Boston Book Festival

What are the repercussions of our most powerful relationships, and how do faith, desire and devotion formed from these relationships shape our personal histories? Award-winning author Susan Minot’s provocative new novel Don’t Be a Stranger traces a woman’s relationship with a man twenty years her junior, exploring themes of intimacy and obsession, integrity and art, in a story praised by Booklist as “ravishing, haunting, and insightful.” The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali maps the story of two best friends - their initial loyalty, inevitable betrayal, and costly redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. A national bestseller, Kamali’s latest is described as “a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People). In Jamie Quatro’s new novel Two-Step Devil, two societal outsiders form an unlikely but tender friendship that shapes a young woman’s future and solidifies a self-proclaimed prophet’s faith. Praised by Booklist as “a spectacular masterpiece,” Two-Step Devil explores the intricacies that steer the course of human lives. Quatro, Kamali and Minot will be joined in conversation by Tim Ehrenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books, President of the Nantucket Book Foundation, and co-host of the literary podcast Books, Beach, & Beyond.