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SUMMARY:Ukraine Fundraising Luncheon: an Authors for Peace Adventure featuring renowned authors Kaylie Jones and Elizabeth Cobbs
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!\nAbout the Event\nAdventures by the Book was founded eleven years ago with the goal of connecting people and communities\, one book at a time. In a world that is often divided and disconnected\, this is our way of bringing people together in unique\, interesting\, and adventurous ways through the power and magic of books. \nSo when we recently heard disturbing news that Pushkin Restaurant (where we previously held a sold out dinner Adventure with New York Times bestselling author Martha Hall Kelly) has been the target of mean spirited and hateful attacks that have caused them much distress and loss of business (having already suffered from the economic effects of Covid)\, how could we turn our backs on these lovely people who are so passionate about books that they named their restaurant after the famous Russian author\, Alexander Pushkin. \nWe hope you will join us for this special fundraising Adventure where our goals are to (1) show our solidarity and support of this fabulous restaurant\, (2) raise much needed funds for Pushkin’s Ukrainian based staff and other Ukrainian families in need\, and (3) unite in our support for Ukraine. As you indulge in an authentic feast prepared by their Ukrainian head chef\, hear from two award winning authors\, Kaylie Jones and Elizabeth Cobbs\, who will share their insightful and brilliant thoughts on the situation in Ukraine. \nYour event includes a deliciously authentic multi-course luncheon created by Pushkin’s Ukrainian head chef\, and served by their Ukrainian staff\, from appetizers\, to entrees\, to desserts\, all served family style to allow you a taste of many traditional dishes. Cost includes the luncheon feast\, tax\, and a soft beverage\, but DOES NOT include gratuity\, and we have a good reason for that! \nWe kindly ask you to bring cash for tipping\, so that you can donate as much or as little as you are able. There will be two tip jars available\, one of which will be divided amongst the Ukrainian staff to send home to their families\, and one of which will provide donations to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for emergency supplies of food and medical care to refugee families. Donate your tips to one or to both and let’s show Ukraine that we Adventurers by the Book are indeed changing the world\, one book at a time! \nCan’t attend the event\, but want to help? Click on one of the donation options below and we will make sure to add your generous donation to support the Ukrainian people. \nNOTE: Adventures by the Book is volunteering our services for this event. All proceeds from the event will be divided between the Ukrainian staff at Pushkin and the IRC. \n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\nElizabeth Cobbs is an award-winning historian who brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide research and extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes bestselling fiction and non-fiction that is both scholarly and witty. Her path-breaking books\, articles\, and documentary films reveal a world that is as intriguing and surprising as it is real. \nElizabeth earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford University. She now holds the Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M University. Her books have won four literary prizes\, two for American history and two for fiction\, and she has won four prizes for documentary filmmaking. Elizabeth has been a Fulbright scholar in Ireland and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C. She has served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department and on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History. \nHer book\, American Umpire\, offers a powerful new framework for reassessing the country’s role over the past 250 years. Amid urgent questions about future choices\, this book asks who\, if not the United States\, might enforce these new rules of world order? \nCommentators frequently call the United States an empire: occasionally a benign empire\, sometimes an empire in denial\, and often a destructive empire. Elizabeth Cobbs asserts instead that\, because of its unusual federal structure\, America has performed the role of umpire since 1776\, compelling adherence to rules that gradually earned collective approval. \n\n  \nKaylie Jones is the author of seven critically-acclaimed and award-winning books\, including a memoir\, Lies My Mother Never Told Me\, and her most recent novel\, The Anger Meridian. Her novel\, A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries\, was adapted as a Merchant Ivory film in 1998. Kaylie studied Russian language and literature for many years and spent a total of seven months at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow\, during the summer of 1984 and winter/spring of 1987. \nKaylie has been teaching for more than twenty-five years\, and is a faculty member in the Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing & Literature program and in Wilkes University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. She is the author of Speak Now and the editor of Long Island Noir. Her newest endeavor is her publishing imprint with Akashic Books\, Kaylie Jones Books. \nIn her riveting memoir\, Lies My Mother Never Told Me\, Kaylie—the daughter of author James Jones (From Here to Eternity) and an acclaimed author in her own right—tells the poignant story of her relationship with her famous father and her alcoholic mother\, and of her own struggles with the disease. A true story of privilege\, loss\, self-discovery\, and redemption\, Lies My Mother Never Told Me is Jones’s unforgettable account of a not-quite-fairy-tale childhood and adulthood defined by two constants: literature and alcohol. \n\n\n\nAbout Pushkin Restaurant\n \nPushkin Russian Restaurant proudly bears the name of the great Russian author Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837) – the poet\, playwright\, and prose writer who is credited with establishing modern Russian literature through his reinvention of classical Russian poetry. Since our opening in October 2015\, we have focused on bringing out the authenticity and deep history of cuisines from all across the former Soviet nations\, which had a tremendous impact on dishes that are popular in Russia today. \nOffering classic Russian/Ukranian cuisine with French and modern touch\, the main idea for their dishes comes from classic recipes but is modernized in a new and unique way. \n\nSave
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SUMMARY:All the Ways We Said Goodbye: a Southwestern Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with NYT bestselling authors Karen White and Beatriz Williams
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIt’s time to sail forward with our 2022 Adventures by the Book live and in-person events\, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to set course with the second in our exciting new author series to be held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nThe New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club in the beautiful Point Loma residential area within the Shelter Island Yacht Basin with NYT bestselling authors Karen White and Beatriz Williams as they discuss their novel\, All the Ways We Said Goodbye.  \nYour Adventure includes a paperback copy of All the Ways We Said Goodbye to be delivered and signed at the event\, lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet Karen and Beatriz live and in-person. \n  \n\nAbout the Authors\nKaren White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 29 books\, including the Tradd Street series\, The Last Night in London\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, and A Long Time Gone. She is the co-author of All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. \nNot entirely convinced she wanted to be a writer\, Karen first pursued a career in business and graduated cum laude with a BS in Management from Tulane University. Ten years later\, in a weak moment\, she wrote her first book. