Inspired by the ‘Before trilogy’—Richard Linklater’s Oscar-nominated film trio starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy—Inexpressible is the quintessential American love story. Abigail and John Adams were married for over 50-years and best friends for nearly 60. They shared a bond of mutual trust, admiration, and wit, connected through the decades thanks to over 1,100 correspondences.
With a structure as ethereal as love itself, Inexpressible chronicles this nearly 60-year companionship across three dreamlike days: on the spring night the young couple meet; on a hot summers day they now married, middle-aged pair reunite in London after close to a decade apart amidst the Revolutionary War; and, on their final day together as Abigail breaths her final breaths with her devoted John by her bedside on a snowy, autumn twilight. Days apart bridged by a series of letters, showcasing evolving dynamics, intimate and global events, and an eternal sense of devotion. Equally stubborn, intellectual, and driven, their love is routinely constrained by circumstances from family to war to distance to the inevitability of death and fading away, yet through all this, their love endures.
Three days, two people, one love.
The Quiet Activist: Dag HammarskjÖld and Saving Humanity from Hell
What makes a man go from “harmless” to “troublesome” in the eyes of the most powerful people in the world? That’s where Dag Hammarskjöld found himself during his tenure as the second Secretary General of the UN (1953-1961). This first-of-its-kind history will fill a gap in the current lexicon of Cold War history, exploring how Hammarskjöld became embroiled in increasingly dangerous situations, all while maintaining calm assuredness and visionary ideals for the future.
Evocative of a John Le Carré thriller with the research of a Jon Krakauer read, this is a narrative non-fiction that dives into Hammarskjöld’s life and leadership style at the UN at the zenith of its power. This book will feature newly unsealed documentation surrounding Hammarskjöld’s mysterious death in the forests of Northern Rhodesia, muddying the waters on who may have been involved in his untimely end. Accessible, propulsive, and written like a novel from Hammarskjöld’s point of view, readers will learn of his savvy politicking and his isolationist tendencies in his personal life, brought on by his Christian faith and repressed sexual orientation—a striking and tragic juxtaposition to his public role as a global peacekeeper. This text will affirm why Hammarskjöld and his leadership still matter today, emphasizing how he embodies the title of ‘The Quiet Activist.’