Author Talk: Anna Nordberg

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We’re thrilled to welcome journalist and culture writer Anna Nordberg to Bedford Books!

She’ll be in conversation with Suzanne Zuckerman about her debut novel, When She Was Ours.

Copies will be available for sale and signing, and light refreshments will be served. Ticket price includes a $20 shopping credit to use at the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Thea Erickson, a renowned surgeon, is filled with both joy and grief as her family gathers at their home on a summer night in 1995. Her elder daughter Phoebe is getting married, but even the happiness of the day feels bittersweet, as Thea grapples with a terminal cancer diagnosis. She worries she won’t be around to support her younger daughter Astra, who’s still in college, but even Thea cannot foresee what is to come―a terrible accident the night of the wedding that changes Astra’s life forever.

In a last-ditch effort to protect her family, Thea arranges a secret meeting with an old family friend and extracts a promise that will reverberate long after she’s gone.

Years after her mother’s death, Astra has moved forward with a career and relationship, but she still struggles with her grief. When a man reaches out to her and Phoebe, offering a window into their mother’s past, Astra must make a choice, and her decision forces her to face what it means to love someone after they’re gone, who we decide to forgive, and how families reckon with the past.

ABOUT ANNA NORDBERG

Anna Nordberg is a journalist and culture writer whose essays have appeared in Slate Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She grew up in New York City and now lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. When She Was Ours is her first novel.

ABOUT SUZANNE ZUCKERMAN

Suzanne Zuckerman is a journalist and ghostwriter who has held editorial positions at People, InStyle, and the New York Post. Her work has appeared in Bustle, New York Magazine, and more. She lives in Northern Westchester with her family.