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in August\, 2000. Her books—referred to as “grit lit” (Southern Women’s Fiction)—have since been nominated for numerous national contests including the SIBA (Southeastern Booksellers Alliance) Fiction Book of the Year. \nShe grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. \n  \n\n \nBeatriz Williams is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and internationally bestselling author of Our Woman in Moscow\, The Summer Wives\, Her Last Flight\, The Golden Hour\, The Secret Life of Violet Grant\, A Hundred Summers\, and several other works of historical fiction\, including three novels in collaboration with fellow bestselling authors Karen White and Lauren Willig. \nA graduate of Stanford University with an MBA in Finance from Columbia University\, Beatriz worked as a communications and corporate strategy consultant in New York and London before she turned her attention to writing novels that combine her passion for history with an obsessive devotion to voice and characterization. Beatriz’s books have won numerous awards\, have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, and appear regularly in bestseller lists around the world. \nBorn in Seattle\, Washington\, Beatriz now lives near the Connecticut shore with her husband and four children\, where she divides her time between writing and laundry. \n\n  \n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\nIn All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, three women’s fates are joined by one splendid hotel… \nFrance\, 1914. As war breaks out\, Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father\, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family’s ancestral estate\, using it as their headquarters\, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major’s aide de camp\, Maximilian Von Sternburg. She and the dashing young officer first met during Aurelie’s debutante days in Paris. Despite their conflicting loyalties\, Aurelie and Max’s friendship soon deepens into love\, but betrayal will shatter them both\, driving Aurelie back to Paris and the Ritz—the home of her estranged American heiress mother\, with unexpected consequences. \nFrance\, 1942. Raised by her indomitable\, free-spirited American grandmother in the glamorous Hotel Ritz\, Marguerite “Daisy” Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and husband\, a Nazi collaborator\, after France falls to Hitler. At first reluctant to put herself and her family at risk to assist her grandmother’s Resistance efforts\, Daisy agrees to act as a courier for a skilled English forger known only as Legrand\, who creates identity papers for Resistance members and Jewish refugees. But as Daisy is drawn ever deeper into Legrand’s underground network\, committing increasingly audacious acts of resistance for the sake of the country—and the man—she holds dear\, she uncovers a devastating secret … one that will force her to commit the ultimate betrayal and to confront at last the shocking circumstances of her own family history. \nFrance\, 1964. For Barbara “Babs” Langford\, her husband\, Kit\, was the love of her life. Yet their marriage was haunted by a mysterious woman known only as La Fleur. On Kit’s death\, American lawyer Andrew “Drew” Bowdoin appears at her door. Hired to find a Resistance fighter-turned traitor known as “La Fleur\,” the investigation has led to Kit Langford. Curious to know more about the enigmatic La Fleur\, Babs joins Drew in his search\, a journey of discovery that takes them to Paris and the Ritz—and to unexpected places of the heart…. \n\n  \n\nAbout Southwestern Yacht Club\nSouthwestern Yacht Club is one of the largest\, oldest\, and most prestigious yacht clubs in San Diego\, California. SWYC was formed in 1925 by visionary yachting enthusiasts looking for ways to enjoy each other’s company and to share their passion for boating. Since then\, the Club has developed into a full-service operation with more than 800 members embracing all forms of yachting\, fishing\, and social activities\, all while earning a reputation as being the friendliest club in the area. \n \n\n\n\n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Woodrow on the Bench: A Southwestern Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with NYT Bestselling Author Jenna Blum
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n  \nIt’s time to sail forward with our 2022 Adventures by the Book live and in-person events\, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to set a new course with an exciting author series to be held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nFor anyone who has ever loved a dog (or even if you haven’t had the pleasure)\, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to have lunch at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club in the beautiful Point Loma residential area within the Shelter Island Yacht Basin with New York Times and international bestselling author Jenna Blum as she discusses her heartfelt memoir\, Woodrow on the Bench.  \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of Woodrow on the Bench to be delivered and signed at the event\, lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet Jenna live and in-person. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n  \nJenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us (a New York Times bestseller\, the # 1 bestselling novel in Holland in 2011\, and the winner of the 2005 Ribalow Prize\, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel)\, The Stormchasers (an international bestseller\, a Borders Book Club Selection\, a feature in French Elle\, and a Target Pic) and The Lost Family (a Target Pick and received starred reviews from all four trades: Kirkus\, Publisher’s Weekly\, Booklist\, and Library Journal)\, as well as the novella “The Lucky One” in the anthology Grand Central. Jenna is also one of Oprah’s Top 30 Women Writers and CEO/ CoFounder of literary social media company A Mighty Blaze. \nJenna is based in Boston\, where she teaches master novel and marketing workshops for Grub Street Writers\, where she has been an instructor for over 20 years. Jenna earned her B.A. in English at Kenyon College and her M.A. in Creative Writing at Boston University\, where she was the fiction editor for AGNI Literary Magazine and taught creative writing and journalism. The daughter of a CBS newswriter and producer\, Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation from 1993-1997. \nFor anyone who has ever loved a dog\, Woodrow on the Bench\, Jenna’s first memoir\, pays tribute to her beloved black Lab\, Woodrow\, that recalls the last six months of his life and the ways in which he taught her to live. Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier\, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Known to many as “the George Clooney of dogs” for his good looks and charm\, Woodrow and his “Mommoo” are fixtures in their Boston neighborhood. \nBut Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail\, the true nature of his extraordinary relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent\, but it is Woodrow\, with his amazing personality and trusting nature\, who has much to teach her. A divorcée who has experienced her share of sadness and loss\, Jenna discovers\, over the months she spends caring for her ailing dog\, what it is to be present in the moment\, and what it truly means to love. Aided by an amazing group of friends and buoyed by the support of strangers\, Jenna and Woodrow navigate these precious final days together with kindness\, humor\, and grace. Their unforgettable love story will reaffirm your belief in kindness\, break your heart\, and leave your spirit soaring. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Southwestern Yacht Club\n  \nSouthwestern Yacht Club is one of the largest\, oldest\, and most prestigious yacht clubs in San Diego\, California. SWYC was formed in 1925 by visionary yachting enthusiasts looking for ways to enjoy each other’s company and to share their passion for boating. Since then\, the Club has developed into a full-service operation with more than 800 members embracing all forms of yachting\, fishing\, and social activities\, all while earning a reputation as being the friendliest club in the area. \n \n\n\n\n\nSave
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SUMMARY:Summer Picnic Adventure (Live and In-Person) featuring Georgie Blalock\, Amy Mason Doan\, Michelle Gable\, Nicola Harrison\, Susan Meissner\, Denise Nicholas\, Leslie Rasmussen and Kaira Rouda
