7 pm: Reading at Sunday Salon (at Jimmy’s 43)
Posts By: Elliott Holt
Franklin Park Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY
8 pm: Reading with Emily Raboteau and Royal Young for Franklin Park’s annual “Travels and Journeys” event
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Review
From The Plain Dealer: “The word ‘defect’ exemplifies our language’s weird elasticity. It’s the most active of verbs, connoting the choice to desert an old reality in favor of a new one. But as a noun its feel is passive, conjuring an object broken and robbed of worth.Both meanings are at play in Elliott Holt’s… Read more »
The Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
Reading and book signing at The Odyssey Bookshop
The Masters Review
Thanks to The Masters Review for this: “You Are One of Them takes the reader on an in-depth exploration of friendship, the reliability of memories, and the maturity it takes to reconcile these feelings to a satisfying end. Perhaps what Holt so skillfully portrays is that our memories and the truths within those memories are constantly… Read more »
Malaprop’s Bookstore, Asheville, NC
7 pm: Reading and book signing at Malaprop’s Bookstore.
The Inspiration for You Are One of Them
Elliott Holt on Samantha Smith, the girl who became famous for writing a letter to Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, asking for peace.
Micawbers Books recommends You Are One of Them
Thanks to Micawbers, an independent bookstore in St. Paul, MN, for this kind endorsement: “Holt has put together a story that I think perfectly captures the angst and worry of children witnessing the Cold War arms race. Set in both Washington, D.C. and Russia, the book centers around a friendship between two young girls. As… Read more »
Three Guys One Book Review
“It is hard not to throw bouquets at this book, or make it sound like the best thing since sliced bread.” Jason Rice was very kind in his review of You Are One of Them for Three Guys One Book.
Elliott Holt: Soviet Spy Story
Publishers Weekly on the story behind the book.