Hybrid Event: Little One, Olivia Muenter

East City Bookshop welcomes Olivia Muenter to discuss her novel, Little One, in conversation with Alisha Ramos.

Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A.

Pre-order your copy of Little One for the event in Eventbrite check-out as an add-on to your ticket.

ABOUT LITTLE ONE:

A searing novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence, follows a young woman whose life is upended when a journalist uncovers her mysterious and hidden upbringing.

From the outside, Catharine West’s childhood sounds idyllic—balmy days spent running barefoot through the gardens, plucking ripe tomatoes straight from the vine as sunlight warmed her skin. Her parents built a life that was simple and community-focused, an ethos that soon attracted others in need of a change. For a time, Catharine’s magnetic father was enough to keep the farm thriving and temptation outside its gates. But as she grew older, the farm and family she was raised to love faded into something darker, forcing Catharine to evolve with it.

​It’s now been a decade since Catharine abandoned the farm, and she has done her best to reinvent her life, until an email from a charismatic journalist interrupts her peace. Her first instinct is to ignore the stranger’s prying questions—whether she knew about a mysterious “cult” in central Florida, whether she is the same “Catharine-with-an-A” who lived there for a time. But when she realizes the journalist knows far more than he’s letting on, she reconsiders. If Catharine can stay one step ahead of him, she may be able to find the one person she never wanted to leave behind—her sister, Linna—and make sure her own secrets remain buried too.

Sharp-eyed and sweltering, Little One masterfully captures the dread of facing your deepest desires, when the hunger to become your best self threatens to drown out everything else. An achingly astute look at modern womanhood and wellness culture, it tackles the enduring question: How far would you go to be good?

Olivia Muenter is a writer, reader, and co-host of the Bad on Paper podcast. She lives in an old house in the Hudson Valley with her family. Her first novel, Such a Bad Influence, was an instant USA Today bestseller.  

Alisha Ramos is a writer, strategist, and creator of the the cult-favorite Downtime newsletter, which has been featured in outlets such as New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Good Morning America, and Cup of Jo.