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SUMMARY:The Original: an Old Hollywood Adventure with NYT notable author Priya Parmar in conversation with Lauren Marie Fleming
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person Adventure\n“If you obey all of the rules\, you miss all of the fun.”\n― Katharine Hepburn\n\nAnd what fun to be had there is with Adventures by the Book® as we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month alongside award-winning author Priya Parmar and the release of her novel The Original. This vivid work of historical fiction brings to life the trail blazing life of Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn. \nJoin us at the Library Shop Mission Hills with event moderator Lauren Marie Fleming\, as we step into the golden age of cinema and explore the world of Old Hollywood glamor. Discover how Katharine Hepburn defied convention and refused to play by the rules\, redefining femininity and fame in the 1930’s – and forever changing the landscape of Hollywood. \nEnjoy an engaging and thought-provoking discussion with Priya Parmar\, in conversation with Lauren\, as she reflects on legacy\, storytelling\, and the enduring impact of bold\, passionate women who have left their mark on history. \nYour Adventure includes a book (with EVENT registration and purchase below)\, which you’ll have the opportunity to have signed at the event—along with a chance to meet Priya Parmar up close and personal. \nRegistration & Books\nThis event is free and open to the public. \nTo guarantee entry and enjoy priority seating\, we encourage guests to purchase a copy of The Original in advance (below). A limited number of seats will be reserved for book purchasers\, and books purchased through this event will be available for signing. \nAdditional seating and standing room will be available on a first-come\, first-served basis as space allows\, so we recommend arriving early to join us for this special evening. \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPriya Parmar is a New York Times Notable Author and co-author of the musical Sylvia. Her novel Vanessa and Her Sister is a New York Times Notable Book and her work on the musical Sylvia earned her the Olivier Award for Best Original Musical. \nThe Original is an account of the life of Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn\, a star who turned Old Hollywood on its head with her passionate spirit and fierce independence. The novel follows Kate’s journey as she rewrites what it meant to be a woman on the 1930s silver screen when strict gendered and societal norms merely saw but did not hear women. \nAbout the Moderator\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Marie Fleming (she/her) is a multimedia storyteller and the founder of School for Writers. Her work explores power\, desire\, resilience\, and the stories we tell about our bodies and our lives. She is the author of the hit queer rom-com Because Fat Girl and multiple nonfiction books\, including Bawdy Love: 10 Steps to Profoundly Loving Your Body and The Writer’s Career Guide. A graduate of film school and law school\, Lauren has produced and overseen multimedia content for major stages and audiences\, including two years as a Creative Content Producer for Tony Robbins. \nShe has been featured in Good Morning America\, Glamour\, and Cosmo\, and has written for VICE\, Curve\, and The Huffington Post. When not traveling\, she can be found walking her dog along the beach in San Diego listening to an audiobook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nAbout Library Shop Mission Hills\n \nLibrary Shop Mission Hills is a well-curated nonprofit book & gift shop proudly serving the Mission Hills and Hillcrest neighborhoods. They cater to librarians\, library lovers\, literary obsessives and book nerds. \nOne of two Library Shop locations\, Library Shop Mission Hills is located at the former site of the Mission Hills Library Branch\, which originally opened its doors in 1961. Sales from Library Shop Mission Hills support the entire San Diego Public Library System.
