Adam Haslett on ‘Mothers and Sons’ with Adam Rapp

Don’t miss the long-awaited return of National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett, author of Imagine Me Gone, as he visits The Center to celebrate his latest book, Mothers and Sons, a gripping story of family, forgiveness, and the lasting impact of a fleeting moment. He will be joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter).

Dubbed “one of the country’s most talented writers” by the Wall Street Journal, Haslett has a gift for capturing the complexities of familial relationships, as demonstrated in Imagine Me Gone and You Are Not a Stranger Here. In Mothers and Sons, he tells the story of the estranged relationship between Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, and his mother, Ann. When Peter takes on a case about a young gay man, he is forced to confront the night of violence that changed his life, and the secret which tore him and his mother apart. With remarkable emotional depth, Haslett portrays the harrowing search for one’s humanity, and the lengths taken to maintain it. After the event, Haslett will sign books.