MEG ROSOFF
Wednesday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Over from her London home is Meg Rosoff, for many books most known for her award-winning, bestselling young adult novels, now staking more and more of a claim in 'older' adult literary terrain. She is here tonight with What I Was (Viking), a marvelous new novel in which an old man, nearing death, looks back to a formative, coming-of-age time in his life. "Readers of Rosoff's previous books ... know what a disturbing writer she is, and how disconcertingly she shifts the perspectives of time, place, reality and human relationships from those we are used to. What I Was maintains her remarkable gift for turning human life into an unfamiliar event. It's a highly original study of intense self-love, in all its solitude. Yet, as before with Rosoff, this story of bleak and unstable existence ends on a surprising note of thanksgiving." – Books for Keeps.

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