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LOCATION:Library Shop Mission Hills\, 925 W. Washington St.\, San Diego\, CA\, 92103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Library Adventures
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SUMMARY:Historical Fiction Library Adventure with NYT and USA Today bestselling authors Eliza Knight\, Heather Webb\, Madeline Martin\, and Kristina McMorris
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n“If history were taught in the form of stories\, it would never be forgotten.” — Rudyard Kipling\n\nAnd New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Eliza Knight\, Heather Webb\, Madeline Martin\, in conversation with Kristina McMorris ensure these stories live on. Join Adventures by the Book for a special Historical Fiction Library Adventure celebrating the powerful connection between past and present—where history and storytelling intertwine in unforgettable ways. \nWe’ll gather with our friends at Library Shop Mission Hills for this exclusive literary experience\, where timeless stories and great company come together in an inspiring setting. \nYour Adventure includes a book from one of our featured authors for signing at the event\, along with the opportunity to meet all three authors up close and personal. \nRegistration & Books\nRegistration for this event includes a copy of your choice of one of the author’s books below\, as well as guaranteed admission. Seating is limited and available on a first-come first-served basis\, so make sure to reserve your seat soon. \nWhy not make the most of your experience and save $10 when you preorder all three books—available online only. It’s the perfect way to dive deeper into the author’s work and take home the complete collection. \nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n\n\nHeather Webb is the USA Today and international bestselling author of eleven historical novels\, including Queens of London\, a look at Britain’s first female crime syndicate. \nThe Hope Keeper is an intriguing tale centered around the cursed Hope diamond\, in which jewelry designer Elisabeth Beaumont delves into the secrets of the wealthy wives of Washington\, DC\, desperate to expose the truth behind a family tragedy. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Heather or any of our authors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book®\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nEliza Knight is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of The Queen’s Faithful Companion\, and The Mayfair Bookshop\, among others. She is also the creator of the popular historical blog\, History Undressed and host on the History\, Books and Wine podcast. \nConfessions of a Grammar Queen “is for everyone who loved Lessons in Chemistry“(Natasha Lester).. There are no female publishing CEOs in 1960’s New York. And that is exactly what savvy\, ambitious Bernadette Swift plans to change. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eliza or any of our authors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book®\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadeline Martin is a New York Times\, USA Today\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and internationally bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books that have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. \nThe Secret Book Society is a captivating historical novel\, set in Victorian London about a forbidden book club\, dangerous secrets\, and the women who dare to break free \nTo schedule a book club visit with Madeline or any of our authors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book®\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristina McMorris is a New York Times\, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of two novellas and eight historical novels\, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday. \nThe Girls of Good Fortune takes place in 1888\, when awaking in a cell amid Portland’s notorious Shanghai Tunnels\, a woman accustomed to adapting for survival—being half-Chinese passing as white—must rush to retrace her path before unearthed secrets prove deadly\, \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book®\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nAbout Library Shop Mission Hills\n \nLibrary Shop Mission Hills is a well-curated nonprofit book & gift shop proudly serving the Mission Hills and Hillcrest neighborhoods. We cater to librarians\, library lovers\, literary obsessives and book nerds. \nOne of two Library Shop locations\, Library Shop Mission Hills is located at the former site of the Mission Hills Library Branch\, which originally opened its doors in 1961. Sales from Library Shop Mission Hills support the entire San Diego Public Library System.
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LOCATION:Library Shop Mission Hills\, 925 W. Washington St.\, San Diego\, CA\, 92103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bold\, Brave\, and Black: a free Carlsbad Library Adventure featuring bestselling authors Jeffrey Blount and Piper Huguley
DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right\, temporarily defeated\, is stronger than evil triumphant.”\n—Martin Luther King\, Jr. \nWe invite you to celebrate Black History Month with us at a special event featuring two talented and award-winning authors\, Jeffrey Blount and Piper Huguley. Join us at this free Carlsbad City Library Adventure for an afternoon of lively discussion where you have the opportunity to meet two talented authors and hear about their experiences\, their books\, and to help pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in America\, while continuing to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, copies of Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way and By Her Own Design are available for pre-order below\, and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \nAbout the Authors\n \nJeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of Almost Snow White\, Hating Heidi Foster\, and The Emancipation of Evan Walls. In his latest novel\, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way\, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from his highly publicized fall from grace\, only to make a troubling discovery in his new town that forces him to confront his past. Full of never-ending twists and turns\, this novel is full of surprises that no one could predict. \n“Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a thoughtfully written\, thought-provoking\, complacency-smashing novel of redemption and restoration\, and a testament to the truth that it is in lifting up others that we ourselves are lifted up.”—Marie Bostwick\, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jeffrey or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNamed in 2015 as a top ten historical romance novelist byPublisher’s Weekly\, Piper Huguley is the author of the Reconstruction-era Home to Milford College series. She is a 2013 and 2014 Golden Heart finalist for two novels in the Migrations of the Heart series about the Bledsoe sisters in the early twentieth century. \nPiper’s biographical historical fiction\, By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe\, Fashion Designer to the Social Register tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Piper or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nAbout Carlsbad City Library\n\n\n\n\nCarlsbad City Library provides community members of all ages with convenient access to high-quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life. Carlsbad City Library is the destination for information\, enjoyment of reading\, lifelong learning\, and cultural enrichment for those who live\, work and play in Carlsbad.
