Los Angeles Literature Events 12/04/17 –12/10/17
These Violent Delights at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Victoria Namkung discuss and sign her novel, These Violent Delights, set in modern-day Los Angeles at Windemere School for Girls, an elite private school where Dr. Gregory Copeland is the beloved chair of the English Department. A married father with a penchant for romantic poetry—and impressionable teenage girls—he operates in plain sight for years, until one of his former students goes public with allegations of inappropriate conduct. This is a literary exploration of the pressures and vulnerabilities so many women and girls face, and analyzes the ways our institutions and families fail to protect or defend us.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/victoria-namkung-discusses-and-signs-these-violent-delights
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