DESCRIPTION:About the Virtual Event\nWhat would summer be without a fun picnic? It has been over a year and a half since we’ve had the pleasure of meeting in person with some favorite SoCal authors\, so we think it’s time to bring on the picnic\, and we invite you to join us. Our Summer Picnic Adventure features eight SoCal authors who are eager to meet with reading fans in person to discuss their most recent books\, in a beautiful outdoor park setting in Encinitas.* \nJust in time to choose some great summer reads\, this event is your opportunity to intimately chat in small groups with some of your favorite of book club authors: Georgie Blalock\, Amy Mason Doan\, Michelle Gable\, Nicola Harrison\, Susan Meissner\, Denise Nicholas\, Leslie Rasmussen\, and Kaira Rouda. Pack your own picnic lunch (or order one below for delivery at the event). \nYour Adventure includes book(s) of your choice (or purchase all 8 for a special discount plus FREE lunch)\, your chance to chat intimately with all eight authors in small groups\, and the opportunity to finally celebrate reading live and in person after a very long dry spell! See Event Registration* below for important details. \nAbout the Authors\nGeorgie Blalock is an award-winning author of historical fiction\, whose passion for history and movie allows her to combine her different passions through historical fiction\, and a healthy dose of period piece films. When 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 her new book\, The Last Debutantes\, they danced the night away\, knowing their world was about to change forever. They were the debutantes of 1939\, laughing on the outside\, but knowing tragedy— and a war—was just around the corner. When Valerie de Vere Cole\, the niece of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain\, makes her deep curtsey to the King and Queen of England\, she knows she’s part of a world about to end. The daughter of a debt-ridden father and a neglectful mother\, Valerie sees firsthand that war is imminent. \nNevertheless\, Valerie reinvents herself as a carefree and glittering young society woman\, befriending other debutantes from England’s aristocracy as well as the vivacious Eunice Kennedy\, daughter of the U.S. Ambassador. Despite her social success\, the world’s troubles and Valerie’s fear of loss and loneliness prove impossible to ignore. How will she navigate her new life when everything in her past has taught her that happiness and stability are as fragile as peace in our time? For the moment she will forget her cares in too much champagne and waltzes. Because very soon\, Valerie knows that she must find the inner strength to stand strong and carry on through the challenges of life and love and war. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Georgie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nAmy Mason Doan is the bestselling author of Lady Sunshine\, The Summer List\, and Summer Hours. “Doan’s characters leap off the page\,” says Publishers Weekly. “Sure to please fans of Kristin Hannah & Elin Hilderbrand\,” says Library Journal. BookPage describes her work as “an artful combination of lyrical writing and twisting plot.” \nAmy grew up in Danville\, California and now lives in Portland\, Oregon with her family. Before turning to fiction\, Amy worked as a reporter & editor for The Oregonian\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Wired\, Forbes\, and other publications. Amy has an M.A. in Journalism from Stanford University and a B.A. in English from U.C. Berkeley. \nHer new novel\, Lady Sunshine\, named one of Parade Magazine’s Best 25 Books of Summer features one iconic family\, one summer of secrets\, and the dazzling spirit of 1970’s California. \nFor Jackie Pierce\, everything changed the summer of 1979\, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle’s sprawling estate on the California coast. As musicians\, artists\, and free spirits gathered at The Sandcastle for the season in pursuit of inspiration and communal living\, Jackie and her cousin Willa fell into a fast friendship\, testing their limits along the rocky beach and in the wild woods… until the summer abruptly ended in tragedy\, and Willa silently slipped away into the night. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Amy or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nMichelle Gable is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of  A Paris Apartment\, I’ll See You in Paris\, The Book of Summer\, and The Summer I Met Jack. She grew up in sunny San Diego and attended The College of William & Mary\, after which she pursued a career in finance\, first at the now-defunct Arthur Andersen\, later moving to private equity\, followed by investment banking\, then back to private equity\, ultimately landing at software giant Ellie Mae as head of Investor Relations. In May 2016\, she ended a 20-year career in finance to become a full-time writer. \nHer newest work of historical fiction\, The Bookseller’s Secret\, takes place in 1942 London\, when Nancy Mitford is worried about more than air raids and German spies. Still recovering from a devastating loss of estrangement from her husband\, as well as having her allowance cut and having to give up her writing career\, she is eager for distraction and desperate for income\, so she jumps at the chance to manage a bookshop while the owner is away at war. \nBut when a mysterious French officer insists that she has a story to tell\, Nancy must decide if picking up pen and paper again and revealing all is worth the price she may be forced to pay. Eighty years later\, the bookshop is abuzz with the hunt for a lost wartime manuscript written by Nancy. The search will reveal not only a new side to Nancy\, but an event more surprising link between the present and the past. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Michelle or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nNicola Harrison is the author of the historical fiction novels\, Montauk. Born and raised in England\, she moved with her family to Southern California when she was 14. She is a graduate of UCLA and received her MFA from Stony Brook. Prior to writing novels\, she worked as a fashion journalist in New York City and now lives in Manhattan Beach\, California with her husband\, two sons and a high-maintenance chihuahua named Lola. \nHer second historical novel\, The Show Girl\, gives a glimpse of the glamorous world of the Ziegfeld Follies\, through the eyes of a young midwestern woman who comes to New York City to find her destiny as a Ziegfeld Follies star. It’s 1927 when Olive McCormick moves from Minneapolis to New York City determined to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies. Extremely talented as a singer and dancer\, it takes every bit of perseverance to finally make it on stage. And once she does\, all the glamour and excitement is everything she imagined and more―even worth all the sacrifices she has had to make along the way. \nThen she meets Archie Carmichael. Handsome\, wealthy―the only man she’s ever met who seems to accept her modern ways―her independent nature and passion for success. But once she accepts his proposal of marriage he starts to change his tune\, and Olive must decide if she is willing to reveal a devastating secret and sacrifice the life she loves for the man she loves. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Nicola or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nSusan Meissner is  a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in print in 18 languages. Her novels include The Last Year of the War\, named to Real Simple magazine’s list of best books for 2019; As Bright as Heaven\, which earned a starred review in Library Journal; Secrets of  Charmed Life\, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014.  \nThe Nature of Fragile Things\, her most recent work of historical fiction\, which earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly is about the bonds of friendship and mother love\, and the power of female solidarity. In 1905\, Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so anxious to get out of a Manhattan tenement that she answers a San Francisco widower’s mail-order bride ad. Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is handsome\, but Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat\, his silent five-year-old daughter.  \nEven so\, something about her hastily manufactured happiness isn’t right. Then one early-spring evening a year later\, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first\, pretty and pregnant\, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest\, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake\, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and\, ultimately\, their belief that love can overcome fear. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susan or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nDenise Nicholas is an award-winning actress known for her roles in the long-running series “Room 222″ and “In the Heat of the Night” as well as her guest appearances on “A Different World\,” “Magnum P.I.