Join Caitlin Barasch for discussion on “A Novel Obsession.”
AUTHOR TALK DETAILS
10/8/2022
MORRISTOWN BOOK FESTIVAL
Downtown Morristown
Morristown, NJ USA
About the Author:
A first-time novelist, Caitlin Barasch has had her work appear in more than a dozen publications, including Catapult, Day One, The Forge, and Hobart. Barasch is a former bookseller who currently teaches creative writing at the Writers Circle. She earned her BA from Colorado College and her MFA from New York University. Barasch was born and raised in New York and now lives in Brooklyn.
About the Book:
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by BuzzFeed, The Millions, Goodreads, Bustle, BookRiot, and The Nerd Daily
“If you’ve ever felt tempted to ‘keep tabs on’ a partner’s ex on Instagram and then found yourself down a rabbit hole of their vacation posts from three years ago, this debut novel—which follows a 24-year-old New Yorker named Naomi who becomes obsessed with her boyfriend’s former girlfriend—is for you.”—Vogue, “Best New Beach Reads”
Twenty-four-year-old New York bookseller Naomi Ackerman is desperate to write a novel, but struggles to find a story to tell. When, after countless disastrous dates, she meets Caleb—a perfectly nice guy with a Welsh accent and a unique patience for all her quirks—she thinks she’s finally stumbled onto a time-honored subject: love. Then Caleb’s ex-girlfriend, Rosemary, enters the scene.
Upon learning that Rosemary is not safely tucked away in Caleb’s homeland overseas, but in fact lives in New York and also works in the literary world, Naomi is threatened and intrigued in equal measure. If they both fell for the same man, what else might they have in common? The more Naomi learns about Rosemary, the more her curiosity consumes her. Before she knows it, her casual Instagram stalking morphs into a friendship under false pretenses—and becomes the subject of her nascent novel.
As her lies and half-truths spiral out of control, and fact and fiction become increasingly difficult to untangle, Naomi must decide what—and who—she’s willing to sacrifice to write the perfect ending.
