I’m honored to moderate a discussion with the marvelous Margot Livesey in celebration of her beautiful new book. Write-up from host Boswell Books below. (Note, this is a ticketed event — get yours now!)

“Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street and The Flight of Gemma Hardy chats about her a poignant and probing psychological drama that follows the lives of three siblings in the wake of a violent crime. Livesey will be in conversation with Callanan, author of Paris by the Book.

“This virtual event will be broadcast via Zoom, and registration is required – so click this link to register today! Purchase your copy of The Boy in the Field for 20% off list price from Boswell.

“Livesey's latest novel has earned starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, and Tessa Hadley, author of The London Train, who says, “Written in elegant, spare prose, this story flies swiftly forward from the transfixing opening pages. A charming, complicated family dynamic, a twist of eerie magic.” And Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had, adds, "I loved every single sentence of The Boy in the Field. This novel is so intricately woven, its world so vibrantly built, its characters so beautifully and empathically wrought. To experience the world as rendered by Margot Livesey is a singular, extraordinary delight."

“One September afternoon in 1999, three teenagers are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy’s life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Written with the deceptive simplicity and power of a fable, The Boy in the Field showcases Margot Livesey’s unmatched ability to, as Lily King, author of Euphoria, says “tell her tale masterfully, with intelligence, tenderness, and a shrewd understanding of all our mercurial human impulses.”

“Margot Livesey is author of eight novels, including Mercury, Eva Moves the Furniture, and The Missing World. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vogue, and The Atlantic, and she is the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. The House on Fortune Street won the 2009 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Livesey is a professor of fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.”