BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Adventures By The Book - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Adventures By The Book X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Adventures By The Book REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T200000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20260318T204644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T214458Z UID:10000616-1777919400-1777924800@adventuresbythebook.com 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. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/martin-webb-knight-5-4-26-library/ LOCATION:Library Shop Mission Hills\, 925 W. Washington St.\, San Diego\, CA\, 92103\, United States CATEGORIES:ABTB Featured Event,Event,Library Adventures,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/5.4.26-knight-martin-webb-sd-library-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260504T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20260222T185047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T050615Z UID:10000611-1777903200-1777910400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Historical Fiction Happy Hour Adventure with NYT and USA Today bestselling authors Eliza Knight\, Heather Webb\, and Madeline Martin DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n“What is history? An echo of the past in the future.” — Victor Hugo\n\nAnd it is through story that those echoes become unforgettable. Join Adventures by the Book® as we welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Eliza Knight\, Heather Webb\, and Madeline Martin for a special Happy Hour Adventure celebrating the power of historical fiction to transport us across centuries and bring the past brilliantly to life. \nWe’ll gather with our friends at Napatini Wine Bar in Carlsbad\, California\, for this exclusive literary Adventure—where timeless stories and exceptional pours create the perfect pairing. \nYour Adventure includes a glass of wine (with non-alcoholic options available)\, delectable flatbreads and nibbles\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet all three authors up close and personal. Books available for sale and signing at the event or pre-order below. \nRegistration & Books\nRegistration for this event is now open below. Seating is limited and expected to sell out\, so we encourage you to reserve your spot soon. \nTo guarantee availability of books\, please pre-order your selected title(s) in advance. Can’t decide? Purchase all three for a special discounted online bundle\, available exclusively before the event. \nBooks will also be available for purchase and signing at the Happy Hour while supplies last. \n  \nAbout the Authors and Books\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. \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\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Napatini\n \n\nLooking for a wine bar in Carlsbad? Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar is not just your ordinary wine bar. Napatini offers a unique experience where you can indulge in the finest wines while enjoying the ambiance of their Carlsbad tasting room. Their competitive advantage lies in their commitment to providing exceptional service and a wide selection of 50+ California wines available by the glass. Whether you’re a wine connoisseur or a casual enthusiast\, their chef-curated wine pairings are sure to delight your taste buds. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/knight-martin-webb-5-4-26/ LOCATION:Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar 3800 State St #100 Carlsbad\, CA 92008 CATEGORIES:ABTB Featured Event,Event,Happy Hour Adventures,San Diego Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/5.4.26-knight-martin-webb-napatini-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20251222T161147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T183040Z UID:10000602-1776619800-1776627000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio: a Life & Laughter Adventure featuring actress\, comedian\, and New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\n“Laughter is my favorite survival skill.” — Annabelle Gurwitch \nAdventures by the Book® is delighted to welcome beloved actress\, comedian\, and bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch for a special Life & Laughter Adventure as part of our Inside the Author’s Studio series. Join us for an intimate\, early-evening gathering inside a private San Diego home\, where Annabelle will share the wit\, warmth\, and fearless honesty that have made her both a fan favorite and a cultural truth-teller. \nIn her new book\, The End of My Life Is Killing Me\, Annabelle chronicles her experience living with Stage 4 lung cancer with the same sharp humor and emotional clarity that defined her earlier award-winning work. The result is a memoir that is unexpectedly joyful\, profoundly human\, and—yes—laugh-out-loud funny. This conversation will explore not only her writing and her creative process\, but also the ways humor\, community\, and storytelling illuminate even life’s most challenging chapters. \nGuests will enjoy a cozy\, salon-style discussion\, light bites and sweets\, a signed copy of Annabelle’s book\, and the rare opportunity to connect up close with an author whose voice is as courageous as it is hilarious. Come share an evening of resilience\, truth-telling\, and the kind of heartfelt laughter that reminds us why stories matter. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (4.19.26) option below\, and the address to the private San Diego (Tierrasanta) residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. Due to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAnnabelle Gurwitch is an actress\, activist\, and New York Times bestselling author of six books and two-time finalist for the Thurber Prize. \nHer essays have appeared in The New Yorker\, New York Times\, Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Boston Globe\, and Hadassah Magazine amongst other publications. Her six books include the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. \nAnnabelle co-hosted the fan favorite Dinner & a Movie on TBS\, was a regular commentator for NPR. She is serving in leadership as a patient advocate with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). Her acting credits include: “Seinfeld\,””Murphy Brown\,””Boston Legal\,” and “Dexter.” She is a Jewish mother\, a terrible gardener\, even worse ukulele player\, a lung cancer survivor\, and an unrepentant cat lady who lives in Los Angeles. \nIn her deftly comedic and deeply contemplative memoir\, The End of My Life is Killing Me\, Annabelle faces life’s biggest curveball only to find resilience in the most unlikely places. After she received an out-of-the blue diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer\, an existential dread set in\, but instead of turning into a cancer warrior\, Annabelle declared herself a cancer slacker. Her motto: no runs\, no ribbons\, no religion. \nIn this hilariously and deeply affecting meditation on mortality\, the actress and activist illuminates life with chronic disease\, inequities in care\, and celebrates tiny victories\, the crusty ends of baguettes\, the discreet pleasure of sucking at a hobby\, and the unshakable bond of female friendship. She upends the notion of living each day as if it were your last\, as she discovers you can carpe too much diem\, embracing\, instead\, the extraordinariness of the ordinary. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/annabelle-gurwitch-4-19-26/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4.19.26-annabelle-gurwitch-studio-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260216T203000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20251021T173454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T205226Z UID:10000593-1771268400-1771273800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:It's Not Her: a San Diego Library Shop Adventure with NYT & USA Today bestselling author Mary Kubica in conversation with award-winning author T. Greenwood DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Sometimes being scared makes you do things you didn’t know you could do.” – Mary Kubica \nAnd you’ll have nothing to fear this time\, as Adventures by the Book® proudly welcomes back to San Diego New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary Kubica\, in conversation with award-winning author T. Greenwood\, for the launch of Mary’s chilling new thriller\, It’s Not Her. \nSet at a secluded lake resort where two families become entangled in a shocking disappearance\, this twisty\, unputdownable novel will keep you guessing to the final page. We’re thrilled to partner with the San Diego Library Shop Mission Hills for this exclusive literary Adventure! \nRegistration & Books\nRegistration for this event includes a hardcover copy of It’s Not Her\, guaranteed admission and VIP seating. Seating is limited and available on a first-come first-served basis\, so make sure to reserve your seat soon. Companion tickets are available (below) to share one book. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many suspense novels\, including The Good Girl\, Pretty Baby\, Don’t You Cry\, Every Last Lie\, When the Lights Go Out\, The Other Mrs.\, Local Woman Missing\, Just the Nicest Couple\, and She’s Not Sorry. \nMary’s novels have been selected as Indie Next picks\, Goodreads Choice Awards\, Amazon Best Books of the Month and have been LibraryReads selections. They’ve been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over five million copies worldwide. \nIn her twisty new thriller\, It’s Not Her\, two families vacationing at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime and mysterious disappearance. \n\nA stunning discovery…\nCourtney Gray’s tranquil family vacation is shattered when she hears a blood-curdling scream from the lakeside cottage next door. There she finds the lifeless bodies of her brother and sister-in-law. Her teenage niece Reese is nowhere to be found\, while her nephew Wyatt lies asleep upstairs\, unharmed. \n\n\nA shocking investigation…\nAs the police descend on the quiet resort town\, disturbing secrets about Courtney’s family start to emerge. When she learns that the town has secrets of its own\, it makes her wonder if Reese is another victim in a brutal crime or if she’s the killer. \n\nA truth no one could have imagined …\nAs Courtney begins to unravel the terrible mystery\, she realizes that everyone around her has something to hide. And the closer she gets to the truth\, the harder it is to see…\n\n\nAbout the Moderator\n \nT. Greenwood is the Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of Bodies of Water and fifteen other novels. Two of her books have been Amazon Editor’s Picks\, and six have made the Indie Next list. Keeping Lucy was a Target Book Club book\, and Rust & Stardust was a Library Reads selection. \nShe has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation\, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation\, the Maryland State Arts Council\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She and her husband split their time between San Diego\, CA\, and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. \n\n  \nAbout The Library Shop\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. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mary-kubica-sdlibrary-2-16-26/ CATEGORIES:Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2.16.26-mary-kubica-sd-library-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260216T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260216T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20251017T155033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T083954Z UID:10000594-1771250400-1771257600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:It's Not Her: a Happy Hour Adventure with NYT and USA Today bestselling author Mary Kubica DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\n“Mystery is the wine of this universe.” – Mehmet Murat ildan \nAnd what better way to savor both than with a glass in hand and a spine-tingling story to match? Join Adventures by the Book® as we proudly welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary Kubica for Happy Hour celebrating the launch of her chilling new thriller\, It’s Not Her. \nWe’re thrilled to partner with Napatini Wine Bar in Carlsbad\, California\, for this exclusive literary Adventure—where mystery meets the vine in the most delicious way. \nYour Adventure includes a hardcover copy of It’s Not Her for signing at the event\, a glass of wine (with non-alcoholic options available)\, delectable flatbreads and nibbles\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal. \nRegistration & Books\nRegistration for this event is below. Companion tickets are available to share a copy of the book. Seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-served basis\, so be sure to reserve your seat soon! \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of many suspense novels\, including The Good Girl\, Pretty Baby\, Don’t You Cry\, Every Last Lie\, When the Lights Go Out\, The Other Mrs.