Right after the Thanksgiving holiday, on Tuesday, December 3, TheSouth End Writes will host  the last author of the year 2013, J. Courtney Sullivan. The bestselling novelist's previous novel, Maine (2011), was named the Time Magazine Best Book of the Year as well as a Washington Post Notable Book. The writer's 2009 novel, Commencements, about four Smith College dorm mates together at a wedding for the first time four years after graduation, was described by the New York Times as that year's most inviting summer novel.

Sullivan will read from her new work of fiction, The Engagements, at the South End Library. Spanning almost a hundred years, the novel describes four marriages, each one vastly different from the other, but likely engagingly recognizable to most observers of, or participants in, the marital dance. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune,New York Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Men’s Vogue, and the New York Observer, among others. She is a contributor to the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love and co-editor of Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. The author will be introduced by novelist and South End resident Sue Miller, who invited Sullivan to speak at The South End Writes.

The event is sponsored by FOSEL and, thanks to your contributions, free. We offer refreshments. The author’s books will be available for purchase and borrowing. The library is fully handicapped accessible thanks to FOSEL’s fundraising. The library is located on Tremont Street between West Newton Street and Rutland Square. Seating is limited so come  early. 

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