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jeffrey-blount-and-piper-huguley-2-17-24/
LOCATION:Carlsbad City Library\, 1775 Dove Lane\, Carlsbad\, CA\, 92011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures
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SUMMARY:Book Bingo (Coming of Age): A Virtual Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual Event\nWe are pleased to announce another fun Book Bingo (Coming of Age): A Virtual Adventure! If you are already familiar with our popular Southern California series that features NovelNetwork® authors\, you will understand why we receive so many requests to expand the program nationwide. Pivoting to virtual events has made this not only possible\, but offers up fun opportunities for exciting partnerships\, participation by more of nearly 150 book club favorite authors\, and space to accommodate many more readers! \n This free event features presentations by book club favorite authors Sara Ackerman\, Georgie Blalock\, Eldonna Edwards\, Tosca Lee\, Sarah McCoy\, and Sally Cole-Misch\, an interactive virtual game of bingo\, and fun prizes\, and all you have to do is show up (and why not invite your book club friends and fellow readers to join in as well) to learn about great new reads to add to your to be read list). \nWhile this event is free\, your purchase of a book(s) below (to be shipped to you within the U.S.) provides much-needed support to these authors whose book tours and events have been cancelled due to COVID-19. \nYour Adventure includes a book discussion with all six authors\, an interactive virtual game of Book Bingo\, Q&A\, prizes\, and the opportunity to meet the authors via Zoom. Books may be ordered below for shipping within the U.S. and will include a signed bookplate. See below for registration information. \nAbout the Authors\nSara Ackerman is a USA Today bestselling author who writes books about love and life\, and all of their messy and beautiful imperfections. She believes that the light is just as important as the dark\, and that the world is in need of uplifting and heartwarming stories. Born and raised in Hawaii\, she studied journalism and later earned graduate degrees in psychology and Chinese medicine. She blames Hawaii for her addiction to writing\, and sees no end to its untapped stories. \nA few of her favorite things\, in no particular order – hiking\, homemade pizza\, a good thunderstorm\, stargazing\, books\, craft beer\, her wonderful boyfriend\, surfing\, mountain streams\, friends\, and animals. When she’s not writing or teaching\, you’ll find her in the mountains or in the ocean\, which is where most of her inspiration happens. \nHer most recent novel\, Radar Girls\, was inspired by the real Women’s Air Raid Defense\, where an unlikely recruit and her sisters-in-arms forge their place in WWII history. This inspiring and uplifting tale of pioneering\, unsung heroines vividly transports the reader to wartime Hawaii\, where one woman’s call to duty leads her to find courage\, strength and sisterhood. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sara or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nAward winning author Georgie Blalock is a history and movie buff who loves combining her different passions through historical fiction\, and a healthy dose of period piece films. \nWhen not writing\, she can be found prowling the non-fiction history section of the library or the British film listings on Netflix or in the dojo training for her next karate black belt rank. Georgie also writes historical romance under the name Georgie Lee. \nIn Georgie’s most recent novel\, The Last Debutantes\, Valerie de Vere Cole\, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain\, knows she’s part of a world about to end. Set on the eve of World War II in the glittering world of English society and one of the last debutante seasons\, The Last Debutantes successfully showcases the challenges of life and love and war. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Georgie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nEldonna Edwards is a beloved writing instructor\, keynote speaker and former creative journaling facilitator\, who grew up in a large family nestled between cornfields and churches in the provincial Midwest\, an upbringing that provided a fertile background from which to harvest setting and characters. \nEldonna is drawn to stories about community–the places we live\, the families we’re born into\, and the tribes we gravitate toward. She prefers hometown settings peopled with recognizable characters from the grocery store\, a neighborhood cafe or noisy schoolyard. Her books explore the bigger questions of one’s meaning and purpose\, and the overlapping consequences of our choices\, good and bad. Eldonna integrates humor into her stories to balance the complex and sometimes darker aspects