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Rainy Day Books is located in
The Fairway Shops
2706 W 53rd Street
Fairway, Kansas 66205-1705
Phone: 913-384-3126
Store Hours: Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 10-6
Thursday 10-7
Saturday 10-5
Sunday we rest and read!
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| Top recommendations from our knowledgeable staff |
 | | Wingshooters |
Recommended by Elizabeth, Mary, and Geoffrey. School-age Michelle calls an early 1970's small town in Wisconsin her home. Her life, however, is scattered across a conflicted landscape. Born to an American father and a Japanese mother, both have abandoned Michelle to the care of her paternal grandparents. Her small town life is far from simple, as the tensions between her own heritage and the growing integration of public institutions slowly burn under the cold face of rural America. Wingshooters features a remarkably strong narrative voice: clear, innocent, and unflinching. It is a story of family conflict, race relations, ignorance in the face of inevitable change, and fracture lines that ultimately break apart. Though a work of fiction, Wingshooters explores universal truths in way that should resonate well with book clubs.
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Recommended by Geoffrey, an epic novel straddling past and present in Washington State. Far up in a corner of this great country, Jonathan Evison's West of Here is calling. Travel a long and majestic river through a forest of explorers past and present. HERE is the intrepid work of a determined craftsman: carving a life for his characters out of the trees and onto the page. Go WEST, reader, and find yourself looking at the grandeur of life from the top of the mountain.
 | | The Fates Will Find Their Way |
Recommended by Vivien and Geoffrey. One simply cannot stop reading Hannah Pittard's debut novel. The boys choir of narrators lament and serenade a missing young girl. How ironic that men should sing the song of sirens, luring the reader closer and closer to the shipwreck of the narrators' own lives. The Fates Will Find Their Way is a pulse-quickening opera about the loss of innocence, youth and time. Pittard displays a remarkable command of voice. She spirals back and forth in time, and through the houses and lives of her cast with a card sharp's hand. Each story seems melded to the next, and the reader is always kept guessing "where is the red queen?" A few pages in and you too will want to know the fate of Nora Lindell.
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| Newsletter Volume 517 | January 31, 2011 |
Greetings!
This week it looks like we're in for some serious snow, so we hope you will find some quality time to curl up with a good book. Our author events this week have been postponed due to the inclement weather. We will announce new makeup dates soon.
We're announcing more names for our author calendar, and even more are coming next week. Please help us spread the word. The best way to learn about a great book is from another reader. The best way to know who is coming to Rainy Day Books is to read this newsletter!
Watch our Weekly E-Newsletters and our Website for the latest updates.
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This week's Author Events have been postponed due to the inclement weather.
Tonight's Pitchapalooza event featuring Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry, has been postponed. A new date will be announced shortly
Thursday's event with Charles Todd, mystery writing team, has been postponed. A new date will be announced shortly.
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February is Black History Month
Featured speakers:
Isabel Wilkerson, National Book Critic's Circle award nominee for The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates.
Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.
Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
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Brian Greene
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Paula McLain
The author of the new novel about Ernest and Hadley Hemingway, The Paris Wife, appears to discuss her new book.
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Phoebe Unterman
The Kansas City native and author of Through Eva's Eyes discusses her memoir about her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
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Wade Rouse
The Midwest-born humorist returns to discuss his new memoir, It's All Relative: Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays and 50 Boxes of Wine.
Admission packages are on sale now for Wade Rouse's event on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Rainy Day Books in Fairway.
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At a glance, our other upcoming author events:
David Henry Sterry and Arielle Eckstut, AKA The Book Doctors and authors of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published appear on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch. Caroline & Charles Todd, mystery writing team and authors of A Lonely Death, appear on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You, and Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden, appear together on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch. Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The True Story of America's Great Migration appears on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Committed: A Love Story appears on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Lives appears on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. Kristen Oertel and Marilyn Blackwell, authors of Frontier Feminist appears on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch. Heidi Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky appears on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Rainy Day Books. MARCH The 50th Annual Mayors' Prayer Breakfast featuring Michael Oher, author of I Beat the Odds will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. at The Grand Ballroom, Kansas City Convention Center. Deb Olin Unferth, author of Revolution, appears on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Kansas City Public Library, Central Branch, Helzberg Auditorium. Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks appears on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza Lorraine Massey, author of Curly Girl Handbook appears on March 24, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. Geneen Roth, author of Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money appears on Wednesday March 30, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. APRIL Jaimy Gordon, author of the 2010 National Book Award winning novel Lord of Misrule, appears on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. NEW DATE: Anne Lamott, author of Imperfect Birds, appears on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Community Christian Church. Arthur Phillips, author of The Tragedy of Arthur appears on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Kansas City Public Library, Central Branch, Helzberg Auditorium. MAY Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, appears on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. Erik Larson, author of In The Garden of Beasts, appears on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. JUNE Emma Donoghue, author of Room, appears on Thursday, June 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Unity Temple on The Plaza. |
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Thank You for supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books
We celebrated 35 years of bookselling on November 4, 2010. It is a celebration of our Legacy of Literacy: 35 years of helping match readers to great books, bringing famous and soon-to-be-famous names to Kansas City, and enjoying the excitement of sharing so many experiences. Take the time to tell someone new about Rainy Day Books. Each book that you purchase at Rainy Day Books makes Rainy Day Books a place authors ask to visit, a vibrant part of Kansas City's arts community, and a bookstore where people love books enough to talk about them all day long. Please encourage your fellow readers to sign up for this E-Newsletter. We have an exciting schedule of upcoming Author Events, and this is the first place to hear about them! We also take Orders for Author Autographed Books, so your friends far and wide can share in the experience. Follow us on Twitter. Rainy Day Books is located in The Fairway Shops, at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road. Our address is 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas (KS) 66205. Get directions to Rainy Day Books and our Event venues by clicking here. Store Hours: Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 10 AM to 6 PM, Thu 10 AM to 7 PM, Sat 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sundays we rest and read. When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City. We provide full service, knowledgeable recommendations and priceless Author Event experiences, all at a fair price. To our customers, thank you for your support.
We look forward to seeing you soon! 
Vivien, Roger, and all of your friends at Rainy Day Books
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