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A novel featuring the secretly miserable wife of a famous marriage expert, who accidentally befriends the undercover journalist investigating him for fraudThird Place Books welcomes author Hadley Leggett to our Seward Park store for a conversation about her new novel Not a Perfect Science. After giving up everything to support her husband's career as a marriage expert, a woman's burgeoning friendship with the journalist who might topple his empire forces her to ask how much she's willing to sacrifice for the freedom she craves. Author Elise Hooper (Angels of the Pacific, The Library of Lost Dollhouses) joins in conversation.
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Hadley Leggett writes twisty family dramas exploring truth in shades of gray. She holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of California, San Francisco, and is a graduate of the science communication program at UC Santa Cruz. After moving all over the United States during her childhood, she now lives in Seattle with her husband and three children, as well as three cats and a very sassy rescue pup. She published her first novel, the award-winning All They Ask Is Everything, in 2024.
A native New Englander, Elise Hooper spent several years writing for television and online news outlets before getting a MA and teaching high-school literature and history. Her debut novel The Other Alcott was a nominee for the 2017 Washington Book Award. Her novels, including Learning to See, Fast Girls, Angels of the Pacific, and The Library of Lost Dollhouses center the lives of extraordinary but overlooked historical women. Elise lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.
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