/Literary Arts
Leila Mottley with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
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The acclaimed Oakland author of Nightcrawling presents her new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teen mothers. Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore when Oakland author Leila Mottley comes to the store to discuss her new novel The Girls Who Grew Big. Leila will be joined in conversation by author Ingrid Rojas Contreras and will sign copies of her book after the presentation.
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Oakland native Leila Mottley, who served as the city’s 2018 Youth Poet Laureate and shocked the literary world with her first novel “Nightcrawling”, which debuted at #8 on the NYT bestseller list when she was 20 years old, discusses her new novel “The Girls Who Grew Big.” The book follows a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle, with a fresh and bighearted perspective on the joys and conflicts of young womanhood.
Mrs. Dalloway's is a vibrant, full-service, independent neighborhood bookstore located in the historic Elmwood District of Berkeley. Founded in 2004, the store offers an exciting and diverse selection of titles—both comprehensive and contemporary—and is renowned for its skillfully curated fiction, non-fiction, poetry, garden book and children’s book sections.
Mrs. Dalloway's is a vibrant, full-service, independent neighborhood bookstore located in the historic Elmwood District of Berkeley. Founded in 2004, the store offers an exciting and diverse selection of titles—both comprehensive and contemporary—and is renowned for its skillfully curated fiction, non-fiction, poetry, garden book and children’s book sections.