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First Fifty Pages

Glamour and Grift: a conversation with novelist Ruta Sepetys

By Kelsey Patterson,

Jenn Delperdang

Published June 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM CDT

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Ruta Sepetys is the <em></em>author of <em>Between Shades of Gray. </em>She is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee and lives in Tennessee. — Ruta Sepetys is the author of Between Shades of Gray. She is the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee and lives in Tennessee.

In this episode, SCPL staff-favorite crossover novelist Ruta Sepetys talks with Jenn and Kelsey about her debut adult novel, A Fortune of Sand--a book that explores how far wealthy dynasties will go to keep their secrets. We discuss what determines how history is preserved and recalled, how women of the time struggled to find agency, and the fragile tension of writing about things once vital but now vanished. It's a vibe!

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