Join us for an intimate evening with Sam Sussman in celebration of his debut novel, Boy From the North Country. This evening is generously hosted by Lisa and LilyClaire Hedley. Books will be available for all attendees.
Based on Sam Sussman’s Harper’s memoir essay, “The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan’s Son,” BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is hailed by Kirkus as “the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory.”
A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand
BOY FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is a breathtaking love letter from a son to his mother, an unusually vulnerable portrait of grief and caretaking from the perspective of a young man, a stunningly rare view into the creative life of Bob Dylan, and a universal story about trying to understand the complexities of our parents’ lives.
Tony Kushner calls Boy From the North Country a work of “stunning poetic force, revelatory insight, heartbreak and wisdom.” David Yaffe (A Complete Unknown) calls the book, “A monumental event for anyone who cares about Dylan.” Inspired by the author’s own uncertain celebrity paternity, Boy From the North Country is an emotionally searing meditation on the most essential human themes: loss, healing, memory, and the redemptive power of love.
Sam Sussman grew up in the Hudson Valley. He graduated with a BA from Swarthmore College and an MPhil from the University of Oxford and has lived in Berlin and Jerusalem. His writing has been recognized by BAFTA and published in Harper’s Magazine. Sam has taught writing seminars in India, Chile, and England and participated in the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. He lives in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan and his native Hudson Valley.
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