\,“ and “The Cosby Show\,” among others. She co-starred opposite Bill Cosby in the film “Ghost Dad” and opposite Sidney Poitier and Mr. Cosby in the films\, “Let’s Do It Again” and “A Piece of the Action. Along the way\, she has garnered three Golden Globe nominations and won three NAACP Image Awards\, and she is the recipient of two Los Angeles Emmy Awards. \nBorn in Detroit\, she graduated from the University of Southern California. She has worked in Janet Fitch’s writing workshop for five years\, attended both the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Workshop and the Natalie Goldberg Writers Workshop in Taos\, New Mexico\, and has been published in Essence Magazine\, The Washington Post\, and The Huffington Post Blog. For the last three years\, Ms. Nicholas has been a participant in the Sacramento Black Book Fair\, as author and as writing teacher. \nHer rich\, absorbing debut\, Freshwater Road\, now in a ten-year anniversary reissue\, is a powerful and dramatic coming of age story set in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. The novel has been called one of the best novels written about the Civil Rights Movement and the author has been praised repeatedly over the years for her beautiful prose and is continually mentioned along with Alice Walker and Ernest J. Gaines as the most important novelists documenting this era. \nSet in 964\, the daughter of a Detroit bar owner/numbers runner and his estranged\, class-conscious ex-wife (whose light complexion enables her to pass as white)\, Celeste Tyree has enjoyed a comfortable\, sheltered middle-class life for all of her nearly two decades. But when activists talking of nonviolent revolution visit her Ann Arbor college campus\, she determines to go South to help register blacks to vote. Part of what drives wide-eyed Northerner Celeste is her sense that her life little matches common black experience; her work in Mississippi is an attempt to validate her identity as a black woman as much as it is a journey to help lift the veil of oppression. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Denise or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nLeslie Rasmussen was born and raised in Los Angeles\, where she graduated from UCLA and went on to write television comedies for Gerald McRaney\, Burt Reynolds\, Roseanne Barr\,  Norm McDonald\, Drew Carey\, and Ralph Macchio as well as The Wild Thornberrys and Sweet Valley High. Later\, she earned a master’s degree in nutrition and ran her own business for ten years. Leslie loves dogs and besides having two adorable Labradors\, she volunteers at The Burbank Animal Shelter\,  in Burbank\, California.  \nIn her debut\, After Happily Ever After (2021 Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award and 2021 Finalist of Book Excellence Awards)\, Maggie Dolin is 45 and not dealing with aging very well. Seventeen years ago\, she gave up her job in publishing to raise her daughter\, Gia—but now her only child is about to leave for college\, and Maggie isn’t sure what her new purpose will be. She’s been the caretaker and nurturer for so long that she can’t even remember the last time someone took care of her. \nShe wishes her husband of 19 years\, would take that role on—but he’s been distracted and disconnected\, and she’s convinced he’s hiding something from her. Her self-involved\, judgmental mother and resentful brother\, meanwhile\, are certainly no help\, and her father is dealing with increasingly serious health issues\, leaving Maggie without her rock. Maggie finds herself pulled in a direction that makes her question the life she’s always known when she finds something more intriguing that she never expected. After Happily Ever After deals with love\, marriage\, family\, the empty nest\, aging parents and what happens when they all come crashing down at the same time. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Leslie or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n			\n  \nKaira Rouda is an accomplished business leader\, entrepreneur\, national speaker and internationally bestselling and award-winning author. A former magazine editor\, and society columnist\, Kaira won the Stevie Award for Women in Business for creating the first female-focused residential real estate brand\, Real Living\, and growing the brand to more than 22 states before its sale to Berkshire Hathaway. Her first book\, Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs\, led to a national speaking tour where she inspired thousands. She lives in Southern California with her husband\, Congressman Harley Rouda\, and her four twenty-something children. \nIn her newest twisting novel of suspense\, The Next Wife\, there is no limit to the lies\, suspicion\, and secrets that can poison the perfect marriage. Kate Nelson had it all. A flourishing company founded with her husband\, John; a happy marriage; and a daughter\, Ashlyn. The picture-perfect family. Until John left for another woman. Tish is half his age. Ambitious. She’s cultivated a friendship with Ashlyn. Tish believes she’s won. She’s wrong. \nTish Nelson has it all. Youth\, influence\, a life of luxury\, and a new husband. But the truth is\, there’s a lot of baggage. Namely\, his first wife—and suspicions of his infidelity. After all\, that’s how she got John. Maybe it’s time for a romantic getaway\, far from his vindictive ex. If Kate plans on getting John back\, Tish is one step ahead of her. She thinks. But what happens next is something neither Kate nor Tish saw coming. As best-laid plans come undone\, there’s no telling what a woman will do in the name of love—and revenge. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kaira or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n				Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\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 Georgie Blalock\, Amy Mason Doan\, Michelle Gable\, Nicola Harrison\, Susan Meissner\, Denise Nicholas\, Leslie Rasmussen\, and Kaira Rouda are all members of our wonderful community of over 140 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 Georgie\, Amy\, Michelle\, Nicola\, Susan\, Denise\, Leslie\, or Kaira\, or any of our authors\, join FOR FREE  here. \n  \nEvent Registration\n*Please note important details regarding this event: \n\nThe name and address of the park in Encinitas will be provided to you within one week of the event date\, as event is not open to the public.\nCity of Encinitas/State of California COVID restrictions on the date of the event will apply.\nEvent registration includes book(s) of your choice\, or order all 8 and receive a special discount plus a FREE lunch.\nDue to the special nature of this event\, there are no refunds after August 20\, 2021\, and/or for no-shows.\nEvent will be held come rain or shine\, so please dress accordingly for an outdoor park setting.\nYou may pack your own picnic lunch or order one below to be delivered to you at the event. Upon registration\, and if applicable\, you will receive boxed lunch options. If no options are selected\, a standard boxed lunch will be provided for you.\nPlease make sure to bring lawn chair\, blanket\, water\, sunscreen\, hat\, umbrella\, and any comfortable clothing for an outdoor park event.\nThere are a limited number of picnic tables and shade trees available on a first-come\, first-served basis.\nPublic bathrooms and public parking are available.\nBooks will be available for presale below\, and a limited number will be available for sale at the event as well. Only books purchased below or at the event will be eligible for signing.\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200424T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200424T140000
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SUMMARY:Studio Lunch Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Due to the Corona virus concerns\, this event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. Should the event not be rescheduled\, ticket holders will receive a refund at that time.\nAbout the Event\nGrace Kelly knew what people saw\, the Cinderella story\, an icon of glamour and elegance frozen in dazzling Technicolor\, the picture of perfection\, the girl in white gloves. But in reality\, her story\, as revealed in Kerri Maher’s new book\, The Girl in White Gloves\, was lonely and heartbreaking.  