Rebecca Morrison brings her accliamed YA novel, “The Blue Dress,” to Elaine’s Literay Salon! Don’t miss this book talk about being an immigrant trying to fit into a new American homeland, and a family’s expectations of beauty

When: Sunday, April 26, 2026 from 12-3pm Where: 208 Queen Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Get your free ticket: RebeccaMorrison.eventbrite.com Meet the Author: Rebecca Morrison is the author of The Blue Dress, a novel based on her childhood as an Iranian immigrant trying to fit into her new American homeland and her family’s expectations of beauty. Published by Macmillan’s imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the book will be available for purchase on March 24. The book has already received positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, and School Library Journal. and Rebecca has been featured on Good Morning Washington ABC7.She has written about belonging, immigration, and body image for numerous national publications, including the Washington Post and TODAY.com (both of which went viral). Most recently, she wrote an article for HuffPost about the dangers of the ultra-thin cultural shift, especially for young people, which became the number one trending story on BuzzFeed. Learn more: www.rebeccakmorrison.com “The Blue Dress,” by Rebecca Morrison About the Book: The Blue Dress is a coming-of-age story based on the author’s childhood struggles with body image, a strained mother-daughter relationship, and what it means to be an Iranian-American immigrant. The story is about a thirteen-year-old girl, Yasmin, who comes to America from Iran and tries to figure out her new life and her homeland. She’s close friends with Carmen, whose family came from Mexico a few years ago. In her attempts to find belonging and feel seen, she makes some wrong decisions, the most dangerous of which involve disordered eating, but through a series of events, finds help and a way to love and accept herself in her body and