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Author Hannah V. Sawyerr is Back with "Truth Is."
Thu, Sep 25
|Cafe con Libros, Bk.
Join us to welcome back our friend, Hannah V. Sawyerr; author of "All The Fighting Parts," to celebrate her new novel in verse" Truth Is."
Time & Location
Sep 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cafe con Libros, Bk. , 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216
About the Event
About the Book: From the critically acclaimed author of All the Fighting Parts comes an empowering and defiant novel in verse in which a teen poet grapples with an unplanned pregnancy and determines what happens to her body in a world that wants to take the choice away from her.
Seventeen-year-old Truth Bangura wants nothing more than to know a life beyond her hometown. Writing and performing is her only solace in a life overwhelmed by a drifting relationship with her best friend, an emotionally turbulent home environment, and the reality that her below average grades make her true dream—escaping her mother’s grasp after graduation—uncertain.
When Truth learns she’s pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she’s finally sure about: an abortion.
Determined to move forward, Truth turns to the pages in her notebook with the support of her slam poetry team—including the poet with a voice smooth as summer jazz,…
Tickets
Community Offering
Sale ends
Sep 25, 8:30 PM
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$0.00
General Admission
Sale ends
Sep 25, 8:30 PM
This ticket grants entry to the event; it does not include a book. In addition, it does not guarantee a signed book. Purchase of a book is entirely dependent on stock availability at the time of the event.
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
Gen Adm + Signed Book
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Sep 25, 8:30 PM
This ticket grants entry to the event and guarantees a signed book during the event. If for any reason, you are unable to attend, you will receive an email outlining the options on how to receive the book. Please do not worry; your book will not be sold.
$26.99
+$0.67 ticket service fee
ONLY the Signed Book
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Sep 25, 8:30 PM
This ticket does not grant entry. This ticket is only for folx who are not able to physically attend the event AND who like a signed book. 1-2 business days after the event, you will receive an email outlining the options for receiving the book: a. ship or b. pick-Up. If you opt for shipping, you will receive an invoice with shipping cost. Once paid, the book will ship. If you choose pick-up, you will receive an email with pick-up information.
$21.99
+$0.55 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00