of challenging situations. She currently lives on the central California coast with her beloved 4-legged companion Koka. \nSet against the backdrop of a 1970s commune in Northern California\, Clover Blue\, Eldonna’s latest novel\, is a compelling\, beautifully written story of a young boy’s search for identity. Part coming-of-age tale\, part love story\, part mystery\, Clover Blue tenderly explores an unconventional but no less complex family that resonates with our deep-rooted yearning for home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Eldonna or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nTosca Lee is the award-winning\, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Between\, The House of Bathory Duology (The Progeny\, Firstborn)\, Iscariot\, The Legend of Sheba\, Demon: A Memoir\, Havah: The Story of Eve\, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. \n\n\nA notorious night-owl\, she loves watching TV\, eating bacon\, playing video games with her kids\, and sending cheesy texts to her husband. You can find Tosca hanging around the snack table or wherever bacon is served. \n\n\nIn A Single Light\, Tosca’s highly-anticipated sequel to The Line Between\, Chase and Wynter come face-to-face with a society radically changed by global pandemic\, where communities scrabble to survive under rogue leaders and cities are war zones. Fast-paced and taut\, A Single Light is a breathless thriller of nonstop suspense about the risks of living in a world outside the safe confines of our closely-held beliefs and the relationships and lives that inspire us. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Tosca or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nSarah McCoy is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the (forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2022) novel Mustique\, Marilla of Green Gables\, The Mapmaker’s Children\, The Baker’s Daughter\, a 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee\, the novella “The Branch of Hazel” in Grand Central\, The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico\, and Le souffle des feuilles et des promesses(Pride and Providence). \nHer work has been featured in Real Simple\, The Millions\, Your Health Monthly\, Huffington Post\, Read It Forward\, Writer Unboxed\, and other publications. She was the host of the NPR WSNC Radio monthly program “Bookmarked with Sarah McCoy” from 2018-2019 and is a Board Member for the literary nonprofit Bookmarks. Sarah taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nHer latest novel\, Marilla of Green Gables\, is a bold\, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables… before Anne. Marilla of Green Gables is a marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel\, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century\, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert\, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak and unimaginable greatness. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sarah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nSally Cole-Misch is a writer\, author and environmental communicator who advocates for the natural world through work and play. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in environmental education and international water policy from the University of Michigan. Throughout her career\, she’s communicated about our essential connections with nature\, how our lifestyles impact the planet we live on\, and the role we can play to restore and protect our water\, land and air.  \nSally took a crazy leap into fiction through Stanford University’s writing certificate program in fiction\, where her wonderful professors and fellow students helped her to complete the first draft of The Best Part of Us. She resides in the Great Lakes region with her husband and son\, although her year isn’t complete without a trip to mountains to ski. She also enjoys hiking\, kayaking\, sailing\, gardening\, a hearty laugh with friends\, the wonder of surprise\, and the optimism that nature’s beauty always provides. \nThe Best Part of Us\, Sally’s latest novel\, showcases exquisite descriptions of the Canadian lake\, forest country and the Ojibway life rooted there\, while expertly weaving together the elements of those differing cultures. The Best Part of Us immerses readers in a breathtaking natural world\, a fresh perspective on loyalty\, and an exquisite ode to the essential roles that family\, nature and place hold in all of our lives. