This in-person event is a part of the 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book and will take place at the shop.
Three recent novels bring to life stories set in past decades, centering on the complexities of love, legacy, and family.
Tochi Eze’s This Kind of Trouble touches the 1960s, the 1990s, and the early aughts, in a novel of forbidden love that spans Atlanta, London, and Lagos.
Longlisted for the National Book Award, Only Son by Kevin Moffett follows a 1980s boy into adulthood, when he embarks on a dad-and-son road trip in the wake of his own father’s death.
In Restitution by Tamar Shapiro, two American siblings visit their mother’s homeland in East Germany, in a story set after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
For more information, visit vabook.org.
Order the Books Ahead of Time from New Dominion Bookshop
Shop local and support your community bookshop! You can order your books ahead of time for the 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book by filling out the contact form below. Please make sure that you list the book title(s) that you would like to order. We will give you a call when your order is ready. There is no need to pre-pay. We will collect your payment when you pick up your order or when your order is shipped. Books will also be for sale on-site at the event. (There is no need to place an order if you plan to attend the event and purchase books there in person.)