Melissa Bank

The Wonder Spot

Reading • Talk • Booksigning

Melissa Bank became a publishing sensation in 1999 with her fiction debut The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, a wickedly insightful, tender look at a young woman’s forays into love, work, and friendship. Girls’ Guide soon became a literary landmark with critics comparing Bank’s talents to those of John Cheever, Raymond Carver, and John Irving. In her widely anticipated second book The Wonder Spot, Bank introduces us to Sophie Applebaum--the compelling center of the book, and the black sheep of her family trying to blend in with the herd. We follow Sophie on her quest for her own identity -- who she is, what she loves, whom she loves, and occasionally whom she feels others should love -- over the course of 25 years.

Readers who loved Girls’ Guide will indeed rejoice at this tremendous follow-up: a full-bodied, heartfelt, deeply explorative second work of fiction. With her vast talent for capturing a moment, Bank has once again demonstrated her masterful touch, unerring eye, and always, the signature sense of humor that
has endeared her to so many.

“Fans of the megasuccessful Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, rejoice….Engrossing, engaging--it’s a wonderful return for Bank.”
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Another engaging, ruefully funny saga of a young woman growing up without ever fitting in….very appealing.”
--Kirkus Reviews

Melissa Bank is the bestselling author of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Zoetrope, Cosmopolitan, The Chicago Tribune and many other publications. Bank holds an MFA from Cornell University and is the winner of a Nelson Algren Award for short fiction. She divides her time between New York City and East Hampton, NY.

In case of rain, this event will be moved to the Coliseum Books Café.

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