december, 2022
Event Details
Books & Books presents
LILY BROOKS-DALTON
in-conversation with store founder Judy Blume
and store manager Emily Berg
discussing her new novel THE LIGHT PIRATE
(Grand Central, $28.00 - out 12/6/22)
Thursday, Dec. 8th, 6:30pm ET
Doors open to Hugh's View at 6pm
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE*
*Tickets include a copy of the book. See Full Ticket Guidelines below.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s 
infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.
As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.
Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel, Good Morning, Midnight, has been translated into 17 languages and is the inspiration for the film adaptation, The Midnight Sky. Her memoir, Motorcycles I’ve Loved, was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. The Light Pirate is her second novel. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE MODERATORS: Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has since published twenty-nine books, including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. She has written four novels for adults, In the Unlikely Event, Summer Sisters, Smart Women, and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers. She was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2004. In 2016 she and her husband George Cooper co-founded Books & Books @ the Studios of Key West.
Emily Berg is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound. Originally from Minneapolis she moved to Key West in 2013 from Chicago. She has been the manager of Books & Books at the Studios since 2018. She currently serves on the board of the Friends of the Key West Library.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE*
*Ticket Guidelines:
GENERAL ADMISSION: The purchase of this ticket admits (1) one person to the live event at Hugh's View (533 Eaton Street, Key West, FL) and includes (1) one copy of THE LIGHT PIRATE (Grand Central, $28.00 + tax and fee) available for pick up at the event.
Tickets must be purchased online and are not available at Books & Books. This is an in-person event with limited seating. Tickets will only be available at the door as space permites. Purchase your ticket early to guarantee your attendance to this event.
ORDER THE BOOK HERE**
**Purchasing the book via our website or in-store will not include access to the event.