The Loneliness of Glass Reading & Book Signing

Join us for an evening of fiction in celebration of the release of Kathleen Furin's The Loneliness of Glass. Featuring readings by Kathleen Furin, Marie Amey-Taylor, Sandra Forrest, and Gerri Walker. Book signing to follow. Saturday, November 14th 5pm at A Novel Idea on Passyunk Suggested $5 Donation About The Loneliness of Glass A young woman who has lost her half-sister in a tragic murder makes a decision that will doom a dog; a woman becomes obsessed with a cookie jar at an Airbnb; a woman in an interracial marriage returns to her hometown for the first time since she married and must confront what she was taught about race; a woman with unusual powers embeds pieces of dead creatures in the jewelry she creates. Featuring women on the borders, Kathleen Furin's stories show how a deepening understanding of inner truths can challenge one's social belonging, and how this tension between inner and outer selves serves or destroys. Grappling with complicity, the characters in The Loneliness of Glass struggle as they learn how an intent to "save" others is often fraught with hypocrisy and can lead to self-destruction. Featured Author: Kathleen Furin is the author of the short story collection The Loneliness of Glass. Her work has been published in American Literary Review, Coolest American Stories, Soto Speak, Permafrost, Evanescent, Philadelphia Stories, Literary Mama, Mutha Magazine, and Midwifery Today, among others. Kathleen’s story "Body Memory" won first place in the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award competition. Her work has also been recognized with Honorable Mentions from Glimmer Train Press and the Yeo writing prize. Her story collection was a finalist for the Acacia Fiction Prize and her story "Mountain Pose" was a finalist for the 2020 Curt Johnson Prose Awards. Kathleen holds an MSW from Temple University and an MFA in Fiction from New York University. She is a founding book coach with Author Accelerator and certified in the Amherst Writer’s and…

Posted to East Passyunk on October 25, 2026