\, Local Woman Missing\, Just the Nicest Couple\, and She’s Not Sorry. \nMary’s novels have been selected as Indie Next picks\, Goodreads Choice Awards\, Amazon Best Books of the Month and have been LibraryReads selections. They’ve been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over five million copies worldwide. \nIn her twisty new thriller\, It’s Not Her\, two families vacationing at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime and mysterious disappearance. \n\nA stunning discovery…\nCourtney Gray’s tranquil family vacation is shattered when she hears a blood-curdling scream from the lakeside cottage next door. There she finds the lifeless bodies of her brother and sister-in-law. Her teenage niece Reese is nowhere to be found\, while her nephew Wyatt lies asleep upstairs\, unharmed. \n\n\nA shocking investigation…\nAs the police descend on the quiet resort town\, disturbing secrets about Courtney’s family start to emerge. When she learns that the town has secrets of its own\, it makes her wonder if Reese is another victim in a brutal crime or if she’s the killer. \n\nA truth no one could have imagined …\nAs Courtney begins to unravel the terrible mystery\, she realizes that everyone around her has something to hide. And the closer she gets to the truth\, the harder it is to see…\n\n\nAbout Napatini\n \n\nLooking for a wine bar in Carlsbad? Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar is not just your ordinary wine bar. Napatini offers a unique experience where you can indulge in the finest wines while enjoying the ambiance of their Carlsbad tasting room. Their competitive advantage lies in their commitment to providing exceptional service and a wide selection of 50+ California wines available by the glass. Whether you’re a wine connoisseur or a casual enthusiast\, their chef-curated wine pairings are sure to delight your taste buds. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mary-kubica-napatini-2-16-26/ LOCATION:Napatini Bistro and Wine Bar 3800 State St #100 Carlsbad\, CA 92008 CATEGORIES:ABTB Featured Event,Event,Happy Hour Adventures,San Diego Adventures,SoCal Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2.16.26-mary-kubica-napatini.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250407T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250407T203000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20250125T173158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T005949Z UID:10000558-1744052400-1744057800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Secrets of Adulthood Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author and renowned podcaster Gretchen Rubin in conversation with Sheenie Ambardar\, MD DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT\n“What you do most days matters more than what you do once in a while” – Gretchen Rubin\n\nAbout the Event\nNew York Times bestselling author and renowned podcaster Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature\, known for her ability to distill and convey complex ideas with humor and clarity\, as evidenced by the millions of copies of her books like The Happiness Project that are in print in over 30 languages around the world. \nAnd now you have the unique opportunity to meet Gretchen to learn about her new book\, Secrets of Adulthood\, at a special Adventures by the Book®  event in partnership with the Library Shop. Don’t miss this fascinating evening with the author at the beautiful new Pacific Highlands Ranch Library. \nYour VIP Adventure (register below) includes a hardcover copy of Secrets of Adulthood to be delivered to the event for signing\, guaranteed event admission\, reserved seating\, author presentation in conversation with renowned happiness psychiatrist\, Sheenie Ambardar\, MD\, book discussion\, Q&A\, book signing\, and the opportunity to meet one of the top podcasters in the world. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \n  \n\nGretchen Rubin is a renowned podcaster and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Better Than Before\, Happier at Home\, and The Happiness Project\, which have sold more than two million print and online copies worldwide in over thirty languages. \nIn her new book\, Secrets of Adulthood\, Gretchen distills her key insights into simple truths for living with greater satisfaction\, clarity\, and happiness. \nThe right idea\, invoked at the right time\, can change our lives. Drawing from her long studies of happiness\, and also from the challenges she’s faced herself\, Gretchen has discovered the “Secrets of Adulthood” that can help us manage the complexities of life. To convey her conclusions\, she turned to the aphorism—the ancient literary discipline that demands that a writer convey a large truth in a few words. \nPerhaps you’re paralyzed by indecision\, struggling to navigate a big change\, fighting a temptation\, or puzzled by the behavior of someone you love; whatever you face\, the right aphorism can help. From procrastination to the pursuit of happiness\, Secrets of Adulthood is filled with witty and thought-provoking reflections. \nFor anyone undergoing a major life transition\, such as graduation\, career switch\, marriage\, or moving\, or for those just encountering everyday dilemmas\, these disarming aphorisms will inspire you by articulating truths that you may never have noticed but instantly recognize. \nAbout the Moderator\n \nSheenie Ambardar\, MD is the founder of The Happiness Psychiatrist®\, an award-winning boutique psychiatry\, psychotherapy\, medical weight care\, and coaching practice that has proudly served California since 2012. \n\nDr. Ambardar’s unique integrative treatment method blends modern medicine with ancient Hindu and Buddhist spiritual philosophies for the optimal benefit of her patients and clients. She uses low-dose medications in conjunction with an eclectic blend of psychotherapeutic modalities including psychodynamic therapy\, mindfulness-based therapy\, cognitive-behavioral therapy\, walking therapy\, journal therapy\, meditation\, and Kundalini Yoga. \nAs a practicing clinical psychiatrist\, Dr. Ambardar has been awarded the Compassionate Doctor Award 5 times in a row\, was thrice named a “Super Doctor Rising Star” in LA Magazine’s annual “Best of LA” edition\, and has been named a “Super Doctor” in the field of Psychiatry in 2019\, 2020\, 2021\, and 2022. \nDr. Ambardar is also a mental health advocate\, human rights activist\, writer\, and speaker. She has been published in the New York Times and the Huffington Post and has been interviewed by numerous national magazines for her mental health insights\, including the Washington Post\, Forbes\, Bloomberg\, Good Housekeeping\, Shape\, and Women’s Health. \n\n\n\nSave \nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/gretchen-rubin-4-7-25/ LOCATION:Pacific Highlands Ranch Library\, 12911 Pacific Pl\, San Diego\, CA\, 92130 CATEGORIES:Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/4.7.25-gretchen-rubin-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250301T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240725T021432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T211534Z UID:10000529-1740819600-1740841200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book VI Adventure featuring world-renowned Zoro the Drummer and our team of NYT and bestselling authors DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\nIt’s kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about Super Book VI\, and you are invited! \nJoin our team of renowned authors\, including our keynote half-time speaker and performer\, internationally renowned Zoro the drummer\, who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime. Complete with four quarters of excitement\, crowd-pleasing food\, and so much more\, our Super Book VI Adventure is scheduled to take place on Saturday\, March 1\, 2025 at: \nAdmiral Baker Golf Course Clubhouse\, 2400 Admiral Baker Rd #3604\, San Diego\, CA 92124 \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun\, and… \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring aour team of New York Times and bestselling authors\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nAutographed copy of Maria’s Scarf\nContinental breakfast\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet lunch\nEvent program\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nVIP option available to seat with your favorite author (limited availability)\nMultiple book signing autographing opportunities with all authors\nPhoto ops with authors\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBooks provided for sale and signing\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation and performance\nFun prizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\nRegistration\nCheck out our amazing SuperBook VI lineup\, and snag your tickets below to be part of the fun! \nHalf-Time Presentation and Drumming Performance\n \nYou may know him as internationally renowned Zoro the Drummer playing for the likes of Lenny Kravitz\, Earth Wind & Fire\, New Edition\, Lisa Marie Presley\, Frankie Valli\, who has been voted multiple times as the world’s greatest R&B drummer\, but Zoro has a new talent to share with the world\, that of a motivational\, inspiring\, and powerful writer. \nIn his beautiful and transformative memoir\, Maria’s Scarf\, Zoro shares his heartwrenching and incredible story of a mother’s love\, a family’s unbreakable bond\, and a starry-eyed boy who never lost sight of his dreams. \nAs the fatherless biracial child of a Mexican immigrant\, Danny Donnelly was never expected to amount to much. Before the age of nine\, his single mother had moved her seven children more than thirty times–from the impoverished streets of South Central Los Angeles to rural Oregon and everywhere in between. \nSometimes there was no home to go to\, so they slept in their ’62 Chevy; sometimes dinner was a slice of bread; sometimes they showered in a nearby park. Desperate yet ever hopeful\, they clung to the only thing they had–each other. Through it all\, Danny longed for his father’s love and approval\, ultimately channeling his pain and transforming himself into Zoro\, one of the world’s greatest drummers. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Zoro or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Authors and Books\n\n\n\n \nJennifer Coburn is the USA Today bestselling author of Cradles of the Reich\, a historical novel about three very different women living at a Nazi Lebensborn breeding home at the start of World War ll. She has also published a mother-daughter travel memoir\, We’ll Always Have Paris\, as well as six contemporary women’s novels and five literary anthologies\, including A Paris All Your Own. \nIn her new novel\, Girls of the Glimmer Factory\, Hannah longs for the days when she used to be free\, but now\, she is a Jewish prisoner at Theresienstadt\, a model ghetto where the Nazis plan to make a propaganda film\, but when she recognizes the film’s director is an old childhood friend\, she knows she can use their friendship to bring awareness to what is really going on. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth DeLozier holds a BA in Spanish literature\, a BS in biological anthropology\, and a doctorate in physical therapy. An avid traveler\, animal lover\, and history nerd\, she lives in Southern California with her husband\, twin sons\, and rescue dogs. \nHer debut novel\, Eleanore of Avignon\, is a captivating historical drama about a young midwife and herbalist who risks her life\, freedom and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death. \n  \n\n\n\n\n \nRosa Kwon Easton is a debut novelist and a graduate of Smith College\, Columbia University\, and Boston College Law School\, and is a lawyer and trustee of the Palos Verdes Library District. \nHer historical novel\, White Mulberry\, is inspired by the life of her Korean grandmother in 1930s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Rosa or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nBecky Ellis is a debut novelist and the daughter of a highly decorated World War II combat sergeant and a veteran of a war fought at home. She earned a BA in English Literature at UC Berkeley\, where her love of writing and reading began. \nLittle Avalanches is a gorgeously written memoir about a daughter’s quest for truth and a soldier’s fight for survival that propels readers from the beaches of California in the early ‘70s to the battlefields of World War II. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Becky or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\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 \nLoretta Ellsworth is the award-winning author of children’s and adults books\, including the bestseller Stars Over Clear Lake. \nHer new novel\,The French Winemaker’s Daughter\, is the story of two women\, one the only daughter of a Jewish Winemaker in Nazi occupied France\, and the other\, a 21st century female American pilot\, who are connected across time by a rare bottle of wine hidden from the Nazis. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Loretta or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nMichelle Gable is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels. Michelle grew up in San Diego and was the kind of kid who checked out a dozen library books at a time\, only to return a week later to check out a dozen more. In fourth grade\, her parents gave her a book called Someday You’ll Write and a new passion was born. According to lifelong friends\, Michelle tried to turn every playdate and slumber party into a writing group. \nHer newest novel\, The Beautiful People\, is a novel about a failed debutante whose new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach’s inner circle\, and a beguiling friendship with its star\, fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer. \n  \n \nSarah C. Johns is a writer and video producer. After studying in South Africa\, Hungary\, Israel\, and Germany\, she graduated from McGill University before attending film school in Sydney\, Australia. \nHer debut novel\, The Sirens of Soleil City\, is a witty\, touching story of three generations of women learn to own their mistakes and rebuild their bonds as they prepare to compete in the South Florida Senior Synchronized Swimming Competition. