Author of The Missing Pages
Internationally bestselling author Alyson Richman discusses her powerful and haunting novel, The Missing Pages, a love story, a ghost story, and an elegy to the healing power of books with culture writer Sarah Laing.
Harry Widener boards the Titanic, holding tight to a priceless book he just purchased in London. After mayhem strikes the ship, Harry’s last known words are that he must return to his cabin for his treasure. Neither the young man nor the book will ever be seen again.
Decades later, Violet Hutchins is working as a page at the Harry Widener Memorial Library. When strange things begin happening—books falling off shelves or opening to random pages—Violet wonders if Harry Widener’s ghost is trying to communicate the missing pieces of his story from beyond the grave.
Alyson Richman graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in art history and Japanese studies. She is an accomplished painter, and her novels combine her deep love of art, historical research, and travel. Alyson's novels have been published in twenty-five languages and have appeared on the bestseller lists in both the United States and abroad.
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Sarah Laing is a freelance contributor for The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, multiple national magazines, and local newspapers. She writes about celebrity, pop culture, the house of Windsor Royal family, and whatever else is popping up on her TikTok FYP page. She was formerly culture editor at ELLE Canada.
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