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April 2013
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Dear Friends,
Sometimes it seems quiet here at the bookstore, and sometimes we're just jumping with activity. As we look over the next few weeks (April, May and June), we've got an incredible wealth of authors lined up for you. Really, it's incredible! And we hope you can join us for an evening, or two. There is nothing so special as hearing an author talk about their own work - their own creativity and craft. Your constant support enables us to be here and bring you this talent, so treat yourself and join the conversation.
 Wednesday evening, 4/24, 7pm, we are looking forward to welcoming Tracy Beckerman as she shares her story, Lost in Suburdia. Get a babysitter, make a date with your girlfriend and join us as we trade stories of our transplanted lives.
Thursday evening, 4/25, 7pm, David Sterry hosts a panel discussion and workshop, The Art of the Novel with author Alice Elliott Dark, literary agent Liza Dawson and Editor Emily Bestler. You couldn't ask for more professionalism and advice packed into one evening as they discuss the complex process of writing and selling a novel. Come prepared to pitch yours. Friday afternoon, 4/26, 5-6pm, the YA Advisory Board meets and has the opportunity to talk about writing and the life of an author with our very own Henry Neff. There will also be an opportunity to read your own work.  Saturday morning, 4/27, 10:30am, we host our last Author/Illustrator Storytime for the year (don't worry, we're already planning September!). Bring the little ones in for a delightful time with Cory Rosen Schwartz as she reads her energetic, fractured-fairy tale, The Three Ninja Pigs. Saturday afternoon, at 1pm, come and meet Casey Barber and chat about her new book, Classic Snacks Made from Scratch. Rumor has it that we'll have some samples to sample! Our Poetry Month Celebration is on Sunday, 4-5pm. Shall We Couplet? Young and wise are invited to read. Haven't sent in your couplet yet? There's still time. And, yes there's one more! Charles Liu, author of The Handy Astronomy Anwer Book, will discuss the latest from Mars exploration at the Adult School of Montclair on Monday, 4/29, 7pm. Last, but not least, we're featuring new paperback releases that are perfect for your book group (or to tuck into yourself). Enjoy! Margot, Nicole, Carolyn, Marina, Marisela, Liane and Jeanne
For pithy comments and musings from your favorite booksellers:
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Anna Stothard
A seventeen-year-old girl pieces together the mystery of her mother's life and death among the bars and bedrooms of Los Angeles in this dazzling debut novel. "This book moved and provoked me in ways I can't fully articulate.... Extraordinary."-Anna Paquin (True Blood)
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 In this extraordinary feat of genealogical research-in the tradition of The Hemmingses of Monticello and Slaves in the Family-author Swarns, a respected DC-based reporter for the New York Times, tells the fascinating and hitherto untold story of Ms. Obama's black, white, and multiracial ancestors; a history that the First Lady herself did not know.
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John Brockman
 A novel of charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts
"A cause for celebration . . . [Joyce] has a lovely sense of the possibilities of redemption. In this bravely unpretentious and unsentimental take, she's cleared space where miracles are still possible."-Ron Charles, The Washington Post Paperback and eBook
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Brigitte Lozerec'h
Mathilde Lewly, a female painter at the dawn of the twentieth century, has achieved notoriety among the Parisian avant-garde. But when her perfect life is threatened by the shadow of her little sister, Eugénie, what follows is a fierce rivalry, an emotional tug-of-war, played out against the bohemian riot of the last century's wildest years. Paperback |
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Michael Helm
"A powerful and intricate novel about political guilt in contemporary times, intellectually astute and with crystalline writing.
Cities of Refuge weaves together the clashes of culture, alongside that of a father and a daughter, to make large issues intimate and in the end heartbreaking." Michael Ondaatje
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Blaine Harden
 The heartwrenching NYT bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped. "Escape from Camp 14 stands as a searing indictment of a depraved regime and a tribute to all those who cling to their humanity in the face of evil." Mitchell Zuckoff, Lost in Shangri-La
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Anna Quindlen
In this irresistible memoir, Anna Quindlen writes about a woman's life, from childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, using the events of her life to illuminate ours. Quindlen says for us here what we may wish we could have said ourselves.
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Nathan Englander
"What Englander is saying is that we know ourselves, or don't, on different levels, that we exist individually and as part of a heritage... Who will hide us? Who are we, really? How do ritual and culture intersect? Such questions exist at the heart of this accomplished collection, in which stories are what make us who we are." LA Times
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John Boyne
 From the author of The Absolutist
, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanovs.
Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy,
The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign.
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Anita Amirrezvani
 Based loosely on the life of Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, one of the most powerful and charismatic women of the Muslim world. Equal of the Sun is a riveting story of political intrigue that brings one extraordinary woman to light through master storyteller Anita Amirrezvani.
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In-House Book Groups
All are welcome. 7:00pm
No registration required for the adult book groups If the book appeals to you, and you've read it, come and join us.
Great Writers with Marina Cramer
Beam Me Up Science Fiction with Eileen Duffy
Fri, May 10, Morgain Saga, CJ Cherryh
Fri, Jun 14, Land of Laughs, Jonathan Carroll
History Book Club with Joe Paranac. Damas de Letras y Vino (a ladies' spanish book club)... Formerly known as Salon Espanol with Marisela Santiago Jun 21, El Verano de los Jugetes Muertos, Toni Hill
Mental Health Book Club with Carol McGough
Tuesday, May 7. Poetry Slam OPEN MIKE
Middle School Boys Book Club
Sunday, May 5, 4pm, Pulse, Patrick Carman
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