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Sarah or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChristina Lynch is a New York Times bestselling author; her books include Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure and The Italian Party. She was the Milan correspondent for W magazine and Women’s Wear Daily\, and disappeared for four years in Tuscany. \nAn Amazon Top 100 of 2024 pick\, NPR Book of the Day\, and People Magazine Pick of the Week\, her new novel\, Pony Confidential\, is a mystery told from the point of view of a pony who is trying to reunite with the one little girl he really loved\, twenty-five years after he last saw her. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Christina or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nKristina McMorris is the 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. \nIn her soon to be released novel\, The Girls of Good Fortune\, set in 1888 Portland\, a woman awakens amid the subterranean labyrinth of the notorious Shanghai Tunnels\, drugged and disguised who must find a way to escape and return to a place where unearthed secrets can prove deadlier than the dark recesses of Chinatown. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kristina or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nKaira Rouda is an award–winning\, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense include her latest\, Beneath the Surface\, which has been optioned for a feature film. \nIn her summer 2025 release\, Jill is Not Happy\, an ill-fated road trip resurrects a married couple’s darkest secrets. Some secrets keep a couple together\, but Jack doesn’t know what else Jill is hiding. \n\n\n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Kaira or any of our authors on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®): \n\n\nConnect with this Author on Adventures by the Book® (formerly NovelNetwork®)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur team can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-vi-3-1-25/ CATEGORIES:San Diego Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FINAL-Superbook-VI-3.1.25-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231220T225842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T200852Z UID:10000482-1733164200-1733167800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Friends of the Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 7): a FREE in-person series featuring journalist and author Mona Gable DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 7 – Just in time to commemorate Native American History Month\, join journalist and author Mona Gable to discuss her nonfiction book\, Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, December 2\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/mona-gable/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241007T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241007T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231220T224409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T201222Z UID:10000481-1728325800-1728329400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Friends of the Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 6): a FREE in-person series featuring food memoirist Madhushree Ghosh DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Carl Vonderau\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 6 – Just in time to raise awareness about Domestic Violence Awareness month\, join food memoirist Madhushree Ghosh to discuss her deeply personal memoir\, Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory and Family. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 7\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, December 2\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. Khabaar\,which was awarded the IPPY gold in 2023\, focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/madhushree-ghosh/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T143000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240813T223538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T182944Z UID:10000530-1725973200-1725978600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:You're Leaving When? a Special Meet & Greet Adventure with actress and New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Annabelle Gurwitch’s You’re Leaving When? is a pure delight\, full of ambivalence\, regret\, laughter\, rage\, melancholy\, and most importantly\, honest observations about grappling with life’s bewildering cavalcade
of surprises and disappointments.”\n—Heather Havrilesky\, New York Magazine’s Ask Polly columnist \n You may recognize stunning actress Annabelle Gurwitch as the longtime cohost of the fan favorite “Dinner & a Movie” or from her appearances on television’s “Seinfeld\,” “Murphy Brown\,” “Boston Legal\,” and “Dexter.” \nBut did you know that she is as talented as she is beautiful\, earning a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living\, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022\, as well as being a New York Times bestselling author\, who has written and developed adaptations of her books for HBO\, F/X\, NBC\, Lifetime networks\, including a current film project for the Hallmark Channel based on You’re Leaving When? to star Andi MacDowell. \nAs if that weren’t enough\, Time Magazine featured Annabelle in their “Ten Ideas that are Changing the World” annual series\, and her media appearances include GMA\, The Today Show\, Real Time with Bill Maher\, CBS Early Morning\, Oprah\, PBS Newshour\, and many CNN\, MSNBC programs. \nAnnabelle has been chronicling living with Stage IV lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during Covid\, and she’s given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including in Vienna\, Rome\, Singapore\, and Brisbane. \nAnd now you have the opportunity to meet this remarkable woman at a Special Meet and Greet Adventure at the Coronado Public Library\, where she will discuss her book\, You’re Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility. \n  \nRegistration\nRegistration is not required for this event\, as it is free and open to the public. But we think you will want a front row seat to meet Annabelle and hear her remarkable story. To receive guaranteed VIP seating\, simply pre-order a copy of the book below\, which will be delivered to you at the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAnnabelle Gurwitch is an actress\, activist\, and author of five books including the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. She’s written for The New Yorker\, New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, Los Angeles Times\, Los Angeles Magazine\, and Hadassah amongst other publications. \nShe was the longtime cohost of the fan favorite “Dinner & a Movie” on TBS and a regular commentator on NPR. She’s performed on the Moth Mainstage\, Joe’s Pub\, at Carolines on Broadway\, The New York and Aspen Comedy Fests\, and at arts centers around the country. Her acting credits include: “Seinfeld\,” “Murphy Brown\,” “Boston Legal\,” and “Dexter.” Once in while she returns to acting playing Rabbi Gurwitch on “Better Things” on FX or a therapist for an FBI agent in Michael Bay’s “Ambulance.” Annabelle has been chronicling living with stage iv lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during covid. She’s given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including in Vienna\, Rome\, Singapore\, and Brisbane. \nHer most recent collection of essays You’re Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility is a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living\, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022. \nIn these essays\, Gurwitch embraces homesharing\, welcoming a housing-insecure young couple and a bunny rabbit into her home. The mother of a college student in recovery who sheds the gender binary\, she relearns to parent\, one pronoun at a time. She wades into the dating pool in a Miss Havisham-inspired line of lingerie and flunks the magic of tidying up. You’re Leaving When? is for anybody who thought they had a semblance of security but wound up with a fragile economy and a blankie. Annabelle uses personal stories and humor to illuminate issues in the social zeitgeist including “harnessing resilience and learning how life’s disappointments can teach you about the things that matter most” (Tara Parker Pope\, New York Times). \nAbout the Coronado Public Library\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the Coronado Public Library is to meet the informational\, recreational\, and cultural needs of the community and to actively promote reading\, life-long learning\, and the pursuit of knowledge. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/annabelle-gurwitch-9-10-24/ LOCATION:Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Avenue Coronado\, 92118 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9.10.24-annabelle-gurwitch-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231220T222451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T201401Z UID:10000480-1725906600-1725910200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Friends of the Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 5): a FREE in-person series featuring San Diego based memoirist Jesse Leon DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 5 – Just in time to commemorate Latinx Heritage Month\, join San Diego based memoirist Jesse Leon to discuss his deeply personal memoir\, I’m Not Broken. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n\n\n  \n\nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \n  \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jesse-leon/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240815T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240507T232319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184955Z UID:10000519-1723737600-1723744800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Till Death Do Us Part: A Wine\, Chocolate\, and Cheese Adventure with USA Today "best of the year" author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! To be added to the wait list\, please email Sara at admin@adventuresbythebook.com.\n  \nAbout the In-Person Event\n“An intoxicating\, atmospheric and twist-packed testament to the impossibility of truly knowing even those we love the most.”—Ellery Lloyd\, New York Times bestselling author of The Club \nWe invite you to meet USA Today “best of the year” author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn at a private San Diego residence as she discusses Till Death Do Us Part\, her new thriller set in the vineyards of Napa Valley\, about a woman who finds out her long-dead husband is actually alive. \nYour Adventure includes an assortment of cheese and chocolate\, a glass of wine (non alcohol beverages available as well)\, a copy of Till Death Do Us Part to be signed at the event (select the discounted package option below)\, tax\, book presentation\, and the opportunity to engage with Laurie live and in-person in an intimate setting. \nRegistration\nRegister below for the in-person event\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. Spaces are limited\, so register soon to guarantee your spot. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nLaurie Elizabeth Flynn is a former model who lives in London\, Ontario with her husband and their four children. She is the author of three young adult novels: Firsts\, Last Girl Lied To\, and All Eyes On Her\, under the name L.E. Flynn. Her adult fiction debut\, The Girls Are All So Nice Here\, was named a USA Today Best Book of 2021\, sold in 11 territories worldwide\, and became an instant bestseller in Canada. \nHer new novel\, Till Death Do Us Part\, is a sumptuous\, shocking\, steamy thriller set in the vineyards of Napa Valley which ponders the question—what happens when the husband you thought died years ago shows up alive? \nTen years ago\, June’s beloved husband drowned on their honeymoon. Josh’s body was never found. Now\, a decade later\, June is finally ready to move on. She owns a natural wine bar in Brooklyn and is engaged to a patient\, supportive man named Kyle. She’s excited to begin a new chapter in her life\, enjoy a picture-perfect wedding\, and start a family. \nBut out of the blue\, she sees…him—Josh\, her first husband. Is this just a hallucination from the guilt June carries about finally moving on\, or is it possible that her husband never died in the first place? \nJune tries to forget about this vision\, chalking it up to grief and nerves\, but soon enough\, she stumbles across a website for a winery in Napa\, and the owner in the photo is identical to her dead husband. With her upcoming wedding looming and a fiancé who’s already worried she hasn’t left her past behind\, June flies to Napa for answers. But she’s not prepared for all the secrets she’s about to unlock\, because everything she thought she knew about her first love is a lie. \nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/laurie-elizabeth-flynn/ CATEGORIES:Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/laurie-flynn-8.15.24-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240723T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240426T142105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T142105Z UID:10000514-1721757600-1721763000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Rain Breaks No Bones: a La Jolla/Riford Library Adventure with bestselling author Barbara Taylor in conversation with renowned author Kaylie Jones DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nEverybody has secrets. Even the dead… \nJoin bestselling author\, Barbara Taylor\, in conversation with renowned author Kaylie Jones\, at the La Jolla/Riford Library and dive into Barbara’s latest novel\, Rain Breaks No Bones. Set in 1955\, this page-turner explores a family’s legacy of loss and a sometimes mystical vision of a better tomorrow. \nRegistration & Books\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, seating is available on a first-come first-served basis. You may purchase a copy of Rain Breaks No Bones to be delivered to the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nBorn and raised in Scranton\, PA\, Barbara J. Taylor sets her novels in the hometown she loves and fills them with miners\, evangelists\, vaudevillians\, nuns\, gangsters\, prostitutes\, widows\, musicians\, dreamers\, and a seer or two. Publishers Weekly named her first book\, Sing in the Morning\, Cry at Night\, a “Best Book of Summer\, 2014\,” and described her sequel\, All Waiting Is Long\, as “Suspenseful\,” with “… startling plot twists\,” and “… a breathtaking ending.” Her latest novel\, Rain Breaks No Bones\, is the final installment in her Scranton trilogy. Though the novels are connected\, they each stand alone. \nBefore becoming a full-time writer\, Taylor taught English in the Pocono Mountain School District where she encouraged her students to read great works and create their own. In the latter part of her teaching career\, she earned her MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University. \nTaylor can usually be found with a notebook in hand and a pencil behind her ear\, her way of telling the muse\, “I’m ready when you are.” \n  \nAbout the Moderator\n \nKaylie Jones is the daughter of American author James Jones\, who wrote From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. Kaylie’s latest novel is The Anger Meridian. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir\, Lies My Mother Never Told Me. Her novels include A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries\, released as a Merchant Ivory Film in 1998. She co-chairs the James Jones First Novel Fellowship\, which awards $12\,000 yearly to an unpublished first novel. \nKaylie is also the publisher of Kaylie Jones Books\, and imprint of Akashic Books. She is a full professor at SUNY Stony Brook in the Creative Writing and Literature Program\, and also teaches at the Wilkes University Maslow Family Low-Residency MFAProgram in Creative Writing. \n  \nAbout the La Jolla/Riford Library\nWith a unique connection to San Diego’s biotech industry\, the La Jolla-Riford Library is believed to be the first in the country to feature a public biotech laboratory. The Bio Lab is part of an innovation space at the library that also includes 3D printers and a 50-person capacity classroom. \nLa Jolla-Riford Library opened in 1989\, thanks to a generous land donation from Ms. Florence Riford. At 25\,000 square feet\, the library features a cozy fireplace\, enclosed outdoor reading patio\, spacious community room with a piano and art gallery\, and the History Room which houses a comprehensive collection of La Jolla historical documents and newspaper archives. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/barbara-taylor/ LOCATION:La Jolla Riford Library\, 7555 Draper Ave.\, La Jolla\, United States CATEGORIES:Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/barbara-taylor-7.23.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240624T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240624T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240404T192355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T172547Z UID:10000506-1719237600-1719244800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Once We Were Home: an Afternoon Dessert Adventure with National Jewish Book Award finalist Jennifer Rosner DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\n“Never Shall I Forget” – Elie Wiesel \nAs Elie Wiesel so poignantly reminds us\, never shall we forget. Yet what happened to the children of the Holocaust who were separated from their parents in WWII at such a young age; was it possible for them to remember? \nWe invite you to meet Jewish Book Award Finalist Jennifer Rosner at a private San Diego residence as she discusses Once We Were Home\, her powerful novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. \nYour Adventure includes an assortment of delectable Jewish pastries\, tea\, a copy of Once We Were Home to be signed at the event\, tax\, book presentation\, and the opportunity to engage with Jennifer live and in-person in an intimate setting. \nRegistration\nRegister below for the in-person event\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. Spaces are limited\, so register soon to guarantee your spot. \n \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nJennifer Rosner is the author of the novels Once We Were Home and The Yellow Bird Sings\, both finalists for the National Jewish Book Award. She is also author of the memoir\, If a Tree Falls: a Family’s Quest to Hear and Be Heard\, and the children’s book\, The Mitten String\, a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable. \nJennifer’s books have been translated into a dozen languages. Her short writing has appeared in the New York Times\, The Times of Israel\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Forward\, and elsewhere. In addition to writing\, Jennifer has taught philosophy. She earned her B.A. from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her family. \nHer most recent novel\, Once We Were Home\, is based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother’s face when she and her baby brother\, Oskar\, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar\, though\, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them\, believing she has their best interest at heart\, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots\, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. \nRoger grows up in a monastery in France\, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him\, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata\, a post-graduate student in archaeology\, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past–except for her own. After her mother’s death\, Renata’s grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered\, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. \nTwo decades later\, they are each building lives for themselves\, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel\, in unexpected ways\, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong. \nBeautifully evocative and tender\, filled with both luminosity and anguish\, Once We Were Home reveals a little-known history. Based on the true stories of children stolen during wartime\, this heart-wrenching novel raises questions of complicity and responsibility\, belonging and identity\, good intentions and unforeseen consequences\, as it confronts what it really means to find home. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Jennifer or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/jennifer-rosner/ CATEGORIES:Dessert Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jennifer-rosner-6.24.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240610T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240610T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231214T010641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T201540Z UID:10000476-1718044200-1718047800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Friends of the Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 4): a FREE in-person series featuring author Elizabeth L. Silver DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 4 – Join author Elizabeth L. Silver to discuss her newest book The Majority\, inspired by the life of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n\n\n  \n\nPart 4: Elizabeth L. Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.”  \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n\nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \n  \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/elizabeth-l-silver/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231214T004448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T180202Z UID:10000474-1715625000-1715628600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 3): a FREE in-person series featuring award-winning author Carl Vonderau DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 3 – Just in time to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month\, join award-winning author Carl Vonderau to discuss his new novel\, Saving Myles. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 3 featuring Carl Vonderau: Monday\, May 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n\n\n  \n\nPart 3: Carl Vonderau\n\n \n\nCarl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland\, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford\, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S.\, Latin America\, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. He is the president of Partners in Crime\, The San Diego chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization of authors and fans of crime writing. Additionally\, he’s a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners\, an organization that mentors other nonprofits.His first novel\, Murderabilia\, was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut\, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery.  \nHis second novel\, Saving Myles\, follows an unassuming banker from La Jolla\, CA as he takes matters into his own hands in order to save his kidnapped son and bring him home. \n\nPart 4: Elizabeth L. Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.”  \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \n\nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \n  \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/carl-vonderau/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240115T215354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T215354Z UID:10000486-1713110400-1713117600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Korean Dinner Adventure featuring acclaimed author A.H. Kim in conversation with SoCal author Kristin Rockaway DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” — Jane Austen \nAnd let’s take a moment in time to meet acclaimed author A.H. Kim\, in conversation with SoCal author Kristin Rockaway\, in this Korean Dinner Adventure to celebrate Ann’s new book\, Relative Strangers\, a timely spin on Sense and Sensibility\, a twenty-first-century family drama featuring two half-Korean sisters\, their ex-hippie mother\, multiple messy love affairs and one explosive secret that could ruin everything. \nJoin us at Buga Korean BBQ for an authentic and delicious dinner and a lively book discussion! Experience the exquisite tastes of Korean cuisine and learn all about A.H’s witty and entertaining retelling and how it explores love\, loss\, grief\, and forgiveness through the perspectives of two sisters. \nYour Adventure includes dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet the authors up close and personal in an intimate setting! Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nA.H. Kim (Ann) was born in Seoul\, South Korea and immigrated to the U.S. as a young child. Ann was educated at Harvard College and Berkeley Law School\, where she was an editor of the California Law Review. Ann practiced corporate law for many years and served as chief of staff to the CEO and as head of investor relations at a Fortune 200 company. \nAnn’s second novel\, Relative Strangers is a contemporary retelling of Sense and Sensibility and explores themes of love\, loss\, grief\, and forgiveness. \nAmelia Bae-Wood’s life is falling apart. Unemployed\, newly single and completely broke—for reasons she hasn’t told anyone yet—she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother’s eviction from the family estate. Amelia needs somewhere to live and time to figure out what to do with the rest of her life\, so moving with her mother and sister to Arcadia\, the cancer retreat center where her sister volunteers\, seems like as good an idea as any. \nAmelia’s sister\, Eleanor\, has too much on her plate\, including being caught up in a court battle with a man who claims to be their half brother from Seoul and their late father’s only son—a secret love child from his Korean youth—who’s fighting for a piece of everything that belongs to the Bae-Wood women. And when Amelia adds herself to Eleanor’s list of problems\, Eleanor must figure out what to hold on to—and when to let go—before things starts to unravel. \nA witty\, wry and enormously entertaining retelling\, the sisters’ journey of self-discovery as they reshape their lives gives this classic tale a modern\, feminist twist\, as it touches on themes of blended families\, race\, class and wealth. \n  \nAbout the Moderator\n \nKristin Rockaway is a native New Yorker living in Southern California. She’s the author of six novels\, including Smart Girl Summer\, Life\, Unscheduled\, and How to Hack a Heartbreak\, which has been optioned for television. In addition to writing\, she teaches Fiction with Gotham Writers Workshop and runs a boutique travel agency called Novel World Travel. When she’s not working\, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son and planning her next big vacation. \n  \nAbout Buga Korean BBQ\nBuga is a premium traditional Korean BBQ restaurant serving San Diego since 2001. They proudly present to you the highest quality and the authentic experience with their friendly service. