SUSANNA SONNENBERG
Monday, July 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Susanna Sonnenberg was born in London, grew up in New York, and lives now in Montana. Much happened on the way, especially in growing up as daughter to her mother. Her Last Death: A Memoir (Scribner) is an autobiographical chronicle like few others. "All mothers are con artists on occasion. But what if yours is a compulsive liar and a serial charmer who accuses you of seducing her boyfriend and who seduces you with cocaine—when you're twelve? Susanna Sonnenberg's was a booby-trapped childhood, of which she writes unnervingly, and with crisp control. Her pages are remarkable as much for their style as for their intelligence; the portrait is indelible." - Stacy Schiff. "An irresistible book that is shimmering with life and the portrait of a glorious, frenzied, seductive woman who of necessity has been left, along with Susanna Sonnenberg's young womanhood, behind. Her mother." - James Salter.

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