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SUMMARY:11/21 Universe of Grace: Talk & Signing with Rachel Calnek-Sugin
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming writer\, social worker\, and educator Ra
 chel Calnek-Sugin for a talk and signing of her new release\, Universe o
 f Grace. Joining her in conversation about this kaleidoscopic coming of 
 age novel is local author Rachel Meredith. More about the book: One afte
 rnoon\, on a visit to the Bronx Zoo\, a jaguar tells six-year-old Grace 
 Goldberg-Li she isn’t human. Not that this comes as a total surprise. He
 r life looks normal\, but no one else\, not even her beloved sister\, se
 ems to be experiencing things as brightly and painfully as she does. As 
 she approaches adolescence\, Grace begins to think that she might be an 
 alien. Maybe this would explain the urge to steal every beautiful object
  she can find\, or the peculiar voice that’s started issuing apocalyptic
  warnings inside her head. In adulthood\, Grace still can’t figure it ou
 t. Is it the world that’s crazy and falling apart? Or is it her? She wil
 l attempt\, over and over\, to remake herself and find her place in it. 
 She will fall recklessly in love with a gorgeous doctoral student\; she 
 will live as a tree in a backyard during the pandemic\; she will become 
 the best employee that Wendy’s has ever seen\; she will travel to the en
 ds of the earth and keep going. Moving\, imaginative\, and endlessly sur
 prising\, Universe of Grace is at once a tender family portrait\, a quee
 r love story\, and an epic quest for self-discovery in a world that’s un
 certain and wondrous in equal measure. Covering the span of a single lif
 e and everything it touches\, Universe of Grace shows us that we are eac
 h more interconnected and vast than we can ever know. More about Rachel 
 Calnek-Sugin in her own words: I'm a writer\, social worker\, and educat
 or committed to our individual and collective liberation through art-mak
 ing\, community building\, and personal transformation. I love trees\, d
 ancing down the streets of Brooklyn\, and cooking extravagant meals for 
 my loved ones. I work as a therapist in schools and I write fiction\, no
 nfiction\, plays\, and the occasional subway-poem. My first novel\, UNIV
 ERSE OF GRACE\, will be published by Holt in 2026. More about Rachel Mer
 edith: Rachel has been writing something or other her entire life. Born 
 in New York City\, raised on Long Island\, and now a New Havener\, she s
 pends her days as a copy editor and proofreader\, where she’s able to pu
 t her English degree to use on all sorts of grammatical minutiae. Her de
 but adult rom-com\, Girl Next Door\, was published in Fall 2025 by Harpe
 r Perennial.\n\nMore info: https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/events\n
 \nhttps://findlocal.community/event/26a9433c-9a93-40f0-8ab8-640a0888a3b5
LOCATION:Possible Futures\, 318 Edgewood Ave\, New Haven\, CT 06511
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/26a9433c-9a93-40f0-8ab8-640a0888a3b
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