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kristin-rockaway-a-h-kim/ LOCATION:Buga Korean BBQ 5580 Clairemont Mesa Blvd San Diego\, 92117 CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4.14.24-a.h.kimrockaway.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20240117T192100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240122T194349Z UID:10000487-1712923200-1712930400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Korean Lunch Adventure (LA) featuring acclaimed author A.H. Kim in conversation with author Rosa Kwon Easton DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” — Jane Austen \nAnd let’s take a moment in time to meet acclaimed author A.H. Kim\, in conversation with author Rosa Kwon Easton\, in this Los Angeles Korean Lunch Adventure to celebrate Ann’s new book. Relative Strangers is a timely spin on Sense and Sensibility\, a twenty-first-century family drama featuring two half-Korean sisters\, their ex-hippie mother\, multiple messy love affairs and one explosive secret that could ruin everything. \nJoin us at Yong Su San in Los Angeles for an authentic and delicious lunch and a lively book discussion! Experience the exquisite tastes of Korean cuisine and learn all about A.H’s witty and entertaining retelling\, and how it explores love\, loss\, grief\, and forgiveness through the perspectives of two sisters. \nYour Adventure includes delicious Korean lunch\, hot tea\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet the authors up close and personal in an intimate setting! Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nA.H. Kim (Ann) was born in Seoul\, South Korea and immigrated to the U.S. as a young child. Ann was educated at Harvard College and Berkeley Law School\, where she was an editor of the California Law Review. Ann practiced corporate law for many years and served as chief of staff to the CEO and as head of investor relations at a Fortune 200 company. \nAnn’s second novel\, Relative Strangers is a contemporary retelling of Sense and Sensibility and explores themes of love\, loss\, grief\, and forgiveness. \nAmelia Bae-Wood’s life is falling apart. Unemployed\, newly single and completely broke—for reasons she hasn’t told anyone yet—she finds herself hitchhiking across California to deal with the fallout of her mother’s eviction from the family estate. Amelia needs somewhere to live and time to figure out what to do with the rest of her life\, so moving with her mother and sister to Arcadia\, the cancer retreat center where her sister volunteers\, seems like as good an idea as any. \nAmelia’s sister\, Eleanor\, has too much on her plate\, including being caught up in a court battle with a man who claims to be their half-brother from Seoul and their late father’s only son—a secret love child from his Korean youth—who’s fighting for a piece of everything that belongs to the Bae-Wood women. And when Amelia adds herself to Eleanor’s list of problems\, Eleanor must figure out what to hold on to—and when to let go—before things start to unravel. \nA witty\, wry\, and enormously entertaining retelling\, the sisters’ journey of self-discovery as they reshape their lives gives this classic tale a modern\, feminist twist\, as it touches on themes of blended families\, race\, class\, and wealth. \n  \nAbout the Moderator\n \nRosa Kwon Easton is a debut author whose novels White Mulberry\, and Red Seal\, the sequel\, will be published in a two-book deal\, in winter 2024 and 2026. She is a lawyer\, trustee\, and former President of the publicly-elected Board of Trustees of the Palos Verdes Library District. She is an Anaphora Writing Residency Fellow and a semi-finalist for the Sunspot Lit short story award. Her work can be found in CRAFT Literary\, Writer’s Digest\, StoryCenter.org\, and others. Born in Seoul\, South Korea\, she grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Palos Verdes with her husband and Maltipoo.  \n  \nAbout Yong Su San\nYong Su San has served traditional Korean cuisine to the city of Los Angeles for thirty years. “Yongsusan” means “dragon water mountain\,” the name of a mountain in Kaesung\, capital of the ancient Koryo Dynasty. Yong Su San’s Master Chef and founder Sang Oak Choi was born and raised in Kaesung and mastered both the Kaesung and Royal Court styles of cooking. Yongsusan specializes in Kaesung and Royal Court cuisine\, which is now special and difficult to come by even in Korea. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/a-h-kim/ LOCATION:Yong Su San Restaurant 950 S Vermont Avenue Los Angeles\, California CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4.12.24-a.h.kimeaston-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230328T023846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240115T184514Z UID:10000433-1708246800-1708268400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Super Book V: a San Diego Adventure with 20 New York Times and bestselling authors DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\nIt’s kickoff time! No\, we aren’t talking about Super Bowl; we are talking about Super Book V\, and you are invited! \nJoin our team of 20 renowned authors\, including our keynote half-time speakers\, who will give book enthusiasts and reading fans the experience of a lifetime\, complete with four quarters of excitement\, crowd-pleasing food\, and so much more\, scheduled to take place on Sunday\, February 18\, 2024 at: \nAdmiral Baker Golf Course Clubhouse\, 2400 Admiral Baker Rd #3604\, San Diego\, CA 92124 \nAnd of course\, no Adventure by the Book would be complete without lots of excitement and fun\, and… \n\nDaylong Adventure featuring up to 20 New York Times and bestselling authors\nCustom Super Book tote bag\nContinental breakfast\nCrowd-pleasing gourmet lunch\nCollectible event program\nSeating at lunch tables with an author\nVIP option available to seat with your favorite author (limited availability)\nMultiple book signing autographing opportunities with all authors\nPhoto ops with authors\nMeet and greet opportunities with the authors\nBooks provided for sale and signing\nFour quarters of author activities\nHalf-time presentation\nDiscounted block of hotel rooms*\nFun prizes and giveaways\n…and much more\n\nRegistration\nCheck out our amazing SuperBook V lineup\, and snag your tickets now to be part of the fun! \n*Discounted Hotel Rooms\nA limited number of discounted hotel rooms are now available at Marriott Mission Valley. \nHalf-Time Presentation\nSan Diego native Georgeanne “George” Irvine has devoted her career to raising awareness about animals and wildlife conservation. She is the director of publishing for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance\, where she has worked for more than 45 years\, as well as the author of nearly 30 children’s books about wildlife. Her award-winning Hope & Inspiration collection features true stories about individual animals from the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park that have overcome challenges in their lives. Her newest books is Amazing Omeo: A Baby Koala’s True Story of Survival. \nPrior to publishing\, George served in many capacities during her tenure with the Zoo–she worked in public relations and marketing as well as philanthropy. Her duties ranged from being a media spokesperson to escorting celebrities around the Zoo and animals to television shows (such as Johnny Carson’s “Tonight” show) to creating collateral that helped the Zoo raise millions of dollars each year for conservation and new habitats. \nMajor passions for George include traveling\, photography\, storytelling\, Broadway musicals and\, of course\, wildlife. She lives for adventure travel and loves seeing animals in their native habitats. Her worldwide expeditions have taken her to many of the wildest places on earth—from the jungles of Borneo and South America to the mountains of China and the forests of India to the Outback of Australia and the savannas of Africa. She also enjoys spending time in Alaska’s wild places to observe and photograph brown bears and other North American wildlife. \nJoining George will be the zany Dr. Zoolittle\, who will entertain with a fun interactive presentation sharing stories\, jokes\, poems\, songs\, and interesting facts about wildlife. Together\, the dynamic Zoo duo is sure to capture your hearts and make you laugh with animal tales that inspire a passion for wildlife conservation and education. \nAuthor Preview\nBrigit Binns is the author or co-author of 25 cookbooks\, many of them for Williams-Sonoma\, as well as ghost-writer on many others. During the ten years she spent living in Europe\, Brigit graduated from England’s Tante Marie cooking school\, lived and catered in Spain for three years\, and edited the Costa del Sol’s English-language magazine. Brigit’s cookbook Eating Up the West Coast: The best road trips\, recipes\, and restaurants from California to Washington was her twenty-ninth book. Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival is a coming-of-age memoir―co-starring Brigit’s alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother―which reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen\, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Brigit or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nJeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of 3 novels and an Emmy award-winning television director. In his latest novel\, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way\, after a highly publicized fall from grace\, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from the chaos in his life. He ends up in a community he had never heard of before\, a place of abject poverty\, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as “Around the Way.” A self-identified failure is forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can’t solve every problem. Full of never-ending twists and turns\, no one can prepare themselves for the surprises in store. \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\nKathi Diamant is an actress\, author\, TV producer/anchor and adjunct professor at San Diego State University. Since 1998\, she has directed the Kafka Project at SDSU\, the official international search for Kafka’s lost writings stolen by the Gestapo in Berlin in 1933. Her award-winning book Kafka’s Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant is the first biography of the woman who was literary giant Franz Kafka’s last love\, and the woman accused of burning his work. This novel received critical acclaim internationally\, won the Geisel Award\, the “Best of the Best” in the San Diego Book Awards\, and has been published in a dozen editions\, including translations in French\, German\, Spanish\, Russian\, Chinese\, Portuguese\, Turkish and more. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kathi or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nPiper G. Huguley is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at http://piperhuguley.com. She lives in Atlanta\, Georgia with her husband and son. Her biographical historical fiction\, By Her Own Design: a Novel of Ann Lowe\, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) 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\nSusannah Kennedy is a Berkeley- and Oxford-educated anthropologist with extensive travel experience. Reading Jane\, her award-winning memoir\, explores the hidden diaries that her mother left behind before committing suicide\, and offers a vivid study of narratives\, the power of parenthood\, and what freedom looks like when we choose to examine the uncomfortable past. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Susannah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nTosca Lee is the award-winning\, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Between\, 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. She is the recipient of two International Book Awards\, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion\, ECPA Book of the Year in Fiction\, and the Nebraska Book Award. Her work has finaled for the High Plains Book Award\, the Library of Virginia Reader’s Choice Award\, two Christy Awards\, and a second ECPA Book of the Year. Inspired by true stories\, her new book\, The Long March Home\, is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship\, sacrifice\, and the power of unrelenting hope. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Tosca or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nJeffrey Dale Lofton calls the nation’s capital home\, where he serves as a senior advisor at the Library of Congress\, surrounded by books and people who love books—in short\, paradise. His debut novel Red Clay Suzie tells the story of Philbet\, a gay boy enraptured by cars\, who struggles with body-blow rejection to find resolution in life lessons learned in Grandaddy’s vegetable garden. Red Clay Suzie is the recipient of the Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction and was recently longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. \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\nRobin Oliveira grew up just outside Albany\, New York in the town of Loudonville. She holds a B.A. in Russian from the University of Montana\, and studied at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow\, Russia. She worked for many years as a Registered Nurse\, specializing in Critical Care and Bone Marrow Transplant. In 2006 she received an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her new novel\, A Wild and Heavenly Place\, is an ode to the Pacific Northwest\, to those courageous and resilient enough to chase the American Dream\, and to a love so powerful it endures beyond distance\, beyond hope. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Robin or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nShelley Read taught writing\, literature\, environmental studies\, and Honors\, and was a founder of the interdisciplinary Environment & Sustainability major\, the Prague study abroad program\, and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students as an award-winning Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades. Her debut novel\, Go as a River\, set amid Colorado’s wild beauty\, is a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic\, uplifting novel of love and loss\, place and displacement\, prejudice and family\, wilderness and survival—and hope. \nRenée Rosen is a USA Today bestselling author. Her novels include The Social Graces\, Park Avenue Summer\, Windy City Blues\, White Collar Girl\, What the Lady Wants and Dollface as well as the young adult novel\, Every Crooked Pot. She is currently working on a new novel about the Barbie doll creator\, Ruth Handler\, coming from Penguin Random House/Berkley in 2025. In Renée’s dazzling new novel\, Fifth Avenue Glamor Girl\, it’s 1938\, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder\, and she’s about to take the world by storm. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Renee or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nDeborah Goodrich Royce began her career as an actress\, starring as Silver Kane\, sister of the legendary Erica Kane (played by Susan Lucci) on the ABC soap\, All My Children. She went on to star in feature films such as April Fool’s Day and Just One of the Guys\, TV movies such as Return to Peyton Place and The Deliberate Stranger\, and series such as Beverly Hills 90210 and 21 Jump Street. In her novel\, Reef Road\, a young woman’s life seems perfect until her family goes missing. A writer lives alone with her dog and collects arcane murder statistics. What each of them stands to lose as they sneak around the do-not-enter tape blocking Reef Road beach is exposed by the steady tightening of the cincture encircling them. In a nod to the true crime that inspired it\, Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road probes unhealed generational scars in a wrenching and original work of fiction. It is both stunning and sexy and\, like a bystander surprised by a curtain left open\, you won’t be able to look away. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Deborah or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nRenee Ryan is a multi-published\, award-winning author who sold her first book in 2001 by winning the inaugural Dorchester/Romantic Times New Historical Voice Contest. She published her second book with Harlequin in February 2009 and has since sold over thirty books to several publishers. Her new novel\, The Paris Housekeeper\, is a powerful and moving story of bravery and resilience in World War II Paris\, and about one woman who must face impossible choices to survive. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Renee or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nHeather Webb is the USA Today-bestselling and award-winning author of eight historical novels. In 2015\, Rodin’s Lover was a Goodreads Top Pick\, and in 2018\, Last Christmas in Paris won the Women’s Fiction Writers Association STAR Award. Her latest book\, Queens of London\, is a look at Britain’s first female crime syndicate\, the ever-shifting meaning of justice\, and the way women claim their power by any means necessary. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Heather or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nKaren White is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 34 books\, with almost two million books in print in fifteen different languages\, 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 coauthor of The Lost Summers of Newport\, All the Ways We Said Goodbye\, The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room with New York Times bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. A woman is haunted—both literally and figuratively—by ghosts of the past in her second novel of the Royal Street series\, The House on Prytania. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Karen or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\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. 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. Her book\, The Beach at Summerly\, is a ravishing summer read that transports readers to a midcentury New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue. \nLauren Willig is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty works of historical fiction\, including Band of Sisters\, The Summer Country\, The English Wife\, the RITA Award-winning Pink Carnation series\, and four novels co-written with Beatriz Williams and Karen White. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages\, picked for Book of the Month Club\, awarded the RITA\, Booksellers Best\, and Golden Leaf awards\, and chosen for the American Library Association’s annual list of the best genre fiction. Two Wars and a Wedding is a dramatic coming-of-age story with a dual timeline and a single heroine—a bold and adventuring young woman who finds herself caught up in two very different wars on both sides of the Atlantic. \nKitty Zeldis is the pen name of a Brooklyn based author of nine novels\, numerous essays\, articles and works of short fiction as well as forty books for children. She lives with her family in Brooklyn\, NY. Moving from the bustling streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan to late 19th century Russia and the lively quarters of New Orleans\, her new novel\, The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights\, is a story of female friendship\, the families we are born with and the families we make\, and how some bonds can be tested but never broken. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\nAbout Our Special Guest\nCasey Biggs is the perfect award-winning Paso Wine Man: attractive\, impressive\, convincing and internationally famous. He lives in Paso Robles (California)\, a country known for its world-class wines and wineries. Casey becomes and performs the Paso Wine Man\, the face of the Paso Roble wine country\, in many marketing videos for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. \nCasey Biggs as the Paso Wine Man got the reward “Wine Person of Excellence Award (Winter to Spring 2014)” for being “the most interesting Wine Person of Excellence in the world” from the Wine Consumer Seal of Excellence. \n\nOur team can’t wait to see you there! URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/super-book-v-2-18-24-2/ CATEGORIES:San Diego Adventures,SuperBook Weekend ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/superbook-2.18.24-REV-12.14.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231213T011641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T003125Z UID:10000471-1707310800-1707314400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 2): a FREE in-person series featuring award-winning historian and NYT bestselling author Elizabeth Cobbs DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 2 – Just in time for to commemorate President’s Day\, join award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Cobbs to discuss her book on feminist patriots\, Fearless Women. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\n\nPART 2 featuring Elizabeth Cobbs: Wednesday\, February 7\, 1:00 pm Pacific (note the date and time change for this event only) \nPART 3 featuring Carl Vonderau: Monday\, May 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n\n\nPart 2: Elizabeth Cobbs\n\n \nElizabeth Cobbs is an award-winning historian who brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide archival research and her own extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes best selling  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. Elizabeth 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. \nWhen America became a nation\, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her\, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this\, reminding her husband John to “remember the ladies” when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed―and women have been fighting for their rights ever since. Fearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists\, activists and homemakers\, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation’s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong\, they wouldn’t take no for an answer. In time\, they carried the country with them. \n\n\n\nPart 3: Carl Vonderau\n\n \n\nCarl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland\, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford\, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S.\, Latin America\, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. He is the president of Partners in Crime\, The San Diego chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization of authors and fans of crime writing. Additionally\, he’s a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners\, an organization that mentors other nonprofits.His first novel\, Murderabilia\, was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut\, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery. \nHis second novel\, Saving Myles\, follows an unassuming banker from La Jolla\, CA as he takes matters into his own hands in order to save his kidnapped son and bring him home. \nPart 4: Elizabeth Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.” \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n  \n\nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/point-loma-library-monday-night-author-adventures-part-2-a-free-in-person-series-featuring-award-winning-historian-and-nyt-bestselling-author-elizabeth-cobbs/ LOCATION:Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego\, CA 92107 CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pt-loma-library-series-2024-update.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T130000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231201T190338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T192043Z UID:10000462-1705748400-1705755600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Sisters Under the Rising Sun: a Brunch Adventure featuring New York Times and international bestselling author Heather Morris DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nDiscover the power of sisterhood\, bravery\, and friendship in the darkest of circumstances… \n…in the latest historical novel by Heather Morris\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Joining us all the way from Australia\, Heather is looking forward to meeting you at Broken Yolk Cafe in Carmel Mountain Plaza for a delicious brunch and stimulating conversation as we discuss her latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, a novel of sisterhood\, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances\,. \nYour Adventure includes brunch\, coffee\, tax\, gratuity\, and an opportunity to meet Heather up close and personal in an intimate setting. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nHeather Morris is the Australian-based\, multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz\, Cilka’s Journey\, and Three Sisters. Her work has been praised by the New York Times\, Publisher’s Weekly\, and many others. \nHer latest novel\, Sisters Under the Rising Sun\, tells the story of two incredible women\, Norah Chambers and Nesta James\, who are held captive in a notorious POW camp by the Japanese during World War II. Woman’s Own calls the novel “an earth-shattering read\,” and you can hear all about it over a lovely brunch. \n\n\nAbout Broken Yolk Cafe\nBroken Yolk Cafe started in 1979 in Pacific Beach and has since expanded across the country. They’re known for their wonderful service\, food\, and mimosas. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/heather-morris-1-20-24/ CATEGORIES:Brunch Adventures,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hm.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240113T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231206T015240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231209T225658Z UID:10000466-1705154400-1705161600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Deep Waters: a Mission Bay Yacht Club Adventure with Award-Winning Memoirist Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nMission Bay Yacht Club has a rich history of sailing and boating in San Diego\, so we couldn’t think of a more perfect venue to delve into the Deep Waters of marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews’ memoir. \nJoin us on the Bay for this FREE opportunity to hear Beth discuss her memoir\, Deep Waters\, the inspirational story of how her family dealt with her husband’s rare kind of stroke\, how it affected her career\, and how she learned to adapt and overcome. With her expertise in biology and marine mammalogy\, she’ll also have plenty of insights to share about the natural world and life in the sea. \nGet ready to take in the gorgeous sights at Mission Bay Yacht Club and meet the author live and in-person. Event includes a power point presentation\, author talk\, and book signing. Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing.  