What better place to learn the true story of this beautiful yet tragic figure than in a 1940’s and 1950’s themed movie studio diner that will take you back to the early days of Princess Grace of Monaco. \nOver a themed lunch at Studio Diner\, part of an actual working movie studio\, join Kerri with USA Today bestselling author Susan Meissner and NYT bestselling author Karen White\, as they take you behind the glitz and glamour\, where the truth lies. \nYour Adventure includes a movie themed lunch (perhaps a New York strip steak with a “Maher” mushroom sauce\, “Grace’s” grilled salmon\, “Girl in White Gloves” grilled lemon-herbed chicken\, or “Dial M” pasta with grilled veggies)\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation in conversation format\, book signing\, and the opportunity to engage in meaningful and intimate conversation with two remarkable authors. \n\nAbout the Authors\nKerri Maher is the Boston-based author of the The Kennedy Debutante\, as well as her memoir\, This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World\, under the name Kerri Majors. She is also the founder of an award-winning journal of YA literature\, YARN. \nHer new novel\, The Girl In White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly\, tells the Cinderella story of Grace Kelly\, an icon of glamour and elegance\, the girl in white gloves. But behind the lens\, beyond the panoramic views of glistening Mediterranean azure\, she knows the truth. The sacrifices it takes for an unappreciated girl from Philadelphia to defy her family and become the reigning queen of the screen. The heartbreaking reasons she trades Hollywood for a crown. The loneliness of being a princess in a fairy tale kingdom that is all too real. \n  \n  \n\nSusan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than half a million books in print in fifteen languages. She is an author\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include As Bright as Heaven\, starred review in Library Journal; Secrets of  Charmed Life\, a Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015; and A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014. \nA California native\, she attended Point Loma Nazarene University and is also a writing workshop volunteer for Words Alive\, a San Diego non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth foster a love for reading and writing. \nSchedule a book club visit with Susan today thru NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n  \nKaren White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels\, including the Tradd Street series\, Dreams of Falling\, The Night the Lights Went Out\, Flight Patterns\, The Sound of Glass\, A Long Time Gone\, and The Time Between. She is the coauthor of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband near Atlanta\, Georgia. \nThe New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return in All The Ways We Said Goodbye with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s\, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris’ legendary Ritz hotel. \nBook club visits with Karen are coming soon via NovelNetwork. Book clubs join for free. \n  \n\n\nFor Book Clubs\nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that Susan and Karen are NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat or in person if the authors’ schedules and geography align. \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 can 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! \n \nTo schedule a visit with Susan or any of our authors\, join for free here. \nAbout the Venue\nDo the time warp and feast your eyes on the neon-lighted Studio Diner. It’s an authentic trip back to the ’40s\, wrapped in chrome & Blue neon. Coincidentally\, it’s set on the former lot of Stu Segall Productions\, between 1991-2010 San Diego county’s largest working movie and TV studio\, (Remember “Veronica Mars\, Silk Stalkings\, Pensacola: Wings of Gold\, Renegade the 2010 crime series “Terriers” (filmed here in Ocean Beach that aired on F/X) and all six MyNetworkTV limited-run serials\, including “Fashion House”\, “Saints & Sinners” and “Watch Over me” \nFeature films included “Flying By” with Billy Ray Cyrus\, Heather Locklear and Patricia Neal\, “Bring It On”\, Burt Reynolds in “Raven”\, Fast Money\, Illegal in Blue\, and Dead On. Television films include The Dark\, Surrender Dorothy\, See Arnold Run\, Tiger Cruise\, and I Married a Monster. Decorated with “behind-the-scenes” movie-making equipment and serving comfort food with an upscale vibe\, Studio Diner is fun for the senses. They were featured on the Food Network’s “Diners\, Drive Ins and Dives” in January 2008 and numerous local television news shows.
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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SUMMARY:Southern Lunch Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nWe are delighted to extend a little Southern California hospitality to welcome three of the South’s beloved bestselling and perennial book club favorite authors Kristin Harmel\, Kristy Woodson Harvey\, and Mary Alice Monroe for a rare appearance on the West Coast\, in conversation with former Emmy® and Ollie award-winning kids’ television host and New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris\, and you are invited! \nPlease join us at Claim Jumper La Mesa for a Southern themed lunch\, where you can enjoy delicious options like jambalaya pasta\, Andouille sausage\, or barbeque chicken salad. We can’t think of a more relaxing way to sit back and enjoy a charming conversation between four delightful authors. \nYour Adventure includes your choice of three Southern inspired lunch entrees\, mouth-watering garlic bread\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation in conversation\, book signing\, and the opportunity to engage in meaningful and intimate conversation with four bestselling authors. \n\nAbout the Authors\n \nKristin Harmel is a #1 international bestselling novelist whose books have been translated into numerous languages and are sold all over the world. A former reporter for PEOPLE magazine\, Kristin has also freelanced for many other publications\, including American Baby\, Men’s Health\, Glamour\, Woman’s Day\, Travel + Leisure\, and more. \nHer latest novel\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, a World War II tale of love\, family\, and betrayal set in the rolling vineyards of Champagne\, France\, is out now from Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster. Her previous novels\, The Room on Rue Amelie\, The Sweetness of Forgetting\, The Life Intended\, and When We Meet Again–all international bestsellers–are also available wherever books are sold. \n\n  \nKristy Woodson Harvey is the international bestselling author of Dear Carolina\, Lies and Other Acts of Love\, Slightly South of Simple\, and The Secret to Southern Charm. She is the winner of multiple awards and was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. In addition\, her work has been optioned for film. She blogs with her mom Beth Woodson on Design Chic about how creating a beautiful home can be the catalyst for creating a beautiful life. \nIn her new book\, The Southern Side of Paradise\, a secret threatens the tight-knit bond between a trio of sisters and their mother. Told with her signature charm\, wit\, and heart\, it is another masterful novel that proves Kristy is a “Southern writer with staying power” (Booklist).   \n  \n\nNew York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe found her true calling in environmental fiction when she moved to coastal South Carolina. Already a successful author\, she was captivated by the beauty and fragility of her new home. Her experiences living in the midst of a habitat that was quickly changing gave her a strong and important focus for her novels. \nMary Alice Monroe writes richly textured books that delve into the complexities of interpersonal relationships and the parallels between the land and life. Monroe’s novel The Beach House was adapted into a Hallmark Channel Hall of Fame Movie\, starring three-time Golden Globe nominee Andie MacDowell. \nHer new book\, The Summer Guest\, is a heartwarming and evocative novel about the bonds and new beginnings that are born from natural disasters and how\, even during the worst of circumstances-or perhaps because of them-you discover what is most important in life. \nKristina McMorris is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\, whose novels have 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. \nAt age nine\, she began creatively expressing herself when she embarked on a five-year stint as the host of an Emmy® and Ollie award-winning kids’ television program.Later\, as the owner of a wedding/event planning company\, she served as the six-year host of the WB’s weekly program Weddings Portland Style. \nInspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation\, her newest book\, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love\, redemption\, and the unexpected paths that bring us home. \n\n  \n  \n\nFor Book Clubs\nAre you in a book club\, seeking fabulous authors who are excited and available to meet with you? Then you will be delighted to know that both Kristy and Kristina are NovelNetwork authors\, available to meet with book clubs via video chat or in person if the authors’ schedules and geography align. \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 can 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 Kristy or Kristina or any of our authors\, join for free here.
