Word Up welcomes Pamela L. Laskin and Ellen Paige to read and discuss their new middle-grade, neurodivergent love story, What I Forgot to Tell You (out October 21).
“An insightful and beautifully rendered love-story about two rarely portrayed characters I hope we see more of.” —Blair Fell, author of novels The Sign For Home & upcoming Disco Witches of Fire Island
This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.
In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees for this event must wear a mask inside.
Word Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (& 165th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th St.
ABOUT THE BOOK
WHAT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU is an engrossing coming-of-age love story, sans any sugar-coating, about two neurodivergent young people dealing with the often unjust, ableist world and their right and ability to find love and joy.
Insightful, touching, gut-wrenching, original and important. A book which gives voice to characters we rarely ever hear from in fiction. A story that is a resource to open our minds to other ways of experiencing the world and everyone’s right to experience love and commitment.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Pamela L. Laskin is a retired teacher of children’s writing and the former director of the Poetry Outreach Center. She is the author of five books of poetry, and three young adult novels. She is the winner of Leapfrog International fiction prize in 2018 for her novel Why No Goodbye.
Ellen Paige is a clinical social worker and adjunct professor in the psychology department in a local community college. She is a longtime member of the Board of Directors of FREE (Family Residences and Essential Enterprises). Her son Joe, who is 43 years old, lives in a FREE community group home with Gretchen, his wife. Her passion in life has been and remains advocacy for her son and daughter-in-law, as well as all others who are stigmatized and marginalized through no fault of their own.
