The English American

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Alison Larkin’s semi-autobiographical novel, The English American, is about a British woman adopted as an infant who finds out that her birth parents were from the American South. She then moves to the US to be closer to them. It’s based on Larkin's one-woman show of the same title.

Events: Alison Larkin will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 10 at 6 pm
The British Consulate General
845 Third Avenue (Between East 51st and East 52nd Streets)
For tickets, call (212) 682-6110

Alison Larkin will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle

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