In conversation with Alex Finlay, moderated by Julie Malonie, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 1:20 pm to 2:10 pm
About the author
Kimberly McCreight is the New York Times best-selling author of Reconstructing Amelia, Where They Found Her, A Good Marriage, and Friends Like These, as well as a young adult trilogy, The Outliers. She’s been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Alex awards, and her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Brooklyn with her two daughters.
MFOB featured book: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Like Mother, Like Daughter introduces us to Cleo McHugh, a junior at New York University, who has a complicated relationship with her mother, Kat. In an attempt to clear the air after yet another disagreement, Cleo agrees to meet at her childhood home in Brooklyn. But when she arrives, she finds dinner burning in the oven, evidence of a struggle, and no sign of her mother. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the couch and realizes that something awful has happened.
But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.
Kat has been lying. She’s not just a lawyer; she’s her firm’s fixer. She’s damn good at it, too. Growing up in a group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship that’s far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her past—all of which she’s kept hidden from Cleo.
