Author Akhil Sharma is set to discuss his new novel, Family Life, April 16 at 7 p.m. at Princeton Public Library.
The book is based on how his family coped when his brother was left comatose after a swimming pool accident.
Born in New Delhi and raised in Edison, Sharma earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy at Princeton University while studying creative writing with Russell Banks, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates and others.
He won the 2001PEN/ Hemingway Award for his first novel, An Obedient Father.
His short story Cosmopolitan was selected for the 1998 edition The Best American Short Stories and was made into a film that aired on the PBS series Independent Lens.
Princeton Public Library is located at 65 Witherspoon Street in Princeton.
More information is online at princetonlibrary.org.
