Author Conversation: Natalie Bakopoulos & Stephanie Soileau

Join us for an author conversation with Natalie Bakopoulos & Stephanie Soileau in celebration of their recently published works of fiction!

This event will be streamed on Women & Children First's Crowdcast Channel. Register HERE to have the access link emailed to you: https://http://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-conversation-natalie-bakopoulos-stephanie-soileau-tickets-111061409666

In Scorpionfish, academic Mira returns to her childhood home in Athens after the unexpected deaths of her parents,. On her first night back, she encounters a new neighbor, a longtime ship captain who has found himself, for the first time in years, no longer at sea. As one summer night tumbles into another, Mira and the Captain’s voices drift across the balconies of their apartments, disclosing details and stories: of careers, of families, of love.

For Mira, love has so often meant Aris, an ex-boyfriend and rising Greek politician who has recently become engaged to a movie star. There is, too, her love for her dear friend Nefeli—a well-known artist who came of age during the military dictatorship—as well as Dimitra and Fady, a couple caring for a young refugee boy. Undergirding each relationship is the love that these characters have for Athens, a beautiful but complicated city that is equal parts lushness and sharp edges.