We hope to see you there! \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. You may pre-order a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event as well. \n\n\nAbout Mission Bay Yacht Club\nMission Bay Yacht Club has a rich history and a strong tradition of Corinthian sailboat racing. This is encouraged by Club sponsored regattas throughout the year. You will find national champions and novices alike competing in our regattas. Mission Bay Yacht Club’s ideal location makes it a favorite venue for national and world championship sailing regattas. Recently\, the US Sailing Association named MBYC the “One-Design Yacht Club of the Year.” URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/beth-ann-mathews-1-13-24/ LOCATION:Mission Bay Yacht Club 1215 El Carmel Place San Diego\, CA 92109 CATEGORIES:Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/beth-ann-mathews-1.13.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240110T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20231214T001448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T001558Z UID:10000473-1704906000-1704913200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Deep Waters Dinner Adventure with Award-Winning Memoirist Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nYou are invited to join us in an intimate dinner Adventure at King’s Fish House\, San Diego\, as we delve into the Deep Waters of marine biologist  Beth Ann Mathews’ memoir. \nBeth’s memoir\, Deep Waters\, is the inspirational story of how her family dealt with her husband’s rare kind of stroke\, how it affected her career\, and how she learned to adapt and overcome. With her expertise in biology and marine mammalogy\, she’ll also have plenty of insights to share about the natural world and life in the sea. \nEvent includes an intimate dinner\, soft beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, author talk\, and book signing. Pre-order your book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Copies will also be available at the event for purchase and signing.  We hope to see you there! \nAbout the Author and Book\n \n\nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n\n\nConnect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n\n\n\nRegistration\nTo register for this event\, select the Dinner Event option below. You may pre-order a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event as well. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/beth-ann-mathews-1-10-24/ LOCATION:King’s Fish House Restaurant\, 825 Camino De La Reina\, San DIego\, CA\, 92108\, United States CATEGORIES:Dinner Adventures,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1.10.24-beth-ann-mathews-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240108T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230923T205044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T003120Z UID:10000443-1704738600-1704742200@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 1): a FREE in-person series marine biologist and author Beth Ann Mathews DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2024 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet seven bestselling and fan-favorite authors: Beth Ann Mathews\, Elizabeth Cobbs\, Elizabeth L. Silver\, Carl Vonderau\, Jesse Leon\, Madhushree Ghosh and Mona Gable. \nPart 1 – Just in time for the January Gray Whale migration in San Diego\, join marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews to discuss her deeply personal memoir\, Deep Waters. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 1 featuring Beth Ann Mathews: Monday\, January 8\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 2 featuring Elizabeth Cobbs: Wednesday\, February 7\, 1:00 pm Pacific (note the date and time change for this event only) \nPART 3 featuring Carl Vonderau: Monday\, May 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 4 featuring Elizabeth L. Silver: Monday\, June 10\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 5 featuring Jesse Leon: Monday\, September 9\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 6 featuring Madhushree Ghosh: Monday\, October 28\, 6:30pm Pacific\nPART 7 featuring Mona Gable: Monday\, November 4\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\nPart 1: Beth Ann Mathews\n \nBeth Ann Mathews is a marine biologist and a mother of one son. She grew up in a large family in the Midwest and earned a degree in Animal Science at Purdue University. As a professor at the University of Alaska Southeast\, Beth taught courses in biology\, behavioral ecology\, and marine mammalogy and led research on harbor seals\, Steller sea lions\, and harbor porpoises with her students\, mainly in Glacier Bay National Park. After twenty years in Alaska\, Beth and her husband sold their home to begin an expedition with their young son on the family’s 42-foot sailboat from Alaska to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. \nFeedback from her blog during the three-year journey inspired her to write stories about their sailing adventures as well as Deep Waters\, a memoir about her family’s struggle to survive\, and move beyond\, her husband’s unusual stroke in 2008. This memoir won the Memoirs (personal struggle/health issues) category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, and a bronze award in the Independent Publishers Book Awards\, for Best Regional Non-Fiction\, West-Pacific region. \nDeep Waters is a gripping\, intimate story of relationship resilience set against the backdrop of Alaska’s dramatic marine wilderness. A marine biologist’s adventurous life as a professor\, wife\, and mother in Alaska is upended when her healthy husband is slammed by a rare type of stroke. His radical approach to recovery clashes with her instinct to keep him safe at home and sets them on a collision course as he insists on ambitious sailing expeditions with Beth and their young son in Alaska’s magnificent yet unforgiving waters. \n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Beth Ann or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n  \nPart 2: Elizabeth Cobbs\n\n \nElizabeth Cobbs is an award-winning historian who brings fresh\, unexpected perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon worldwide archival research and her own extraordinary life experiences\, Elizabeth writes best selling  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. Elizabeth 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. \nWhen America became a nation\, a woman had no legal existence beyond her husband. If he abused her\, she couldn’t leave without abandoning her children. Abigail Adams tried to change this\, reminding her husband John to “remember the ladies” when he wrote the Constitution. He simply laughed―and women have been fighting for their rights ever since. Fearless Women tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands. They were feminists and antifeminists\, activists and homemakers\, victims of abuse and pathbreaking professionals. Inspired by the nation’s ideals and fueled by an unshakeable sense of right and wrong\, they wouldn’t take no for an answer. In time\, they carried the country with them. \n\n\n  \n\nPart 3: Carl Vonderau\n\n \n\nCarl Vonderau is an award-winning author of crime fiction. As a child growing up in Cleveland\, he loved to write. His ghost stories scared the bejesus out of other kids. But it took a long time to become a full-time author. He left Cleveland to study at Stanford\, then spent more than thirty years as a banker in the U.S.\, Latin America\, and North Africa. Those international settings were sources of inspiration for his books. He is the president of Partners in Crime\, The San Diego chapter of the Sisters in Crime organization of authors and fans of crime writing. Additionally\, he’s a partner at San Diego Social Venture Partners\, an organization that mentors other nonprofits.His first novel\, Murderabilia\, was published in 2019 and won a Left Coast Crime award for Best Debut\, and a San Diego Book award for Best Mystery.  \nHis second novel\, Saving Myles\, follows an unassuming banker from La Jolla\, CA as he takes matters into his own hands in order to save his kidnapped son and bring him home. \nPart 4: Elizabeth L. Silver\n\n\nElizabeth L. Silver is the author of The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty\, and Amazon Best Book of the Year The Execution of Noa P. Singleton. Her work has been called “masterful” by The Wall Street Journal\, has been published in 7 languages\, and optioned for film. The Tincture of Time was featured on PBS and NPR\, and was an O Magazine/Oprah’s “Ten Books to Pick up Now.”  \nHer new novel\, The Majority\, is a riveting novel of love and friendship\, motherhood and ambition\, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Covering the span of fifty years\, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter\, a best friend\, a wife\, and a mother. Caught in a tug-of-war between career and family\, truth and convenience\, progress and patience\, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Elizabeth or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\n  \nPart 5: Jesse Leon\n \nJesse Leon is a social impact consultant to foundations\, impact investors\, non-profits\, and real estate developers on ways to address issues of substance abuse\, affordable housing\, and educational opportunities for at-risk youth. Since receiving a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School\, Jesse has managed multi-million dollar philanthropic grantmaking for various foundations and banking institutions\, managed over $1B in public sector investments for affordable housing\, and built thousands of units of mixed-income housing as a real estate developer for Bank of America. \nJesse’s unforgettable memoir\, I’m Not Broken\, is an inspirational portrait of one young man’s indomitable strength and spirit to survive—against all possible odds. “A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.” \n  \nPart 6: Madhushree Ghosh\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. Her work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nHer debut food narrative memoir\,\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nPart 7: Mona Gable\n \nMona Gable is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Outside\, AFAR\, the Los Angeles Times\, and many others. Her article in Los Angeles magazine\, “The Hugo Problem\,” was named a Longreads Best of 2015. Since 1990\, she has written about social issues\, culture\, and politics for the Los Angeles Times. Gable grew up in San Diego\, California\, and is a graduate of UC Berkeley. Her memoir\, “Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family\,” was published in 2014 by Shebooks. \nHer new novel\, Searching for Savanna\, arose out of a story she wrote for the late Pacific Standard magazine. It is a gripping and illuminating investigation into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind when she was eight months pregnant\, highlighting the shocking epidemic of violence against Native women in America and the societal ramifications of government inaction. \n  \nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n  \n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/point-loma-series-2024/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/beth-ann-matthews-pt-loma-1.8.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230831T205959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000449-1702036800-1702044000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:A True Pyrate Account: a Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nIt’s time to sail forward and continue with this exciting author series held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nFrom the author of the bestselling historical fiction novels The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The House of Velvet and Glass comes a mystery adventure set in the Golden Age of Piracy. 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 USA Today bestselling author Katherine Howe as she discusses her new novel\, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself. \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, a hardcover copy of A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself to be delivered and signed at the event\, and the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKatherine Howe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane\, The House of Velvet and Glass\, and Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty with Anderson Cooper\, as well as several young adult novels. She served as editor of The Penguin Book of Witches and her fiction has been translated into over twenty languages. Descended from three women who were tried for witchcraft in Salem\, she lives and sails with her family in New England. \nHer new novel\, A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates\, Written by Herself\,\nis a daring first-hand account of one young woman’s unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. \nIn Boston\, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close\, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers of a treasure in the Caribbean spread\, Hannah is forced to flee for her life\, disguising herself as a cabin boy in the pitiless crew of the notorious pirate Edward “Ned” Low. To earn the freedom to choose a path for herself\, Hannah must hunt down the treasure and change the tides. Meanwhile\, professor Marian Beresford pieces Hannah’s story together in 1930\, seeing her own lack of freedom reflected back at her as she watches Hannah’s transformation. \nA True Account tells the unforgettable story of two women in different worlds\, both shattering the rules of their own society and daring to risk everything to go out on their own account. \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\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/katherine-howe-12-8-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/katherine-howe-12.8.