Author of "The Madam" on campus Sept. 16 |
2:15 p.m., Sept. 12, 2003--Readers who have anticipated Julianna Baggotts new novel, The Madam, will have double the reason to celebrate when the Newark-based author visits the campus this month.
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Scheduled to appear at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the University Bookstore in the Perkins Student Center, Baggott will read passages from her work, field questions from the audience and sign copies of her new book.
Billed as a departure from her two previous coming-of-age novels Girl Talk and The Miss America Family, The Madam draws on Baggotts family history and chronicles the life of her grandmother, who was raised in a southern brothel.
With this foray into historical fiction Baggott is breaking from her tradition of catering to readers in their 20s and early 30s, and says she hopes to engage a larger audience and entice new fans.
Her appearance at UD is the first stop on a tour that also includes Boston, New York, Raleigh, N.C., and Washington, D.C.
The Madam will be available for purchase for $24 at the University Bookstore beginning Sept. 16. Readers who want autographed copies should attend Baggotts 7 p.m. reading and signing. For more information, call 831-2637.
Article by Becca Hutchinson
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