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SUMMARY:Suzy Vitello in Conversation with Monica Drake for the Launch of GRIFTOPIA at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR
DESCRIPTION:Tradwife scams, pickleball mahem, pimping kids for social media content–grifting’s greatest hits! Join Suzy Vitello in conversation with Monica Drake at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR on May 26th at 7:00pm, where she’ll discuss her latest social comedy, GRIFTOPIA!\nFor more information, please visit Powell’s City of Books event page HERE ( https://www.powells.com/events/suzy-vitello-9798897400164 )\nAbout Griftopia:\nTradwife scams, pickleball craze, pimping kids for social media content…\nOrphaned and separated as young children, the Freischin sisters are nothing if not survivors. Now, in middle age, Pearl is blindsided by a sexual harassment allegation, while her sister Scarlett is left penniless after her husband is imprisoned for embezzling. Meanwhile, Pearl’s son Declan, a college student and track star struggling with anxiety, quits school when he becomes entangled with a young con-artist.\nScarlett’s daughter, Helena, needs help as well. Helena’s six-year-old daughter Burkleigh, who achieved meteoric social media fame for her ability to sing like Billie Holiday, has been canceled for appropriation, while Helena, who can’t seem to find a job that pays a living wage, turns to pickleball coaching in order to put food on the table.\nClose to destitute, the Freishchin clan is in danger of homelessness unless they can make some quick cash. Leveraging Burkleigh’s talent, they arrive at a series of progressively dubious internet scams. Griftopia explores the gritty heart of grifting for survival.\n“… a brilliant and zany send-up of American culture.”\n-Steve Almond, author of All the Secrets of the World\n\nAbout Suzy Vitello:\nAlthough Suzy Vitello’s first novel, A Plot to Kill a King, never made it out of her sixth-grade classroom, writing it fueled her interest in themes of justice sprinkled with humor. In one form or another, she’s been writing about power imbalance ever since. Her notable novels include Bitterroot (Sibylline Press), The Bequest (Running Wild Press), and Faultland (Ooligan Press). As the Managing Editor of Sibylline Press, Suzy enjoys deep-diving into the minds and hearts of other writers. She lives and writes in Portland, Oregon with her husband and an elderly Rottweiler.\n\nAbout conversational partner Monica Drake:\nMonica is the author of the novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book, and a collection of linked stories, The Folly of Loving Life, aka, “Portlandia without the bullshit.”Her work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily, The Rumpus, Longreads, Gay Magazine, Oregon Humanities Magazine, The Stranger, and other publications, including most recently The Big M, an anthology edited by Lidia Yuknavitch.\n
URL:https://sibyllinepress.com/events/suzy-vitello-brings-griftopia-to-powells-city-of-books-in-portland-or/
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Signing,Suzy Vitello
LOCATION:1005 W Burnside St, Portland, OR
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