Harvard Book Store welcomes Meg Richardson—writer, translator, and cartoonist from Iowa—for a discussion of her debut novel, Paradise Pawn, based on her experiences working behind the counter of a pawn shop. She will be joined in conversation by Hannah Kauders—local writer and translator who teaches in the Harvard College Writing Program.
About Paradise Pawn
A dazzling debut novel about best friends, adolescent longing, and the Florida pawn shop that promises to make their dreams come true—if it doesn’t break them apart first.
Fall in love with Paradise Pawn, Meg Richardson’s debut novel based on her own experiences working behind the counter of a pawn shop.


