Reading Public Library Welcoming Novelist Juliette Fay

READING, MA — Reading Public Library (RPL) has announced that it will welcome novelist Juliette Fay next week to discuss her latest book.

At 7 p.m. on June 5, Fay will appear in the RPL Community Room to talk about "The Half of It." No registration is required for the free event, which is presented in partnership with Whitelam Books and sponsored by Friends of RPL.

A book sale and signing are scheduled to follow the discussion, according to organizers.

"Juliette last visited RPL in 2019, when she delighted attendees with her discussion of 'The City of Flickering Light,' and we're excited to welcome her back again," RPL said in a statement.

"The Half of It," is the story of 58-year-old Helen Spencer, who believes her life started to go awry after a romantic night in the woods with a boy named Cal Crosby forty years earlier.

For decades, one marriage, three children and one grandchild later, Helen runs into Cal, who is with his own grandchildren.

Finally, Helen has a chance to get some answers and sort out what happened.

Fay, a Massachusetts resident who graduated from Boston College and Harvard, is the author of seven award-winning novels including "The Tumbling Turner Sisters," a USA Today bestseller and "Shelter Me," a Massachusetts Book Award "Must Read Book."