A Force Unleashed presented by the Brooklyn Public Library. Best-selling author Ann Hood (An Italian Wife), much-lauded debut novelists Matthew Thomas (We Are Not Ourselves), and Tiphanie Yanique (Land of Love and Drowning) and Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa (Little Caesar ) discuss the life changing roles that mothers and sisters play in their latest novels. These determined women exert a driving force upon the other characters that is sometimes debilitating, sometimes life saving — always transformational. Introduced by Linda E. Johnson, President and CEO, Brooklyn Public Library. Moderated by Meredith Walters, BPL. See the festival site for more information.