MJCCA Book Fest Presents Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan – Mad Honey
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of “Wish You Were Here” and the bestselling author of “She's Not There.”
The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta welcomes co-authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan to discuss their new novel, "Mad Honey."
Tickets are $38 and include a signed hardcover copy of the book.
Please note that all books will be pre-signed. There will not be a signing line at this event. Masks are optional.
About the Book
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business.
Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
“Mad Honey” is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
About the Authors
Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight novels, including “Wish You Were Here,” “Small Great Things,” “Leaving Time,” and “My Sister’s Keeper,” and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, “Between the Lines” and “Off the Page.”
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books. She is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University and a 2022–2023 Fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. A nationally known advocate for human rights, she is a trustee of PEN America. For many years she was the national co-chair of GLAAD as well as a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.