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230111T054547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185838Z UID:10000362-1699900200-1699903800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Point Loma Library Monday Night Author Adventures (Part 5): a FREE in-person series featuring award-winning author and cook Kitty Morse DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Library Series\nWe are delighted to introduce a fun 2023 author series in partnership with the Point Loma Library\, and we invite you to join us! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet five bestselling and fan-favorite authors\, Joe Stillman\, Kathi Diamant\, Amy Wallen\, Jennifer Coburn\, and Kitty Morse. \nOur final part 5 features award-winning author and cook Kitty Morse\, as she discusses her book\, Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France. \nBOOKS are available for pre-order below to be delivered to the event for signing. \n\nUpcoming Series Schedule\nPART 5 featuring Kitty Morse: Monday\, November 13\, 6:30pm Pacific\n\n  \n\nPart 5: Kitty Morse\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \n\nRegistration\nAs this event is free and open to the public\, no registration is required and seating is available on a first-come\, first-served based. However\, we encourage you to support each of the featured authors by pre-ordering a copy of the book below to be delivered to the event for signing. Additional copies will be available for sale at the event on a limited basis. \n\n\nAbout the Point Loma/Hervey Library\nOne of the largest libraries in the City of San Diego\, the Point Loma/Hervey Library offers many unique features and several conference rooms\, a computer lab and media room. Fitting with Point Loma’s history as a fishing village\, the library incorporates themes of marine life and nautical history throughout the two-story building. \n \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kitty-morse-11-13-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pt-loma-library-series-2023-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230804T040632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185853Z UID:10000446-1699617600-1699624800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Last Masterpiece: a Yacht Club Lunch Adventure with USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Event\nIt’s time to sail forward and continue with this exciting author series held at the esteemed Southwestern Yacht Club. \nFrom the author of the bestselling historical fiction novels The Night Portrait and The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo’s David comes another heart-pumping adventure inspired by a true story. 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 USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli as she discusses her new novel\, The Last Masterpiece. \nYour Adventure includes lunch\, beverage\, tax\, gratuity\, a stunning power point presentation by Laura\, a paperback copy of The Last Masterpiece to be delivered and signed at the event\, and the opportunity to meet the author live and in-person. \n  \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nLaura Morelli holds a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University and is an award-winning\, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling historical novelist. She is the author of the popular guidebook series that includes Made in Italy. Her historical novels\, including The Night Portrait and The Last Masterpiece\, bring the stories of art history to life. Laura’s books have been picks at Costco\, Target\, and Hudson News. Laura has taught college students in the U.S. and in Italy\, and shares her passion for the history of Italian art in her online programs. \nHer new novel\, The Last Masterpiece\, follows two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—as they hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections. \nIn the summer of 1943\, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden inside the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut\, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery. When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort\, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands. \nBut as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear\, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give. \nTo schedule a book club visit with Laura or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork®\n \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\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/laura-morelli-11-10-23/ CATEGORIES:Event,Lunch Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/laura-morelli-11.10.23.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231105T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230427T015540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185845Z UID:10000434-1699192800-1699200000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Perfumist of Paris: a La Jolla/Riford Library Adventure with NYT bestselling author Alka Joshi DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nParis\, 1974… Women who use the power of fragrance to seduce\, tease and entice… Whispered secrets from a dark past… \nAllow us to seduce\, tease\, and entice you to meet New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi\, author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Henna Artist. In the final chapter in Alka’s New York Times bestselling Jaipur trilogy\, The Perfumist of Paris\, takes readers to 1970s Paris. \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, seating is available on a first-come first-served basis. You can guarantee a seat (while supplies last) by purchasing the VIP registration below\, which includes a copy of The Perfumist of Paris to be delivered to the event for signing. \n  \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAlka Joshi is the internationally bestselling author of the Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist\, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris. Her debut novel\, The Henna Artist\, immediately became a New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Pick. It has been translated into 29 languages and is currently in development at Netflix as a tv series. \nAlka was born in India and came to the U.S. with her family at the age of nine. She has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from California College of Arts. She is available for speaking engagements and group writing instruction. Alka shares her writing tips on her YouTube Channel HERE. \nAlka’s latest book\, The Perfumist of Paris\, is the final chapter in the bestselling Jaipur trilogy and it takes readers to 1970s Paris\, where Radha’s budding career as a perfumer must compete with the demands of her family and the secrets of her past. \n  \nAbout the La Jolla/Riford Library\nWith a unique connection to San Diego’s biotech industry\, the La Jolla-Riford Library is believed to be the first in the country to feature a public biotech laboratory. The Bio Lab is part of an innovation space at the library that also includes 3D printers and a 50-person capacity classroom. \nLa Jolla-Riford Library opened in 1989\, thanks to a generous land donation from Ms. Florence Riford. At 25\,000 square feet\, the library features a cozy fireplace\, enclosed outdoor reading patio\, spacious community room with a piano and art gallery\, and the History Room which houses a comprehensive collection of La Jolla historical documents and newspaper archives. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/alka-joshi-11-5-23/ CATEGORIES:Library Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/alka-joshi-11.5.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230831T080303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185854Z UID:10000450-1699113600-1699124400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio: a Desi High Tea Adventure featuring South Asian chef and food memoirist Madhushree Ghosh DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\n“Equal parts memoir\, political commentary\, and cookbook\,… (KHABAAR) braids food and memory and loss into a single compelling strand.” – Rishi Reddi in LA Review of Books \nJust in time for Diwali\, India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year\, we would be honored for you to join us for a Desi High Tea Adventure\, with traditional Indian fare such as homemade masala chai\, samosas with chutney\, tandoori chicken masala in roti\, kheer with berries\, as chef and author Madhushree Ghosh shares the stories of chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners as well as her experiences as an immigrant in her cookbook memoir KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family. \nJoin us at Madshushree’s private home in San Diego for the next in our Inside the Author’s Studio series\, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal. \nYour Adventure includes food\, a beverage\, tax\, a copy of KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family to be delivered and signed at the event\, the intimate\, authentic Desi High Tea ceremony that includes a diya\, or tea light\, outdoor lighting ceremony for people to light and wish each other well as part of the Diwali celebration experience and the opportunity to engage with Madhushree live and in-person. \nDue to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available and event is expected to sell out. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (11-4-23) option below\, and the address to Madhushree’s private residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. \nHer work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nBesides writing about food\, recipes and history of food from South Asia\, Madhushree works in oncology and infectious diseases’ diagnostics in San Diego where she is a sought-after speaker at major food and book festivals\, women in science forums as well as global conversations on domestic partner violence in the South Asian immigrant communities in America. \nMadhushree Ghosh’s debut food narrative memoir\, KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nAbout Diwali\n \nDiwali is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness\, good over evil\, and knowledge over ignorance.” Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) and Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). The celebrations generally last five or six days. \nDuring the festival\, the celebrants illuminate their homes\, temples and workspaces with diyas (oil lamps)\, candles and lanterns. Hindus\, in particular\, have a ritual oil bath at dawn on each day of the festival. Diwali is also marked with fireworks and the decoration of floors with rangoli designs\, and other parts of the house with jhalars. Food is a major focus with families partaking in feasts and sharing mithai. The festival is an annual homecoming and bonding period not only for families\, but also for communities and associations\, particularly those in urban areas\, which will organize activities\, events and gatherings. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/madhushree-ghosh-11-4-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madhushree-gosh-the-authors-studio-11-4-23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T182502 CREATED:20230608T053446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000410-1697812200-1697817600@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:The Leftover Woman: a Free Carlsbad Library Adventure with NYT and international bestselling author Jean Kwok DESCRIPTION:About the In-Person Adventure\n“A heart-tugging exploration of love\, belonging and the meaning of family.”\n—Ruth Ware\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl \nWe invite you to celebrate the release of New York Times bestselling author Jean Kwok’s new book\, The Leftover Woman\, which explores the complexities of identity\, motherhood and family through the harsh reality of China’s controversial One Child Policy at a free Carlsbad City Library Adventure. Join us for an afternoon of lively book discussion. \n\n  \nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is not required\, as it is free and open to the public. However\, copies of The Leftover Woman are available for pre-sale below and they will be delivered to the event for signing. Books will be also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \n  \nAbout the Author\n \nJean Kwok is the award-winning\, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman\, Searching for Sylvie Lee\, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities\, colleges and high schools across the world. \nJean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated\, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia\, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. Jean is trilingual\, fluent in Dutch\, Chinese and English\, and studied Latin for seven years. She divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City. \nThe Leftover Woman is an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support\, fleeing a controlling husband\, on a desperate search for the daughter who was taken from her at birth. But with her husband on her trail\, the clock is ticking\, and she’s forced to make increasingly desperate decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter. \nMeanwhile\, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it\, a high-powered career\, a beautiful home\, a handsome husband\, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage\, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question. \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. 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