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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SUMMARY:A Revolutionary Lunch Adventure
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! \nAbout the Event\nAdventures by the Book™ and NovelNetwork™ are pleased to invite you to A Revolutionary Lunch Adventure featuring our keynote speaker\, New York Times and international bestselling author Kate Quinn\, together with five talented book club favorite authors\, Jeanne Blasberg\, Jo Giese\, Nicole Meier\, Kimberly Robeson\, Katrin Schumann\, and Stephanie Storey. \nThis revolutionary book event will offer you the unique opportunity to interact with some fabulous authors while dining on a delicious French inspired lunch. Allow Kate Quinn to transport you back to the French Revolution as she discusses her new book\, Ribbons of Scarlet\, and then enjoy a fun panel discussion with book club favorite authors Jeanne Blasberg\, Jo Giese\, Nicole Meier\, Kimberly Robeson\, Katrin Schumann\, and Stephanie Storey. \nRegistration includes a delicious French inspired lunch (your choice of a croque monsieur or a spinach & goat cheese quiche)\, mixed green salad\, a signed copy of Ribbons of Scarlet\, a second book of your choice\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, and the chance to meet and talk intimately with seven amazing authors. Only books pre-purchased below or purchased at the event will be eligible for signing. \nAnd don’t forget that all six authors are NovelNetwork members\, meaning that they are all interested in\, and available to\, meet with your book club. \n\n\nOur Keynote Speaker: Kate Quinn\nKate Quinn is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the runaway bestselling The Alice Network and The Huntress. A native of southern California\, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. \nShe has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga\, and two books in the Italian Renaissance\, before turning to the 20th century with The Alice Network and The Huntress. All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with two rescue dogs named Caesar and Calpurnia\, and her interests include opera\, action movies\, cooking\, and the Boston Red Sox. \nRibbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world. Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes\, desires\, and destinies of princesses and peasants\, harlots and wives\, fanatics and philosophers—six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n  \nFeatured Authors\nJeanne Blasberg is the author of Eden\, winner of the Beverly Hills Book Awards for Women’s Fiction and finalist for both the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and the Sarton Women’s Book Award for Historical Fiction. Edenwas released in May 2017 by She Writes Press. \nJeanne is the founder of the Westerly Memoir Project as well as a board member of the Boston Book Festival. She is a student and board member of Grub Street\, one of the country’s pre-eminent creative writing centers where she wrote and revised her second novel\, The Nine which will be released by She Writes Press in August 2019. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n\n  \nNicole Meier is a native Southern Californian who pulled up rotes and moved to the Pacific Northwest\, where she lives with her husband\, three children\, and one very noses Aussiedoodle. Her debut novel\, The House of Bradbury\, was chosen as a Best Book of 2016 by Refinery29. \nHer latest novel\, The Girl Made of Clay\, was recently named a Top Book according to Bookbub readers. The Second Chance Supper Club\, is forthcoming. Nicole’s works have bee published in The Oregonian\, Cascade Journal\, Southern Oregon Magazine\, Women Writers Women’s Books\, Brazen Woman\, and more. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n  \n\nKimberly K. Robeson is a Greek-American assistant professor at Los Angeles Valley College where she teaches world literature\, creative writing\, and composition. She is the co-advisor for the college’s LGBTQIA+ Club. \nShe has lived in Venezuela\, Borneo\, and Spain\, but grew up in Greece\, Saudi Arabia\, South Africa\, and the United States. She received a master’s degree in comparative literature and has taught English in Greece\, Peru\, and the United States for the past twenty-seven years. She has a voracious appetite for travel\, not only to experience new places\, but more importantly to hear people’s stories first-hand. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n\n  \n\n\n  \n\nKatrin Schumann was born in Germany and grew up in Brooklyn and London—as a consequence\, most of her writing explores our search for a sense of belonging\, and the struggle to define ourselves in the context of our circumstances. She now lives in Boston and Key West\, and is the Program Coordinator of the Key West Literary Seminar and Workshops. \nHer work has been featured multiple times on TODAY and in Woman’s Day\, The London Times and on NPR\, as well as other national and international media. For the past ten years she’s been teaching writing\, most recently at GrubStreet and at local prisons through PEN New England. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n\n  \n\nStephanie Storey’s debut novel Oil and Marble is a Los Angeles Times bestseller\, was named one of Hudson Booksellers’ Best Books of 2016\, and was called “extraordinarily entertaining” by The New York Times. \nShe has a degree in Fine Arts from Vanderbilt University and attended a PhD program in Art History—before leaving to get her MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She has studied art in Italy and been on a pilgrimage to see every Michelangelo on display in Europe. \nAvailable for book club visits here. \n  \nTentative Itinerary\n1:00pm……………………… Welcome\, beverages and lunch served \n1:15-1:45pm……………….. Time to chat and get to know the authors intimately during lunch \n1:45pm………………………..Keynote Presentation by Kate Quinn \n2:30pm………………………… Q&A \n2:45pm……………………… Panel Presentation with Featured Authors \n3:30pm……………………… Book signing and photo ops \n4:00pm………………………. Conclusion \nBook Clubs: Connect with These Fabulous Authors Now!\nWhat is NovelNetwork? NovelNetwork is the nation’s first match(dot)com designed to connect authors and book clubs (and yes library book clubs too). Book clubs join for free and gain access to a database of over 80 authors (and growing daily) who are ready\, willing\, able\, and excited to video chat with book clubs or\, if local\, to meet in person. \nBooks & Bingo is a signature\, and very popular\, NovelNetwork event to introduce readers to some of our author members who are eligible to meet with your book club. The participating authors in this event are just a small representation of the many authors who are NovelNetwork™ members! \n \nThrough this innovative new program\, you and your book club can schedule a meeting with authors\, in person or via video chat\, in preparation for this exciting event or if you are unable to attend the event! Or\, maybe you’ll remember questions after the event that you forgot to ask and need to connect with them to tie up all those loose ends! All this is possible through NovelNetwork™! Click Here for more information and to sign up (it’s FREE for book clubs to register)! \nNovelNetwork™ is a global space dedicated to connecting authors with avid readers\, an expanded professional network\, and published peers.  NovelNetwork™ was created to help authors find more innovative ways to connect with readers and promote their books to wider audiences. \n  \nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! 
