Brooklyn By the Book: Mary Gaitskill

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe Mare, the long-awaited new novel from the critics’ favorite Mary Gaitskill, is a raw, vital American story. Velveteen Vargas is an 11-year-old, Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, sent to upstate New York. What follows is the story of her ever evolving relationship with her host family--Ginger, a failed artist on the edge of alcoholism, and Paul, a jaded academic--and a stable of horses down the road.read more