PEA alum Pamela Erens, author of Eleven Hours

 

Eleven Hours is the story of two soon-to-be mothers who, in the midst of a difficult labor, are forced to reckon with their pasts and re-create their futures. Lore must disentangle herself from a love triangle; Franckline must move beyond past traumas to accept the life that s waiting for her. Pamela Erens moves seamlessly between their begrudging partnership and the memories evoked by so intense an experience: for Lore, of the father of her child and her former best friend; for Franckline, of the family in Haiti from which she's exiled. At turns urgent and lyrical, Erens's novel is a visceral portrait of childbirth, and a vivid rendering of the way we approach motherhood with fear and joy, anguish and awe. 


Praise for Eleven Hours:

"Deeply moving and radiantly written, Eleven Hours is a gorgeous, harrowing, and intensely urgent novel. Pamela Erens is a mesmerizingly smart and powerful writer I can't stop thinking about this book." --Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans 

"This novel does not sentimentalize the delivery of a child but rather examines the surprise--mental and physical--that accompanies it. Labor stories are as old as time, but Erens's novel feels incredibly fresh and vivid. An outstanding accomplishment." --Publishers Weekly


PAMELA ERENS's second novel, The Virgins, was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and was named a Best Book of 2013 by the New Yorker, the New Republic, Library Journal, and Salon. The novel was a finalist for the John Gardner Book Award for the best book of fiction published in 2013. Pamela's debut novel, The Understory, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as Elle, Vogue, the New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Millions.

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Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 12:00pm
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Water Street Bookstore
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ISBN: 9781941040294
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Published: Tin House Books - May 3rd, 2016

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Published: Tin House Books - August 6th, 2013