Interval House Book Club: Something Wild

Join us for a book discussion of Something Wild by Hanna Halperin led by Emily Cintorino of Interval House. A limited number of copies will be available for checkout at the Lending Desk.

*In the event of inclement weather, this event will be canceled*

Tanya and Nessa Bloom pause their respective adult lives and travel to the Boston suburbs to help their mother pack up and move out of their childhood home. They don't expect to learn that their mother, Lorraine, is in a violent relationship. As Tanya urges Lorraine to get a restraining order, Nessa struggles to reconcile her fondness for their stepfather with his capacity for brutality. Their differing responses to the abuse bring up the sisters' shared secret: a traumatic, unspoken experience from their adolescence has shaped their lives, their sense of selves, and their relationship with each other and the men in their life.

Founded in 1977, Interval House is the largest agency in the state of Connecticut dedicated to ending Domestic Violence. Interval House provides services at no cost to victims experiencing domestic violence in 24 communities in the greater Hartford area. Services consist of a 24-hour hotline, an emergency safe house, safety planning and counseling, support groups, court advocacy, law enforcement partnerships, youth programming, and community education. Striving always to help all those in need, Interval House has reached more than 250,000 people over five decades.