Main Point Books welcomes author Jenny Laden and her YA novel “This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel.” This heartbreaking multimedia debut is filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries, drawing on the author’s own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence. She’ll be joined by special guest Cordlia Jensen, author of “Skyscraping” and “The Way the Light Bends.”
This event will be held in the lower level at Main Point Books. Reservations are requested via Eventbrite; ... view more »
Main Point Books welcomes author Jenny Laden and her YA novel “This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel.” This heartbreaking multimedia debut is filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries, drawing on the author’s own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence. She’ll be joined by special guest Cordlia Jensen, author of “Skyscraping” and “The Way the Light Bends.”
This event will be held in the lower level at Main Point Books. Reservations are requested via Eventbrite; walk-ins are welcome. Books can be purchased in advance via Eventbrite or the store’s website, and wlll be available at the event. Signed copies can be mailed to the U.S.
About Jenny Laden
Jenny Laden was born in Philadelphia and began painting at the age of nine. She studied art and art history at Barnard College and received her master’s degree in fine art from New York University. She has exhibited in New York; Chicago; Washington, DC; McClean; Richmond; Miami; Philadelphia; San Francisco; and Berlin, and had work in multiple publications. After her father’s death in 1996, she became an HIV/AIDS educator in New York City and worked with C.O.L.A.G.E. (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). She lives in Philadelphia with her family.
About the Book
Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide.
About Guest Cordelia Jensen
Cordelia Jensen graduated with a MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2012. Cordelia has three verse novels: Skyscraping (Philomel/Penguin), The Way the Light Bends (Philomel/Penguin) and Every Shiny Thing (Amulet/Abrams), which she co-authored with VCFA classmate Laurie Morrison. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.
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