Tucson Festival of Books

The Weight We Carry


Through suspenseful, poignant, and deeply human narratives, authors Betsy Lerner, Margarita Montimore, and Jamie Quatro explore the complexities of mental health, the challenges of self-acceptance, and the transformative power of connection.


Panelists
Betsy Lerner

 Betsy Lerner is the author of the bestselling nobel, "Shred." She received an MFA in poetry from Columbia, where she was selected as one of PEN’s Emerging Writers. She also received the Tony Godwin Publishing Prize for Editors....

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Margarita Montimore

Margarita Montimore is the author of The Dollhouse Academy, Acts of Violet, Asleep from Day, and Oona Out of Order, which was a USA Today bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick....

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Jamie Quatro

Jamie Quatro's new novel is "Two-Step Devil," named an Editor's Choice in the New York Times Book Review. She is the New York Times Notable author of "I Want to Show You More," a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, and "Fire Sermon," a Book of the Year for the Economist, San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Bloomberg, and the Times Literary Supplement....

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Books:
Shred Sisters
A Novel
Betsy Lerner
Fiction / Literature
Grove Press
October 2024
ISBN 9780802163707
272 pages
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The Dollhouse Academy
Margarita Montimore
Fiction / Literature
Flatiron Books
February 2025
ISBN 9781250320650
320 pages
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Two-step Devil
Jamie Quatro
Fiction / Literature
Grove Press
September 2024
ISBN 9780802163134
288 pages
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