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CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190510T120000
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SUMMARY:Sicilian Love Story Luncheon Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Photos From the Event\nClick here to view the rest of the photos from this event. \n      \nAbout the Event\nJoin us for our most heartfelt event of the season with actor\, mom\, author\, advocate\, chef’s wife and now young widow Tembi Locke’s as she introduces her poignant new memoir\, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love\, Sicily\, and Finding Home.  \nA cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside\, From Scratch traces Tembi’s discovery of the healing powers of food\, family\, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour. \nCooking and eating Sicilian food together was one of the great joys Tembi shared with her beloved husband\, Saro\, a professional Italian chef\, whom she met in a chance encounter at an Italian gelato shop. After building a fairy tale life together with a beautiful daughter\, Saro was diagnosed with a rare form of terminal cancer that shattered their happy ending. \nDetermined to honor the memory of her husband\, build a new life for their daughter\, and strengthen their relationship with Saro’s very traditional Sicilian family\, she returned to his hometown to bond with Saro’s mother in a tiny hamlet of farmers. Her beautifully written memoir is a rich and transformative book about love\, parenthood\, forgiveness\, multicultural identity\, and cultural discovery (and also includes sixteen delicioso recipes from her husband his his mother). \nYour Adventure includes a delicious family style Italian lunch\, salad\, bread\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an intimate setting. \n  \n\nAbout the Author\n \nTembi Locke  is passionate about two things: the power of storytelling as a tool to inspire meaningful connection\, and savoring the flavors\, food\, and kitchen wisdom from her favorite place in the world\, Sicily. \nAn accomplished actor with over sixty television and film performances to her credit\, including The Magicians\, NCIS: LA\, Bones\, Eureka\, Dumb and Dumber To\, Friends\, and Proven Innocence\, Tembi is also the author of the upcoming book\, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love\, Sicily\, and Finding Home. \nEarly reviewers have called the book “lyrical\,” “utterly incandescent\,” and “shimmering with hope and inspiration\,” and New York Times bestselling author Claire Bidwell Smith says\, “you will be forever changed for having turned these pages.” We can personally attest to that! \nAway from the camera\, Tembi Locke’s advocacy work stems from her personal experience as a long-term cancer caregiver and focuses on families facing illness\, community building and sharing inspiration when it matters most. She’s a nationally recognized speaker for her keynotes on resilience\, loss\, and motherhood\, and her TEDx talk has been viewed by individuals and nonprofits worldwide. Tembi is also the creator and founder of The Kitchen Window\, an online platform that encourages and supports connected living during grief and loss. \nBorn to civil rights parents in Houston\, Texas\, Tembi was named by legendary South African folksinger and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Mekeba. Her name\, Tembekile\, means trustworthy. An Italian dual citizen\, she lived in Italy before graduating from Wesleyan University with a degree in art history. When not acting\, writing\, or involved in advocacy\, Tembi can be found each summer on a beach in Sicily. Otherwise\, she resides in Los Angeles with her daughter in a house blessed with two one hundred-year old fig trees.
