Sunday, March 17, 2024 • 11AM to 1:15PM

Rachel Cantor: Half-Life of a Stolen Sister

2024 Virginia Festival of the Book Preview Event

Sunday, March 17th from 11AM to 1:15PM at the American Shakespeare Center, author Rachel Cantor will read from her new novel, Half-Life of a Stolen Sister, an innovative re-envisioning of the Brontë family’s lives. Her reading will be interspersed with exciting, imaginative performances from Wuthering Heights by actors of the Staunton organization The Off Center. Afterward, Staunton Books and Tea on 34 East Beverley Street hosts book sales and a signing, as well as a cake celebrating the Brontë patriarch’s 246th birthday. The American Shakespeare Center is also presenting Pride & Prejudice at 2:00PM.