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Book Lover Alert: Before Month-End, Four Authors Coming To Kepler's
The bookstore in Menlo Park has booked four, very different -- and very accomplished -- writers.
Only a few days remain in February, but Kepler’s Books has managed to pack in several intriguing authors for sessions open to the public.
The following events are free and take place at Kepler’s Books unless otherwise noted. Kepler’s is at 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025. www.keplers.com 650-324-4321.
Enjoy!
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Saturday, February 21, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at Kepler’s and online at Brown Paper Tickets
Student tickets are available!
Introduction by Lalita Tademy
Spend your Saturday night with witty and self-deprecating cyber-pioneer and Stanford alumna, Issa Rae. Her collection of humorous essays explores what it’s like to be an introvert in a world that glorifies cool.
My name is “J” and I’m awkward - and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?
Rae covers everything from cyber-sexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself-natural hair and all.
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Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Channeling the emotional intensity of Susan Minot and Amy Bloom—and infused with a witty, dream-like surrealism reminiscent of Margaret Atwood—this mesmerizing debut takes us inside the unsettling world of Margaret Lydia Benning, which turns upside down when she falls in love…and then unravels before our eyes.
Margaret’s smart and funny way of viewing the world will keep you reading until the end, and Elizabeth’s distinct and beautiful sentence style will have you wishing the book were longer.
Told through intertwined perspectives, by turns incandescent and haunting,Some Other Town is an unforgettable tale, with a heart-breaking twist...
Elizabeth Collison received her MFA in Creative Writing from Iowa, but is not a typical graduate.
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LAURIE R. KING in conversation with CATRIONA MCPHERSON
Start: Feb 25 2015 7:30 pm
Laurie R. King in conversation with Catriona McPherson
Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 p.m.
Dreaming Spies: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
A thrilling new Russell/Holmes mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King is finally here! Detectives Holmes and Russell find themselves navigating the beautiful but dangerous imperial corridors of a politically unstable Japan--and facing an old acquaintance in Oxford whose peculiar skills might prove more than a match for their own.
Follow Laurie on Twitter as she tweets as Mary Russell (@mary_russell).
Catriona McPherson writes the multi-award-winning Dandy Gilver series, set in her native Scotland in the 1920s. Her first contemporary standalone, AS SHE LEFT IT, won an Anthony award and the IndieFab Gold for Mystery, and THE DAY SHE DIED is currently on the shortlist for an Edgar.
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Thursday, February 26, 7:00 p.m.
A new novel from Pam Muñoz Ryan is something to celebrate. We love everything she has written from the modern classic, Esperanza Rising to the inspired Pura Belpré award-winning The Dreamer. Join us to hear Pam discuss her highly anticipated new novel, Echo. We couldn’t be more excited!
Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California, each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their stories converge in an orchestral crescendo.
--Images and info courtesy of Kepler’s.
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