Name: A conversation with Marisa Silver
Start: 2025-12-10T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-10T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 25501 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood, OH 44122

Join us at our Beachwood Branch for a conversation with Marisa Silver, author of "At Last."
Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/14965925
Silver is the author of the novels "The Mysteries;" "Little Nothing;" "Mary Coin," a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller’s Award; "The God of War," a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; and "No Direction Home." Her first collection of short stories, "Babe in Paradise" was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. When her second collection, "Alone with You" was published, The New York Times called her “one of California’s most celebrated contemporary writers.” Her fiction has been included in "The Best American Short Stories," the "O. Henry Prize Stories," as well as other anthologies. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Cullman Center for Scholars and writers. She lives in Los Angeles.
"At Last" paints a vivid portrait of the American Midwest, capturing the essence of a time and place where societal norms and personal aspirations often clashed. Silver’s narrative weaves together the lives of Helene and Evelyn, from their vastly different childhoods through the pivotal events that define them. Both intimate and expansive, and capturing the complexities of ambition and love with humor and insight, At Last is a testament to what happens when an unintended, even unwanted relationship turns out to be a central one that defines a life.
Helene Simonauer and Evelyn Turner are two formidable women whose paths cross when their children marry. Both women are sharp, cunning, and unwavering in their conflicting beliefs about marriage, responsibility, and family and, most pressingly, their efforts to vie for the love of their shared granddaughter.