Emma Straub
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It seemed natural that Elsa, whose family owned the Cherry County Playhouse in Wisconsin, wanted to be an actress. Fleeing home in her teens for Los Angeles, she was discovered by a Hollywood executive who refashioned her into an Academy-award winning actress named Laura Lamont. But she finds that balancing a career and a family while trying to remain true to herself is the hardest task of all.
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The author of Bel Canto and Truth & Beauty talks with Jane Hamilton (A Map of the World; The Short History of a Prince) and delves deeply into the backstory of her latest creation, a thought-provoking literary thriller, set deep in the Amazon jungle, with fascinating characters that defy our expectations, and chockful of suspense, romance, and betrayal.
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The acclaimed bestselling author returns to Symphony Space to discuss her latest novel. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth tells the enthralling and tender story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. In conversation with Emma Straub (Modern Lovers). An excerpt from the novel will be performed by Alan Alda.