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SUMMARY:Beneath a Scarlet Sky: a Palos Verdes Public Library Adventure featuring NYT bestselling author Mark Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:About the Live\, In-Person\, Adventure\n\nCalling all book lovers\, and library enthusiasts! \nJoin New York Times bestselling author Mark Sullivan for an inspiring community reading event. Listen to this accomplished author’s book talk where he will share insights from his creative process as well as the inside scoop on his novel\, Beneath a Scarlet Sky\, an epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. \nThis special event is proudly presented by the Palos Verdes Library District and promises to be a valuable experience for anyone with a story to tell. \nRegistration\nThis event is FREE and open to the public\, but seating is limited. For questions about the event\, please contact the Palos Verdes Public Library. \nPre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Books will also be available for purchase and signing at the event. \nAbout the Authors and Book\n \nMark Sullivan is a New York Times bestselling author with 18 novels\, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Private series\, which he writes with James Patterson. Mark has received numerous awards for his writing\, and his works have been named a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. \nHe grew up in Medfield\, Massachusetts\, and graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in English before working as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Niger\, West Africa. Upon his return to the United States\, he earned a graduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and began a career in investigative journalism. \nUSA Today bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky follows Pino Lella who wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager―obsessed with music\, food\, and girls―but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs\, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps\, and falls for Anna\, a beautiful widow six years his senior. \nIn an attempt to protect him\, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier―a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured\, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy\, General Hans Leyers\, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders. \nNow\, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command\, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret\, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share. \nAbout the Palos Verdes Library\n\n\nThe mission of the Palos Verdes Public Library is:\n“We connect. We inspire. We transform. Together.” \n \n\n\nSave
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LOCATION:Palos Verdes Public Library\, 701 Silver Spur Road\, Rolling Hills Estates\, CA
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SUMMARY:Strong Women\, Strong Voices: a Parkinsons Fundraising Adventure in support of NYT bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd and featuring Ann Kidd Taylor and 20 New York Times  and international bestselling authors
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT\n“She discovered the secret of a strong woman: she never stands alone.” – Inspired by Sue Monk Kidd \nAdventures by the Book® is honored to present a profoundly special Women’s History Month virtual Adventure in support of beloved bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd\, whose luminous new book\, Writing\, Creativity\, and Soul\, arrives at a time when she cannot embark on a traditional book tour following her Parkinson’s diagnosis. \nIn the true spirit of sisterhood and storytelling\, 20 NYT and international bestselling female authors from around the world are joining forces throughout March to lift Sue up\, celebrate the strength of women on and off the page\, and raise funds for Parkinson’s research. \nEach weekday in March\, a featured author will share an inspiring message on social media\, culminating in a live\, multi–author Zoom gathering on Tuesday\, March 31\, 2025\, from 4:00–5:30pm PT/7:00-8:30pm ET\, where all 20 authors will come together for an unforgettable conversation about resilience\, creativity\, and the power of women supporting women\, and in support of Sue Monk Kidd. \nThe event will include a special guest appearance by Sue’s daughter\, writer Ann Kidd Taylor\, and a special conversation with bestselling author Fiona Davis\, who is also living with Parkinson’s. In an extraordinary act of literary sisterhood\, Fiona will step in to share her own personal experience with the disease. \nThis event is free and open to the public. That said\, we warmly encourage you to support this special gathering by purchasing Sue’s book or titles from our featured authors. Twenty percent (20%) of Sue’s book and all featured author book sales throughout March will be donated to the Parkinson’s Foundation. Join us for this beautiful tribute to Sue\, to women’s stories\, and to the enduring literary community that sustains us all. Make sure to follow all our featured authors and Adventures by the Book® on social media throughout the month of March for inspiring messages in support of Sue Monk Kidd. \nThis special March gathering also serves as a meaningful lead-in to Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April\, helping to amplify understanding\, compassion\, and support for those living with Parkinson’s. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR AND BOOK\n  \n \nSue Monk Kidd’s debut novel\, The Secret Life of Bees\, spent more than one hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list\, has sold more than six million copies in the United States\, was turned into both an award winning major motion picture and a musical\, and has been translated into thirty six languages. \nHer other novels\, The Mermaid Chair\, The Invention of Wings\, and The Book of Longings were number one New York Times bestsellers\, adapted into a television movie\, earned an Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 pick\, and #1 IndieBound bestseller. \nShe is the author of several acclaimed memoirs\, including The Dance of the Dissident Daughter\, her groundbreaking work on religion and feminism\, as well as the New York Times bestseller Traveling with Pomegranates\, written with her daughter\, Ann Kidd Taylor. She lives in North Carolina. \nHer new book\, Writing\, Creativity and Soul was released on October 21\, 2025 and became an instant national bestseller. Part memoir\, part philosophical investigation\, part advice to aspiring writers\, Writing Creativity and Soul is a touchstone for the spirit\, a work of profound pilgrimage that will be of value to not just aspiring writers but anyone who hungers to lead a deeper and more fulfilling