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sally or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nFor Book Clubs or Author Live Chats\n \nAre you in a book club\, library reading group\, or is your group of friends\, colleagues\, family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Sara Ackerman\, Georgie Blalock\, Eldonna Edwards\, Tosca Lee\, Sarah McCoy\, and Sally Cole-Misch are all members of our wonderful community of nearly 150 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Sara\, Georgie\, Eldonna\, Tosca\, Sarah\, and Sally or any of our authors\, join FOR FREE  here. \nEvent Registration\nThis event is free and open to the public (on a first-come\, first-served basis); however\, registration below is necessary in order to receive your Zoom invite and your virtual bingo card. \nWhile the event is free\, your purchase of a book(s) below offers support to these authors whose book tours and events have been cancelled. Book prices below include shipping within the U.S. and will include signed bookplates. \nPlease note that only one registration per email address is offered\, so if you have friends or family who also wish to play book bingo with us\, make sure to have them register with their own email address so they won’t miss out on the fun! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/bingo-sept-2021/
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SUMMARY:Book Bingo January 2021: A Virtual Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual Author Event\nWe are pleased to join the San Pedro Regional Library (Los Angeles) for our first Book Bingo Virtual Adventure of 2021! If you are already familiar with our popular Southern California series that features NovelNetwork® authors\, you will understand why we receive so many requests to expand the program nationwide. Pivoting to virtual events has made this not only possible\, but offers up fun opportunities for exciting partnerships\, participation by more of our over 125 book club favorite authors\, and space to accommodate many more readers! \n The event features book club favorite authors\, whose broad array of books are sure to offer some fascinating new reading to start your new year: Claire Fullerton\, Kristina McMorris\, Ellen Meeropol\, Isla Morley\, Marco Rafala\, and Deborah Goodrich Royce\, in conversation with Adventures by the Book® and NovelNetwork® founder Susan McBeth. \nJoin us at this free event\, where we will bring you six fabulous authors\, an interactive virtual game of bingo\, and fun prizes\, and all you have to do is show up (and why not invite your book club friends and fellow readers to join in as well) to learn about great new reads to add to your to be read list. \nWhile this event is free\, your purchase of a book(s) below (to be shipped to you within the U.S.) provides much-needed support to these authors whose book tours and events have been cancelled due to COVID-19. \nYour Adventure includes a book discussion with all six authors\, an interactive virtual game of Book Bingo\, Q&A\, prizes\, and the opportunity to meet the authors via Zoom. Books may be ordered below for shipping within the U.S. and will include a signed bookplate. See below for registration information. \nAbout the Authors\n  \nClaire Fullerton is the author of Mourning Dove\, a multiple award-winning\, Southern family saga set in the genteel side of Memphis\, as well as the contemporary novel\, Dancing to an Irish Reel\, the story of an American outsider who moves to rural Ireland\, and a paranormal mystery\, A Portal in Time\, set on the Monterey Peninsula. Claire’s Deep South set novel. She hails from Memphis and now lives in Malibu\, California with her husband\, 3 German shepherds\, and one black cat. \nLittle Tea\, her most recent book\, is a story of the ties of female friendships\, healing the past\, and the changing times of racial relations. The novel\, winner of multiple awards including the August book selection of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club\, Gold Medal Winner in Southern Fiction by Readers’ Favorite\, and a Finalist in the International Book Awards\, and a finalist in the Kindle Book Review for Literary Fiction\, three childhood friends reunite at a lake house in Arkansas\, where they examine life\, love\, marriage\, and the ties that bind. When the past arrives at the lake house door in an old boyfriend\, one of the women must revisit the life she’d tried to outrun. \nAs her idyllic coming of age alongside her best friend\, Little Tea\, on her family’s ancestral grounds in bucolic Como\, Mississippi unfolds\, Celia realizes there is no better place to accept her own story than in this circle of friends who have remained beside her throughout the years. Theirs is a friendship that can talk any life sorrow into a comic tragedy\, and now that the racial divide in the Deep South has evolved\, Celia wonders if friendship can triumph over history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Claire or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nKristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the historical fiction novels Bridge of Scarlet Leaves\, The Pieces We Keep\, and The Edge of Lost\, in addition to her novellas in the anthologies A Winter Wonderland and Grand Central.  