{pages} is pleased to welcome filmmaker and author Stephen Vittoria to an evening event celebrating the publication of his new book, Christina and the Whitefish on Thursday, September 4th at 6:30 pm. He will be in conversation with his daughter Shannon Vittoria, Ph.D., an art historian and current associate curator of American Art at LACMA. Admission is free, but please consider supporting the author and the store by purchasing his book through {pages}.

Christina and the Whitefish takes place in 1994, when Christina, a young Gulf War veteran wrecked by war and tragedy, seeks redemption in Asbury Park, the seaside mecca of her childhood. It’s a place well past its prime... and now reigned over by the self-proclaimed King of Asbury Park: The Whitefish—a disabled Vietnam-era vet, tavern owner, and all-around oddball philosopher. It’s here, on the Jersey shore, that a chance meeting leads to a profound and life-altering connection.