Join us at the Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Library for the highly anticipated release of Eric Puchner’s new novel, Dream State. Set against the backdrop of a warming climate and accelerating world, Dream State follows Cece, a Montana woman in the midst of planning her wedding to Charlie, as she finds herself at a crossroads. Navigating emerging and complex feelings for Garrett, Charlie’s troubled best friend, Cece faces a choice that will forever alter three lives.
Following the entangled depths of these friendships and affection across decades, Dream State is an ambitious and intimate exploration of what it means to live with both the mistakes we make and those handed down to us.
“Dream State is a delight… An exquisitely rendered novel about the vagaries of fate, friendship, and love.” — Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner
This is a free book launch presentation, followed by a signing with the author. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Mission Hills Branch Library. To pre-order a copy of Dream State in advance from the Library Shop SD and guarantee your copy’s arrival for the book signing, click here. The book will be published on February 18, and pre-ordered copies can optionally be picked up at the Library Shop after that date. Books will also be available for pickup at the event on March 26. Proceeds from all book purchases support the San Diego Public Library System.
About the Author:
Eric Puchner is the author of the story collection Music Through the Floor, a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award; the novel Model Home, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction; and a second short story collection, Last Day on Earth. His short stories and personal essays have appeared in GQ, Granta, Tin House, Best American Short Stories, and more. He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is an associate professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and lives in Baltimore with his wife, the novelist Katharine Noel, and their two children.
