YPL Presents: Secrets & Second Chances With Liz Moore
2026-01-29 00:00 - 01:00 UTC
We are thrilled to welcome Liz Moore to discuss The God of the Woods, an instant New York Times bestseller and one of NPR’s 2024 “Books We Love."Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any 13-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished 14 years ago, never to be found.As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.Register here for this special event.The YPL Presents: Virtual Author series is funded and supported by the Foundation for the Yonkers Public Library.About the Author: Liz Moore is the author of five novels: The Words of Every Song, Heft, The Unseen World, the New York Times bestselling Long Bright River, and The God of the Woods. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia and teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University.Enjoy past author talks here.