life. \n“If you encounter writing infused with soul\, you know it\,” writes Sue Monk Kidd. It feeds you somewhere inside . . . our internal revolutions\, our reach for our true selves\, our struggle to write unsayable things with brave voices comes about through a succession of brief\, amazing moments. \nThis is a book about writing that is so much more—an exhortation to dive deeply into the creative instinct\, whatever form it happens to take\, to nourish the imagination and cultivate a practice of attention to the mysteries and yearnings of our own hearts. Everything readers love about Sue Monk Kidd is in these pages: the warmth\, the fierce intelligence\, the wit\, and the search for beauty and meaning and wonder in the world through the sacred act of storytelling. \nSPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE\n  \n \nAnn Kidd Taylor\, is the coauthour of Traveling With Pomegrantes\, a memoir written with her mother\, Sue Monk Kidd. Published in 2009\, it appeared on numerous bestseller lists\, including the New York Times. The Shark Club is Ann’s first novel and is a warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances—in life and in the sea. \n  \nWe are all stronger than we know–and that’s worth celebrating.\n\nFINDING THE STRENGTH WITHIN US ALL\nSpecial guest appearances by 20 NYT and international bestselling authors including:\nHEATHER WEBB – Monday\, March 2\nELIZA KNIGHT – Tuesday\, March 3\nKRISTIN HARMEL – Wednesday\, March 4\nSUSAN MEISSNER – Thursday\, March 5\nTRACEY ENERSON WOOD – Friday\, March 6\nMARIE BOSTWICK – Monday\, March 9\nFIONA DAVIS – Tuesday\, March 10\nKATHRYN STOCKETT – Wednesday\, March 11\nSHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA – Thursday\, March 12\nDONNA JONES ALWARD – Friday\, March 13\nPAULA MCLAIN – Monday\, March 16\n SARAH MCCOY – Tuesday\, March 17\nANN KIDD TAYLOR – Wednesday\, March 18\nMARIE BENEDICT – Thursday\, March 19\nPAM JENOFF – Friday\, March 20\nJANIE CHANG – Monday\, March 23\nSADEQA JOHNSON – Tuesday\, March 24\nMARTHA HALL KELLY – Wednesday\, March 25\nJENNA BLUM – Thursday\, March 26\nCHRISTINA BAKER KLINE – Friday\, March 27\n\nAbout the Virtual Event\nAdventures by the Book® was founded more than 15 years ago with the goal of connecting people and communities\, one book at a time. In a world that can often feel divided or disconnected\, this has always been our way of bringing people together—through meaningful conversation\, shared stories\, and the enduring power of books. \nSo when we learned that beloved author\, New York Times bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd\, was living with Parkinson’s disease\, we knew we wanted to bring our literary community together in support. This event is not only an opportunity to raise critical funds for Parkinson’s research and patient support through Parkinson’s Foundation\, but also a chance to stand in solidarity with Sue and with the millions of individuals and families navigating this disease every day. \nThis is more than a fundraiser. It is a celebration of resilience\, creativity\, and the strength of community—values that Sue’s writing has long embodied and inspired in readers around the world. While Sue will not appear live\, her spirit and impact are at the heart of this gathering. \nWe invite you to join us for this special event featuring virtual and/or live appearances by an extraordinary group of New York Times bestselling and beloved authors\, coming together to honor Sue\, raise awareness\, and help advance the work being done on behalf of those living with Parkinson’s. We are also honored to welcome a special guest appearance by Sue’s daughter\, New York Times bestselling author Ann Kidd Taylor\, whose presence adds a deeply personal and meaningful dimension to this evening. \nParkinson’s Foundation is dedicated to improving care and advancing research toward a cure. Through research funding\, education\, advocacy\, and direct support services\, the Foundation works to improve quality of life for people with Parkinson’s today—while accelerating progress for tomorrow. Until Parkinson’s is cured\, we believe in showing up for one another\, and in using the power of community to make a difference. \nWe hope you’ll join us in support of Sue Monk Kidd and in standing with the Parkinson’s community. \nHow can I help?\nFour Ways to Participate and Support\n1. Attend the March 31 Virtual Event — Free AdmissionWe are pleased to offer complimentary admission to our March 31 virtual gathering so that everyone who wishes may join this special conversation in support of Sue Monk Kidd. \n2. Support Through Book PurchasesGuests who wish to further support Sue and the participating authors are invited to purchase Writing\, Creativity\, and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd\, as well as books by any of our featured authors. Because Sue is unable to tour and meet readers in person\, purchasing her book is a meaningful way to support her work. Twenty percent (20%) of net proceeds from Sue’s book and all participating author book purchases throughout March will be donated to Parkinson’s Foundation in Sue’s honor. \n3. Make a Direct DonationYou may also choose to make a direct donation to Parkinson’s Foundation using this donation link. \n4. Follow\, Share\, and Help Amplify the MessageThroughout March\, each participating author (see schedule below)—along with Adventures by the Book®—will share messages in support of Sue across social media and invite readers to attend the March 31 virtual event featuring 22 extraordinary authors. Following\, sharing\, and engaging helps extend awareness\, community\, and impact. \nOpportunity Drawing\n1.  Receive one entry for attending the event \n2.  Receive one entry for every book purchased from now until the event. \n2.  Grand Prize: a complete set of all participating authors’ books featured in the March 31 virtual event. \n3.  Bonus entries: purchase one book from every featured author and you’ll receive FREE SHIPPING (within the U.S.) PLUS 50 additional entries for those purchases. \nIt’s a fun way to support Sue Monk Kidd\, celebrate these incredible authors\, and help raise funds for the Parkinson’s Foundation—while building an extraordinary library along the way. \nEvent Registration:\nTo register for this event\, select the “EVENT” option below. A Zoom link will be emailed to you 3 days prior to the event. \nAbout the Parkinson’s Foundation\nParkinson’s Foundation  makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do\, we build on the energy\, experience and passion of our global Parkinson’s community. Did you know that women with Parkinson’s face unique challenges\, including delayed diagnosis\, different symptoms\, lower-quality healthcare and attending appointments alone? Find out more here. \n\n\n\nSave
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