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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SUMMARY:Hawaiian Luncheon Adventure
DESCRIPTION:With 2012 One Book\, One San Diego Winner Alan Brennert\nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. IF YOU WISH TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAIT LIST\, PLEASE EMAIL SELINA@ADVENTURESBYTHEBOOK.COM\nAbout the Event\nJoin us as we celebrate bestselling and 2012 One Book One\, San Diego winner Alan Brennert’s newest novel\, Daughter of Moloka’i. Alan’s highly anticipated sequel to acclaimed book club favorite\, and national bestseller\, Moloka’i  is a companion tale that tells the story of Ruth\, the daughter that Rachel Kalama— quarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa— was forced to give up at birth. \nIf you love food and literature as much as we do\, you won’t want to miss this fabulous Adventure. At one of San Diego’s best Hawaiian eateries\, Homestyle Hawaiian\, we will immerse ourselves in the delicious taste of island cuisine while we listen to Alan discuss his newest novel and the intersection of big movements in history with the personal stories of ordinary people. \nYour Adventure includes a delicious homestyle Hawaiian lunch\, dessert\, your choice of iced tea\, lemonade\, or soda\, tax\, gratuity\, author presentation\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author\n \nAlan Brennert is the author of the best-selling historical novels Moloka’i and Honolulu\, both favorites of reading groups across the country. Moloka’i was a 2012 “One Book\, One San Diego” selection and Honolulu was named one of the best books of 2009 by The Washington Post. People Magazine said of his novel Palisades Park\, “Brennert writes his valentine to the New Jersey playground of his youth in ragtime style\, mixing fact and fiction. It’s a memorable trip.” \nHis work on the television series L.A. LAW earned him an Emmy Award in 1991 and his short story “Ma Qui” was honored with a Nebula Award in 1992. His latest book\, Daughter of Moloka’i\, is a follow-up to Moloka’i that tells the story of Rachel Kalama’s daughter Ruth\, her early life\, her internment during World War II\, and her eventual meeting with her birth mother\, Rachel. The novel explores the women’s 22-year relationship\, only hinted at it in Moloka’i. \nDaughter of Moloka’i is the highly anticipated sequel to Alan Brennert’s acclaimed book club favorite\, and national bestseller\, Moloka’i. It’s a companion tale that tells the story of Ruth\, the daughter that Rachel Kalama—quarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa—was forced to give up at birth. \nThe book follows young Ruth from her arrival at the Kapi’olani Home for Girls in Honolulu\, to her adoption by a Japanese couple who raise her on a farm in California\, her marriage and unjust internment at Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II—and then\, after the war\, to the life-altering day when she receives a letter from a woman who says she is Ruth’s birth mother\, Rachel. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180408T113000
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SUMMARY:Italian Party Lunch Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is excited to celebrate The Italian Party with New York Times bestselling author Christina Lynch.  Indulge your senses over a delicioso Italian luncheon\, while Christina shares with readers the inspiration behind her equally delicioso novel.  And don’t forget to check out her Pinterest page that includes fabulous images of her Italian inspirations. \n\n\nAs Christina discusses the inspiration behind The Italian Party\, which takes us back to 1956 Siena for an intriguing story of romance\, secrets\, and intrigue\, we will delight in warm baked bread\, fresh salad\, and mouthwatering entries\, served family style at Buca di Beppo\, just like in the 1950’s.\n \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an authentic and intimate setting. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\nChristina Lynch is a novelist\, television writer\, journalist\, book coach\, and writing instructor. She grew up mostly in Chicago\, graduated from Harvard College\, and has an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is a former Milan correspondent for W  and Women’s Wear Daily\, and lived in Italy for 7 years\, where she ate a lot of wonderful meals and  won the Tuscan Endurance Championship on her horse Camelia. \nA devoted educator\, she moved to LA where she has she has written on staff for television shows such as The Dead Zone\, Encore! Encore!\, Unhappily Ever After and Wildfire. She also teaches television writing for UCLA Extension\, and does online book coaching both privately and for Antioch University LA. She is a full-time tenure track Professor of English at College of the Sequoias in Visalia\, California\, where she is also the faculty advisor for the literary magazine. Christina is a passionate advocate for higher pay and better working conditions for all adjunct instructors. \nShe is one half of the duo that writes as Magnus Flyte.  The first Magnus novel\, City of Dark Magic\, was a New York Times bestseller. Christina’s new novel\, The Italian Party\, takes us back to 1956 Italy\, where a young American couple are seduced by the beauty of Siena\, yet the secrets they are keeping from each other force them to confront a world more complicated than they’d ever imagined. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180323T130000
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CREATED:20181230T091352Z
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SUMMARY:Mystery Books & Brews Luncheon Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is excited to announce the second in our Mystery Books & Brews series with our favorite bookselling friends at Mysterious Galaxy\, where murder\, mayhem\, mystery\, and much more\, rule! And we couldn’t be more pleased to feature New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance! If you love mystery books and beer (and really\, who doesn’t?)\, then make sure to join us at Gordon Biersch Brewery in Mission Valley on Friday\, March 23rd! \nAs you enjoy lunch\, J.A. Jance will discuss her exciting new book\, Duel to the Death\, an elaborate and gripping novel that is equal parts thriller and mystery\, a combination you wont want to miss. \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, soft beverage (wine and beer available separately)\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in a thrilling and intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author\nJ.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series\, the J.P. Beaumont series\, and the Joanna Brady series\, as well as five interrelated Southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee\, Arizona\, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle\, Washington\, and Tuscon\, Arizona. Visit her online at JAJance.com. \nHer newest book\, Duel to the Death\, features a familiar name\, Ali Ryenolds. After taking down the man responsible for his best friend’s death\, Stuart Ramey thinks the case is finally closed. That is\, until Stu finds himself left with a multimillion dollar fortune in Bitcoin in a desperate bid by Frigg\, a rogue A.I. program created by the killer\, to keep itself from being fully deactivated. \nTo sort out his situation and take Frigg down for good\, Stu enlists the help of Ali Reynolds and the rest of his cyber security colleagues at High Noon Enterprises. But they are not the only ones who know about Frigg’s existence. \nGraciella Miramar\, an unassuming accountant to all appearances\, is actually the right-hand woman to El Pescado\, the leader of a dangerous drug cartel. She’ll do anything to get her hands on that program. With Frigg’s help\, Graciella hopes to take over her father’s criminal underworld and become wealthy beyond her wildest dreams. But Stu—and El Pescado and his henchmen—may not be so easily defeated. \nWritten in J.A. Jance’s classic “take-no-prisoners” style (Kirkus Reviews)\, in this thriller\, Stu\, Ali\, and their team will come to realize that everything has its price. \n\nSave
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CATEGORIES:Lunch Adventures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180225T120000
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SUMMARY:Orange County Literary Lunch Adventure
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAdventures by the Book® is coming to Orange County\, and we are excited to celebrate our inaugural event with beloved SoCal author\, Susan Meissner\, author of such perennial book club favorites as Secrets of a Charmed Life\, Fall of Marigolds\, The Shape of Mercy\, and A Bridge Across the Ocean. \n\n\nOver a delicious fajita luncheon at Claim Jumper Restaurant\, Susan will discuss her new novel\, As Bright As Heaven. Set in Philadelphia during the Great War\, Susan relates another of history’s rarely remembered moments\, this time\, the deadliest pandemic in human history\, exactly 100 years after it devastated the world.\n \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, book signing\, and the chance to meet the author up-close and personal in an intimate setting. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author and Book\nSusan Meissner is a multi-published novelist\, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include A Fall of Marigolds\, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014\, and The Shape of Mercy\, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 Best Novels of 2008. A California native\, she attended Point Loma Nazarene University. Susan is a pastor’s wife and a mother of four young adults. When she’s not working on a novel\, Susan writes small group curriculum for her San Diego church. \nIn As Bright As Heaven\, her first book to be published in hardcover\, Susan turns back the clock exactly 100 years to the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic\, which infected about one-third of the world’s population. In a richly imagined and evocative novel\, she explores the impact on one American family living in Philadelphia – from the first hints of the disease as World War I draws to a close to its far-reaching consequences. Epic in scope but intimately depicted\, As Bright As Heaven is sure to become another of Susan’s perennial book club favorite books. \n\nSave
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