She has garnered more than two dozen prestigious awards and nominations\, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award\, RWA’s RITA® Award\, and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. \nHer most recent book\, Sold on a Monday\, has sold over half a million copies\, was ranked by USA Today as top 100 overall bestselling books of 2019 and top 10 longest-running paperback bestsellers of 2019 by Publishers Weekly\, and has celebrated more than five months on the New York Times\, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller lists. Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation\, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love\, redemption\, and the unexpected paths that bring us home. “Two Children for Sale.” The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931\, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines\, bank runs\, and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. \nFor struggling reporter Ellis Reed\, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children\, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break\, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined. At the paper\, Lillian Palmer is haunted by her role in all that happened. She is far too familiar with the heartbreak of children deemed unwanted. As the bonds of motherhood are tested\, she and Ellis must decide how much they are willing to risk to mend a fractured family. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nEllen Meeropol is an award-winning author and frequent presenter at conferences and book festivals\, including the AWP annual conference\, The Muse and the Marketplace\, Wordstock\, Virginia\, Salem\, and Maine Festivals of the Book\, the San Miguel International Writing Conference\, and the WriteAngles Writers Conference. She has taught fiction workshops at Writers in Progress in Florence\, MA\, Grub Street in Boston\, and World Fellowship Center in New Hampshire. She volunteers with WriteAngles\, Inc. and is a Founding Member of the Straw Dog Writers Guild\, coordinating its social justice committee. She is married to Robert Meeropol\, the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg\, and they live in western Massachusetts. Ellen is a founding board member of the Rosenberg Fund for Children\, which was started by Robert in 1990 in honor of his parents’ refusal to “name names.” Ellen’s dramatic script telling the story of the foundation has been produced five times\, most recently in Manhattan in June 2013\, featuring Eve Ensler\, Angela Davis\, and Cotter Smith. \nIn her fourth novel\, Her Sister’s Tattoo\, it is 1968\, and Rosa and Esther Cohen march through downtown Detroit protesting the war in Vietnam. The march is peaceful\, but when a bloodied teenager describes a battle with mounted police a few blocks away\, the sisters hurry to offer assistance. Trying to stop the violence\, they instead intensify it\, and Rosa and Esther are arrested and charged with conspiracy and attempted murder. The consequences of their actions lead one sister underground and to prison\, the other to leave town to bury her past in a new life. Told from multiple points of view and through the sisters’ never-mailed letters\, and bracketed by the Vietnam and Iraq wars\, Her Sister’s Tattoo explores the thorny intersection of sibling loyalty and clashing political decisions. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Ellen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nIsla Morley grew up in south Africa during apartheid\, the child of a British father and a South African mother. During the country’s State of Emergency\, she graduated from Nelson Mandela University with a degree in English Literature. By 1994\, she was one of the youngest magazine editors in South Africa\, but left her career\, country\, and kin when she married an American and moved to California\, where she pursued a career in non-profit work\, focusing on the needs of women and children. Her debut novel\, Come Sunday\, was a finalist for the Commonwealth Prize and has been translated into 7 languages\, and her novel\, Above\, was an IndieNext Pick\, a Best Buzz Book and a Publishers Weekly Best New book. \nHer most recent novel\, The Last Blue\, is a luminous narrative inspired by the fascinating real case of “the Blue People of Kentucky\,” in which Isla probes questions of identity\, love\, and family in 1937 Appalachia. When two government-sponsored documentarians from Cincinnati\, Ohio—a writer and photographer—are dispatched to penetrate this wilderness and record what they find for President Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration\, they happen upon Jubilee Buford\, a woman whose skin is a shocking and unmistakable shade of blue. From this happenstance meeting between a woman isolated from society and persecuted her whole life\, comes a mesmerizing story in which the dark shades of betrayal\, prejudice\, fear\, and guilt\, are refracted along with the incandescent hues of passion and courage. Panning across the rich rural aesthetic of eastern Kentucky\, The Last Blue is a captivating love story and an intimate portrait of what it is like to be truly one of a kind. