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Mon - Fri 9:30 - 6:00
Sat 9:30 - 5:00
Sun Noon - 5:00
Extended hours until 8:30 pm on Thursday, January 27
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Upcoming Events
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Concord Bookshop Book Club (CBBC) discusses Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Daniel Palmer reads from and discusses Delirious
Novelist Ilie Ruby leads us in a Jumpstart Your Writing workshop. Pre-registration is required.
Concord Bookshop Book Club (CBBC) discusses Saving CeeCee Honeycutt. When you purchase this book group selection, ask for a bookplate signed by the author, Beth Hoffman (while supplies last).
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Greetings!
None of us who woke up to temps below zero on Tuesday needed to be told that this winter has been unseasonably cold. Did you also read that temperatures in the Arctic have been 15-25 degrees warmer than historic patterns? In this topsy-turvy world, it's nice to look forward to a cup of hot tea and a book at the end of a work day!
That is, unless there's something on the calendar ... and this week we've got several great reasons to venture down to Main Street!
On Thursday, January 27, at 7pm, we'll have our book group discussion of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. In the spirit of the English village setting, we'll enjoy tea and cookies while we chat. All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of our February selection, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, written by Beth Hoffman.
** Snow is in the air as we send this newsletter on Wednesday; if we need to postpone the meeting due to weather, we'll have updates on our Facebook page and Twitter. You may also call the bookshop (978-369-2405) to confirm the event. **
On Sunday, January 30, at 3pm, Daniel Palmer will be at the bookshop with his "techno-thriller," Delirious. Details are below.
Our non-fiction and fiction picks this week are sure to generate discussion. Unprotected Texts examines much of the "conventional wisdom" about what the Bible says about sexual morality. The Fates Will Find Their Way is a novel that looks at the ways we try to make sense of that for which there is no answer.
We're thrilled that novelist Ilie Ruby will return to the bookshop for another one-hour Jumpstart Your Writing workshop on Sunday, February 13, at 3pm. Pre-registration is required; a $10 deposit will save your seat, and will be returned to you as a Concord Bookshop gift certificate at the workshop.
The Summer Opportunities Fair is featured in our right-most window this week. Sports, crafts, music ... how will your children spend their summer months?
Please remember that if you can't get out in the snow, you can reach us via phone or email. Our new partnership with Google eBooks offers electronic editions for most e-readers; shop from the comfort and warmth of your home on a snowy day!
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Sunday, January 30 at 3pm
Daniel Palmer and Delirious
Please join us as we welcome Daniel Palmer, a son of Lexington resident Judy Palmer, reading from and discussing his techno-thriller, Delirious.
Delirious has been called "a mind-bending story where the line between what is real and what is imagined twists and turns...an addictive literary puzzle that every reader will want to solve."
Daniel Palmer has co-written two short stories for the trade organization International Thriller Writers, which were published in Thriller (edited by James Patterson) and First Thrills (edited by Lee Child). Delirious, his debut thriller novel, is published by Kensington, part of a three book contract with the publisher.
His father is New York Times best-selling author, Michael Palmer.
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New Nonfiction
Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire by Jennifer Wright Knust
Unprotected Texts directly and pointedly takes on widely shared misconceptions about sex, arguing that the Bible cannot - and should not - serve as a rulebook for sexual morality, despite popular claims to the contrary. From the Song of Songs' lyrical eroticism to the rigid sexual rules of Leviticus - and everything in between - Knust parses the Bible's contradictory, often surprising messages.
Author Jennifer Wright Knust is assistant professor of religion at Boston University, specializing in New Testament, biblical studies, and early Christian history. An ordained American Baptist pastor, she has served churches in Philadelphia and Maine. She holds a doctorate in religion from Columbia University and a master of divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She is the author of Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity.
Skillfully revealing the latest insights from critical scholarship, Knust provides a compassionate and liberating model for navigating these deeply personal issues.
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New Fiction
The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
Hannah Pittard writes a compact novel, tight and spring-loaded. It's a book that you can read on a cold winter afternoon, tucked warm and safe under a blanket ... knowing for certain ... that nothing is certain.
Sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell is missing. And the neighborhood boys she's left behind are caught forever in the heady current of her absence.
As the days and years pile up, the mystery of her disappearance grows kaleidoscopically. A collection of rumors, divergent suspicions, and tantalizing what-ifs, Nora Lindell's story is a shadowy projection of teenage lust, friendship, reverence, and regret, captured magically in the disembodied plural voice of the boys who still long for her.
Far more eager to imagine Nora's fate than to scrutinize their own, the boys sleepwalk into an adulthood of jobs, marriages, families, homes, and daughters of their own, all the while pining for a girl - and a life - that no longer exists, except in the imagination.
A masterful literary debut that shines a light into the dream-filled space between childhood and all that follows, The Fates Will Find Their Way is a story about the stories we tell ourselves - of who we once were and may someday become.
Author Hannah Pittard's fiction has appeared in McSweeney's, the Oxford American, the Mississippi Review, BOMB, Nimrod, andStoryQuarterly, and was included in 2008 Best American Short Stories' 100 Distinguished Stories. She is the recipient of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award and a graduate of the University of Virginia's MFA program. She divides her time between Charlottesville and Chicago, where she currently teaches fiction at DePaul University.
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Children's picks
Love Is in the Air! 
Roses are red, Violets are blue.
Chocolate is a nice V-Day gift,
And books are, too!
Look at these fun Valentine's Day books! There's something for children of all ages, from board books up to early readers, from classic tales to favorite contemporary characters.
When you're in to pick up a book for your youngest friends, take a look around our expanded Young Adult section. YA isn't just for teens; many adults enjoy the cross-over appeal.
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In Our Window - Summer Opportunities Fair
Monday, January 31, 5:30 - 8:00pm (snow date February 1)
The 30th annual Summer Opportunities Fair takes place next Monday, January 31, 5:30 - 8:00pm at Concord-Carlisle High School.
Admission is free; come check out summer activities for children in grades K - 12.
There will be over 90 exhibitors, featuring
- Day and overnight camps
- Adventure and wilderness programs
- Special needs camps
- Travel and exchange opportunities
- Sports camps
- Music and academic enrichment
- And more!
The Summer Opportunities Fair is sponsored by the Concord Carlisle High School Parents' Association.
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