Amy Jo Burns

Welcome author Amy Jo Burns to discuss her new book, Wait for Me at Brielle Public Library.

A ticket includes a signed copy of the book.

ABOUT THE BOOK

From the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel that celebrates the meteoric ways a female folk star can disappear, reinvent herself, and inspire a fresh generation to sing.

When young folk singer Elle Harlow reaches the height of her prowess in 1973, she has twowildly beloved albums to her name and a hidden history of impossible heartbreak. After she sets foot on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage, a far cry from the mountain that raised her, Elle gives the biggest performance of her life. Then, to the dismay of shocked fans, her producer, and the man who still loves her, she vanishes.

Almost two decades later, eighteen-year-old Marijohn Shaw is spending her summer pumping gas, writing songs on…