Book Event: Sonora Jha with Mira Jacob

Mon Oct 20 2025 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene | Brooklyn

Greenlight Bookstore
Publisher/HostGreenlight Bookstore
Book Event: Sonora Jha with Mira Jacob
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Novelist Sonora Jha presents the follow-up to Jha's critically-acclaimed "The Laughter", a satirical feminist folktale!
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Sonora Jha presents Intemperance

In conversation with Mira JacobNovelist Sonora Jha presents Intemperance, a satirical feminist folktale and the follow-up to Jha's critically-acclaimed The Laughter. A twice-divorced woman starts a firestorm when she announces she will celebrate her 55th birthday by holding a swayamvar—a contest, based on an ancient Indian ritual, in which men must compete to win her affections. The woman, a renowned and respected intellectual who had once declared she was “past such petty matters as love,” knows she is now setting herself up for widespread societal ridicule, but her self-esteem and sexual libido are off the charts, even as her body withers from disability, fading beauty, and her appetite for cake. As her whole plan spirals into a spectacle, the woman embarks on a journey to decide what feat will define a newer, better masculinity; and what feat will it take for her to trust in the tenderness of love. Joining Jha for a discussion on the book is award-winning author Mira Jacob (The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, Good Talk), before an audience Q&A and signing.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene, 686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, United States

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USD 0.00 to USD 35.38

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