Mar
16
11:00pm
This Close to Okay
By The Mercantile Library
Leesa Cross-Smith in Conversation with Jasmine Griffin
Author Leesa Cross-Smith discusses her latest novel with Jasmine Griffin
On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally, reluctantly, shares his first name: Emmett.
Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe and comfortable space for Emmett, although she doesn't confess that she works as a therapist. However, Emmett is not the only one who needs help -- and he has secrets of his own.
Alternating between Tallie and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge, This Close to Okay is an uplifting, powerful story of two strangers brought together by wild chance at the moment they need it the most.
Copies of This Close to Okay can be purchased online HERE
This program is free and open to the public.
Leesa Cross-Smith, described by author Roxane Gay as “a consummate storyteller,” is a homemaker and the author of So We Can Glow: Short Stories, Every Kiss A War and Whiskey & Ribbons. She lives in Kentucky with her husband and children.
Jasmine Griffin is a black queer writer and an avid reader. Currently Jasmine serves as both the Membership Coordinator at the Mercantile Library and the Features Editor for Carve Magazine. Jasmine is presently at work on her first novel. A Cincinnati native, she resides in Amelia, Ohio with her familiars, Tabby cats, Honey and Oliver.
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