Next Writing Workshop Deadline: May 28
Middle Reader Bookclub meets Sun, May 18 at 2pm to discuss THE PENDERWICKS by Jeanne Birdsall.
Ages 7 to 12.
Newtonville Bookclub meets on Tues, May 27 at 7pm to discuss THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST by Mohsin Hamid
1001 Bookclub meets Mon, June 2 at 2pm
to discuss INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison.
UPCOMING EVENTS
++Sun, May 11, 2PM: A special Mother's Day event with Chris Bohjalian, author of SKELETONS AT THE FEAST - Books & Brews
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her family’s farm as forced labor. And there is a twenty-six-year-old Wehrmacht corporal, who the pair know as Manfred–who is, in reality, Uri Singer, a Jew from Germany who managed to escape a train bound for Auschwitz.
As they work their way west, they encounter a countryside ravaged by war. Their flight will test both Anna’s and Callum’s love, as well as their friendship with Manfred–assuming any of them even survive.
Perhaps not since The English Patient has a novel so deftly captured both the power and poignancy of romance and the terror and tragedy of war. Skillfully portraying the flesh and blood of history, Chris Bohjalian has crafted a rich tapestry that puts a face on one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies–while creating, perhaps, a masterpiece that will haunt readers for generations.
++Thu, May 15, 7PM: Ann Hood, author of COMFORT: A JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF - Books & Brews
A moving and remarkable memoir about the sudden death of a daughter, surviving grief, and learning to love again.
++Sun, June 8, 2PM: Karen Day, author of NO CREAM PUFFS, and Mary Jane Beaufrand, author of PRIMAVERA - Lizard's Tale Event. Ages 9-16.
++Tues, June 10, 7PM: Nina de Gramont, author of GOSSIP OF THE STARLINGS, and JoeAnn Hart, author of ADDLED - Books & Brews
++Thu, June 12, 7PM: Mameve Medwed, author of OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS, and THE BELIEVER cofounder Ed Park, author of PERSONAL DAYS - Books & Brews
++Thu, June 19, 7PM: Alison Bass, author of SIDE EFFECTS, and Michael Dahlie, author of A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO GRACEFUL LIVING - Books & Brews
++Sun, June 22, 2PM: Margot Livesey, author of THE HOUSE ON FORTUNE STREET, and DeWitt Henry, author of SAFE SUICIDE - Books & Brews
++Thu, June 26, 7PM: Scott Heim, author of WE DISAPPEAR, and Francie Lin, author of THE FOREIGNER - Books & Brews
++Tues, July 8, 7PM: Jennifer Haigh, author of THE CONDITION - Books & Brews
++Thu, July 10, 7PM: Ron McLarty, author of ART IN AMERICA - Books & Brews
++Sun, July 13, 2PM: Darin Strauss, author of MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU, and Salvatore Scibona, author of THE END - Books & Brews
++Thu, July 17, 7PM: Don Lee, author of WRACK AND RUIN - Books & Brews
++Tues, July 22, 7PM: Andre Dubus III, author of THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS - Books & Brews
++Thu, July 24, 7PM: Elin Hilderbrand, author of A SUMMER AFFAIR - Books & Brew
++Sun, July 27, 2PM: Sheridan Hay, author of THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS - Books & Brews
All events are held at the bookstore. First come, first seated.
296 Walnut St. - Newtonville, MA - 02460
