Please join us as we welcome Jeffrey S. Cramer, discussing his latest book, The Quotable Thoreau.

Few writers are more quotable than Henry David Thoreau. His books, essays, journals, poems, letters, and unpublished manuscripts contain an inexhaustible treasure of epigrams and witticisms, from the famous to the obscure and the surprising. 

The Quotable Thoreau is thematically arranged, fully indexed, richly illustrated, and thoroughly documented. For the student of Thoreau, it will be invaluable. For those who think they know Thoreau, it will be a revelation. And for the reader seeking sheer pleasure, it will be a joy. 

Jeffrey S. Cramer is curator of collections at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, an independent research institution that holds the world's most comprehensive collection of Thoreau-related material. Cramer is the editor of The Portable Thoreau, Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition, and I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, among other books.

Please join us as we welcome former Boston-area resident Jael McHenry reading from her novel, The Kitchen Daughter.

 Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a touching tale about loss and grief, love and acceptance," The Kitchen Daughter is a feast of words-an utterly original, page-turning debut about grief, self-discovery, and what it means to be normal.

The novel is narrated by Ginny Selvaggio, a shy, sheltered young woman with Asperger's syndrome, left alone in her childhood home after the death of her parents and struggling to deal with her grief by cooking from family recipes.

O, the Oprah Magazine, said of the book, "While Ginny is wonderfully single-minded about cooking, her fresh, sharp story has as many layers as a good pâte á choux;" it was named a "Tantalizing Beach Read" at Oprah.com.

A Tufts University alumna and former Brighton resident who is now based in New York City, McHenry is a passionate home cook who blogs about food and cooking. Her work has appeared in publications such as the North American Review, Indiana Review, and the Graduate Review at American University, where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing. The Kitchen Daughter is her first novel. 

Did you read this article in last week's Concord Journal, about mother-daughter book groups?

Not only are these groups a fantastic way to explore literature together, but also to see each other in context of other mothers and daughters.

Join Lori Day and her daughter Charlotte Kugler as they discuss how they formed a mother-daughter book group when Charlotte was in third grade, and how it was able to run successfully for six years. They formed lasting friendships, strengthened their own bonds, and discussed books that ranged from childhood classics to popular series.

Charlotte Kugler

Preregistration is required; call 978-369-2405 or stop at our front desk the next time you're in the bookshop. Reserve a seat (or a pair of seats!) for $10, returned to you on the day of the workshop in the form of a Concord Bookshop gift certificate.

Lori, formerly Director of Admissions at The Fenn School, is an educational consultant who focuses on admissions and special education. She writes the It's Your Day blog, and can be found on the Huffington Post and in the pages of the Concord Journal. Charlotte, who just finished her freshman year at Mount Holyoke College, wrote the "Notes from Charlotte's Web" column in the Concord Journal for five years and is spending her summer writing for the Concord Journal and several other local newspapers.