Maria Padian, Middlebury graduate and young adult author, will read from and discuss Wrecked, Thursday, October 6, 6:30 p.m. Book signing to follow. At the Vermont Book Shop. Free and open to public.
Wrecked is essential teen reading. This book offers a kaleidoscopic account of a sexual assault on a college campus. It will leave you thinking about how memory, identity, and who sits in judgment shape what we all decide to believe about the truth. “I’ve always been fascinated by how a story changes depending on the narrator, and how “truth” varies with point-of- view,” says Maria Padian, who has deftly tackled the hot-button issue of sexual assault on college campuses.
Maria Padian is a graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Virginia. She is a freelance writer, essayist, and author of young adult novels, including Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress, Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best, and Out of Nowhere. Maria lives with her family in Brunswick, Maine.

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