An Evening with Jennifer Givhan
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Thursday, Aug 14, 2025 6pm - 7pm
Location
Old Firehouse Books
232 Walnut Street
Details
Join us at Old Firehouse Books to welcome Jennifer Givhan to celebrate her latest release, SALT BONES! Jennifer will be in store from 6:00-7:00 PM in store on August 14th to read a few excerpts from her book, followed by a Q&A and signing. If you'd like to grab a copy of her book, you're able to do so in store on online, although we are unable to ship internationally. We hope to see you there!
About Jennifer:
Jennifer Givhan is a Mexican American and Indigenous poet and novelist from the Southwestern desert and the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and PEN/Rosenthal Emerging Voices. She holds a Master’s degree from California State University Fullerton and a master’s in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College. Givhan is the author of five full-length poetry collections and the novel River Woman, River Demon.
About Salt Bones:
The beating heart of this novel is Malamar Veracruz, a headstrong, bighearted woman carrying generations of guilt, trauma, and family secrets on her shoulders, all while raising two daughters as a single mom and trying to forget the painful, unexplained disappearance of her sister, Elena. When another local girl goes missing, Mal plunges into a fresh yet familiar nightmare. As a desperate Mal hunts for answers, her search becomes increasingly tangled with inscrutable visions of a horse-headed woman, a local legend who Mal feels compelled to follow. Mal’s perspective is joined by the voices of her two daughters, all three of whom must work to uncover the truth about the missing girls in their community before it’s too late. Combining elements of Latina and Indigenous culture, family drama, mystery, horror, magical realism, and a Mexicali retelling of the Demeter and Persephone myth in a spellbinding mix, SALT BONES lays bare the realities of environmental catastrophe, family secrets, and the unrelenting bond between mothers and daughters.
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