Date: Saturday, November 8th
Session Name: Coming of Middle Age
Time/Location: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM, Capitol Extension Room: E2.010
Author/s: Ada Calhoun,Jessica Elisheva Emerson
Book/s: Crush | Olive Days
Moderator: Wendi Aarons
Session Description: Ada Calhoun and Jessica Elisheva Emerson explore the daring, messy,
and exhilarating terrain of middle age in Crush and Olive Days. In Crush, a long-term marriage
is upended when a wife confronts desire, heartbreak, and the liberating possibilities that
emerge when labels no longer define a life. In Olive Days, a young mother in Los Angeles’
Orthodox Jewish community navigates passion, secrecy, and self-discovery, testing the
boundaries between duty and desire. Both novels illuminate the unexpected, intoxicating, and
sometimes chaotic journey of finding oneself — and love — later in life.
Book Signing: 4:15 PM

DATE: November 23, 2025 11:00am

LOCATION: "Room 6100 (Bldg. 6, 1st Floor)"

            Miami Dade College - Wolfson Campus

            300 NE 2nd Ave

            Miami, FL

            33132

 ADA CALHOUN, Crush: A Novel; HANNAH PITTARD, If You Love It, Let It Kill You: A Novel; and AMY SHEARN, Animal Instinct: A Novel