Author Christine Reilly visits Wilton Library to talk about her first novel, Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday. Register here or call 203-762-6334.
About the Novel
The Middlesteins meets The Virgin Suicides in this arresting family love story about the eccentric yet tight-knit Simone family, coping with tragedy during ’90s New York, struggling to reconnect with each other and heal.
Poignant and humane, Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday is a deft exploration of the tender ties that bind families together, even as they threaten to tear them apart in this unusual love story.
Claudio and Mathilde Simone, once romantic bohemians hopelessly enamored with each other, find themselves nestled in domesticity in New York, running a struggling vinyl record store and parenting three daughters as best they can: Natasha, an overachieving prodigy; sensitive Lucy, with her debilitating heart condition; and Carly, adopted from China and quietly fixated on her true origins.
Author Christine Reilly (Photograph © Michelle McSwain)
With prose that is as keen and illuminating as it is whimsical and luminous, debut novelist Christine Reilly tells the unusual love story of this family.
Poignant and humane, Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday is a deft exploration of the tender ties that bind families together, even as they threaten to tear them apart.
Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday is the recipient of a Kirkus star, and has received praise from Harper’s Bazaar (15 Books to Cozy Up To This Winter), Elle Magazine (Trust Us, April 2016 issue), PopSugar (Books You Should Read This Spring), Bustle (11 Books That Will Hook You In From the Very First Line), Publisher’s Weekly and more.
About Christine Reilly and Her Visit
Christine currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and the Gotham Writers Workshop. She has previously taught at the Dalton School, Collegiate School, City & Country School, and the Professional Children’s School. She lives in New York City.
Q&A and book signing will follow the talk. No charge. Registration highly recommended. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Elm Street Books, New Canaan.