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Isla or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \nMarco Rafala is is a first-generation Sicilian American novelist\, musician\, and writer for award-winning tabletop role-playing games. He earned his MFA in Fiction from The New School and is a co-curator of the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in New York City. Born in Middletown\, Connecticut\, he now lives in Brooklyn\, New York. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review and Literary Hub. \nIn his debut novel\, How Fires End\, a dark secret born out of World War II lies at the heart of a Sicilian American family in this emotional and sweeping saga of guilt\, revenge\, and\, ultimately\, redemption. Written with elegiac prose\, How Fires End\, which won the honorable mention in fiction for the 2020 Connecticut Book Awards\, delves into the secret wars of men; the sins they cannot bury; and a life lived in fear of who will reveal them\, who will survive them\, and who will forgive them. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Marco or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \n  \n\nDeborah Goodrich Royce was a film and television actress for ten years\, where her credits include the leading role of Silver Kane\, sister of the legendary Erica Kane\, on the long running ABC soap opera\, All My Children\, as well as starring roles in feature films such as Remote Control\, April Fool’s Day\, and Just One of the Guys\, television movies such as Return to Peyton Place\, The Deliberate Stranger with Mark Harmon\, and Liberace\, and television series such as St. Elsewhere\, Beverly Hills 90210\, and 21 Jump Street. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lake Erie College in 1980 with a BA in modern foreign languages (French and Italian) and a minor in dance. In 2008\, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the same institution.\n \nFinding Mrs. Ford\, her latest novel\, was named one of the five must-read summer mysteries for 2019 by Forbes\, one of the top ten summer reads of 2019 by Good Morning America\, and one of the top fifty summer books of 2019 by Book Riot. On a sunny summer morning by the sea in New England\, Susan Ford’s cocoon of privilege is threatened when an Iraqi man from her distant past boards a plane in Baghdad to come find her\, when the past pays a call to collect. What happened in that summer of 1979 and why is she being sought out years later? And why is Mrs. Ford lying? \nTo schedule a book club visit with Deborah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Schedule a Book Club Visit with this Author\n			\n  \n  \nFor Book Clubs or Author Live Chats\n \nAre you in a book club\, library reading group\, or is your group of friends\, colleagues\, family members seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Claire Fullerton\, Kristina McMorris\, Ellen Meeropol\, Isla Morley\, Marco Rafala\, and Deborah Goodrich Royce are all members of our wonderful community of over 125 NovelNetwork authors available to meet with small groups via video chat. \nNovelNetwork is the nation’s first and only match(dot)com for authors and book clubs to find each other\, so check it out today. Book clubs join for free and gain access to our database of dozens of authors\, from NYT and international bestsellers\, to debut authors\, cookbook authors\, mystery and non-fiction authors\, and representing various regions of the United States\, and even Alaska and Hawaii\, all of whom want to meet with you! \nTo schedule a visit with Claire\, Kristina\, Ellen\, Isla\, Marco\, Deborah\, or any of our authors\, join FOR FREE  here. \nEvent Registration\nThis event is free and open to the public (on a first-come\, first-served basis); however\, registration (below) is necessary in order to receive your Zoom invite and to receive your virtual bingo card (bingo cards will only be available to those who register before January 23\, 2021)\, or to purchase one or more of the author’s books. You may attend the event without playing bingo\, but will still need to register to receive your Zoom invite. While the event is free\, your purchase of a book(s) below offers support to these authors whose book tours and events have been cancelled. Book prices below include shipping within the U.S. and will include signed bookplates. \nSAN PEDRO REGIONAL LIBRARY \n \n  \n  \n 
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