So.".\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/9001839
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>From the award-winning author of <em>Over 
 the Plain Houses</em> comes a novel about two young women contending with 
 unplanned pregnancies in different eras.</p>\n<p><em>The Say So</em> | Edi
 e Carrigan didn't plan to "get herself" pregnant\, much less end up in a h
 ome for unwed mothers. In 1950s North Carolina\, illegitimate pregnancy is
  kept secret\, wayward women require psychiatric cures\, and adoption is a
 lways the best solution. Not even Edie&rsquo\;s closest friend\, Luce Wadd
 ell\, understands what Edie truly wants: to keep and raise the baby.</p>\n
 <p>Twenty-five years later\, Luce is a successful lawyer\, and her daughte
 r Meera now faces the same decision Edie once did. Like Luce\, Meera is fi
 ercely independent and plans to handle her unexpected pregnancy herself. A
 long the way\, Meera finds startling secrets about her mother&rsquo\;s pas
 t\, including the long-ago friendship with Edie. As the three women&rsquo\
 ;s lives intertwine and collide\, the story circles age-old questions abou
 t female awakening\, reproductive choice\, motherhood\, adoption\, sex\, a
 nd missed connections.</p>\n<p>For fans of Brit Bennett's <em>The Mothers<
 /em> or Jennifer Weiner's <em>Mrs. Everything\, The Say So</em> is a timel
 y novel that asks: how do we contend with the rippling effects of the choi
 ces we've made?</p>\n<p>Julia Franks is the author of Over the Plain House
 s\, which was an NPR Best Book of 2016 and was awarded five literary prize
 s. She has published essays in <em>The New York Times\, Ms. Magazine\, </e
 m>and <em>The Bitter Southerner.&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: ce
 nter\;">Complimentary refreshments.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: cent
 er\;">Books are available for sale and signing from Eagle Eye Book Shop.&n
 bsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color: #993300\;">
 This program is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended.<
 /span></p>\n<p>* Presented by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://gwinnett
 pl.libnet.info/event/9001839
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