Conversations with Authors
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Counting Backwards by Jacqueline Friedland
Tuesday, December 9 • 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a conversation with Jacqueline Friedland, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of He Gets That From Me, That’s Not a Thing and Trouble the Water.
Inspired by true events revealing America's troubling past involving pre-war eugenics practices, this emotionally riveting dual timeline novel brings together the lives of two inspiring women while exploring the timely and important themes of immigration, fertility and motherhood. A revelatory tale of heartbreak and hope, it is an un-put-downable story that will stay with readers long after the final page.
Read what some of our past authors are saying about Counting Backwards!
"Counting Backwards hits all the Rs: Redemption, Responsibility, Resilience, Relevance and absolutely Riveting...Friedland gifts readers with richly developed characters in a dual-timeline tale that explores fertility, inequality and reproductive rights – both past and present with an eye toward the future...Counting Backwards is more than a powerful read, ultimately it teaches us ALL how to move forward."
- Lisa Barr - New York Times bestselling author of The Goddess of Warsaw
"Timely, perceptive, and inspiring, Counting Backwards is truly a book for this moment. By masterfully combining legal history with some of our most pressing present day issues, Jackie Friedland delivers a tour de force about family, female independence and choosing to embrace what really matters. Only an absolute pro like Friedland could write a book this smart and this pertinent that still makes readers cry at the end."
- Lynda Loigman - Author of The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern
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