LONG BEACH, NY. \u2014 Long Beach Public Library will play host to a new perspective on a music icon Tuesday night as author Sam Sussman appears to talk about his debut novel, \u201cBoy From The North Country,\u201d in conversation with Long Beach librarian Ali Blau. <\/p>\n
Inspired by a magazine piece titled, \u201cThe Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan\u2019s Son<\/a>,\u201d \u201cBoy From The North Country\u201d tells the story of Evan, a 26-year-old who returns from his life abroad to see his mother, who long ago had a tumultuous romantic relationship with recording artist Bob Dylan. During the events of the novel, Dylan is writing his 1975 album, “Blood On The Tracks,” which initially met mixed reviews before going on to sell two million copies and earn a double platinum certification<\/a> from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). <\/p>\n As the story progresses, Evan\u2019s mother falls ill and he cares for her, and she begins revealing truths about both their lives to her now-adult son. The book, its publishers say<\/a>, is \u201cinspired by the author\u2019s own uncertain celebrity paternity,\u201d but also concerns, \u201can emotionally searing meditation on the most essential human themes: loss, healing, memory, and the redemptive power of love.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cHe got lots of really good reviews on it, it\u2019s his debut novel, and a lot of people have called it the best mother-son novel that they\u2019ve ever read,\u201d Librarian Sarah Siegel said. \u201cA lot of people seem to have enjoyed that relationship that he writes about in the book.\u201d <\/p>\n Siegel said the conversation came together after a staff member at the library messaged Sussman on Instagram. <\/p>\n \u201cOne of our librarians knows I\u2019m always looking for authors, and she had read this book and thought it was unique and special,\u201d Siegel said. \u201cAnd she messaged him on Instagram, and asked, \u2018do you ever come to libraries?\u2019 And he said, \u2018yeah, sure, I wouldn\u2019t mind coming.\u2019 He lives upstate a bit, and he\u2019s spending time up there, and he said, sure, he\u2019d drive down and come visit with us.\u201d <\/p>\n While the conversation will be the main attraction Tuesday night, Siegel said the library will also host a question-and-answer section of the discussion before moving to a book sale and signing with the author. Registration isn\u2019t required to attend, but Siegel said, \u201cit is appreciated, just so that we know how many people to plan for.\u201d<\/p>\n The evening will also feature selections from the library\u2019s vinyl record collection, which includes some Bob Dylan records. The author conversation is free to attend and open to the public, and interested patrons can register at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, NY. \u2014 Long Beach Public Library will play host to a new perspective on a music…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-77626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}