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SUMMARY:Glitz and Gays: A Pride Month Bedazzling Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Pride Month by putting our favorite queer reads in their finest jewels: rhinestones! \nWe’ll have drinks\, snacks\, and supplies to bedazzle! \nBring your favorite book from home\, or purchase a ticket including a copy of One Last Stop to accessorize! \nBoth tickets include a glass of wine\, snacks\, and bedazzling supplies! \nTickets
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SUMMARY:John Glynn (The Lost Book of Lancelot) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with John Glynn for his book The Lost Book of Lancelot. \nAbout the Book \nHidden away on the Isle of Women\, a nameless orphan grows up among a powerful sisterhood\, but always at a distance. He hears whispers of a prophecy that may shed light on his destiny—and his true identity: Lancelot. Determined to master the skills of knighthood\, he begins training in tandem with the handsome Galehaut. As the two become inseparable\, they guide one another toward their truest selves. But no matter how tightly they cling to one another\, each has a role to play in the wizard Merlin’s grand prophecies. \nWhen Lancelot is forced to follow Merlin to Camelot\, he fights to protect his heart while seeking the fabled grail alongside King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. But when Roman legionaries encroach on their kingdom\, their quest takes on new urgency\, as does Lancelot’s explosive secret—the truth of what he left behind on the Isle of Women. \nSteeped in rich medieval lore\, The Lost Book of Lancelot is at once an immersive\, a poignant love story and an epic\, unforgettable tale of a vulnerable boy who is forced to rise to the occasion amid a battle between the old world and the new. \nAbout the Author \nJohn Glynn is the Editorial Director of Hanover Square Press\, an imprint of HarperCollins. His nonfiction debut Out East: Memoir of a Montauk Summer\, was an Indie Next pick\, an Oprah\, The Magazine “Best LGBTQ Book of 2019\,” and a Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2019\, among other accolades. His writing has appeared in People\, Oprah Daily\, The Millions and The Daily Beast. He lives in New York City with his partner and dog\, Whitman. \nRSVP
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SUMMARY:Ernest Thompson (Out Clause) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ernest Thompson for his new book\, Out Clause. \nAbout the Book \nWhat if you could leave your life? \nAn unhappily married CEO jumps from a Connecticut bridge\, body never found. A troubled flight attendant still mourning her lover lost on 9/11 goes missing from a cruise ship. An Arizona school teacher can’t reconcile the sexual compromise he’s been maneuvered into and steals money from a student kiosk and disappears. An internet sensation crosses the last line left and self-pleasures in front of an audience of millions and is spotted in Virginia boarding a hot-air balloon that’s empty when it crash lands. 500\,000 Americans go missing every year\, 1500 never return. Where are they and is there a connection? Yes.\nWelcome to Out Clause. \nAbout the Author \nErnest Thompson’s work has won an Academy Award\, two Golden Globes\, Writers Guild and Broadway Drama Guild Awards and been nominated for a Tony\, an Emmy and a British Academy Award. His plays have been seen in theatres around the world\, his most enduring\, On Golden Pond\, translated into 30 languages and presented in more than 40 countries. Current projects include an On Golden Pond Broadway revival\, directed by and starring the author; true also of his new one-man play\, Archie Parish’s Parting Words\, now on tour; his newest play Grand Time; the short film The Constituent; and the movie sequel\, Home On Golden Pond. His novel Out Clause arrives on May 5\, 2026. A prolific lyricist\, his song with Carly Simon\, “The Father Daughter Dance\,” will soon be playing at a wedding near you. With his writer wife Kerrin Thompson\, he established Rescind Recidivism\, a prison writing program giving inmates a chance to feel creative as well as human\, capable and worthy. \nRSVP
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SUMMARY:Eoghan Walls (Field Notes from an Extinction) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Eoghan Walls for his book\, Field Notes From an Extinction. \nAbout the Book\nFast-paced and funny. Scientific and tender. A literary thriller featuring Auks. As if Hilary Mantel’s The Giant\, O’Brien met Robinson Crusoe\, here is a story of one man’s growing humanity amidst famine and extinction. \nTold in the vernacular of the day\, this novel-as-notebook features a 19th-century ornithologist on a remote Irish island—from the author of indie favorite The Gospel of Orla. \nWritten in the form of a 19th-century notebook of ornithological observations\, Field Notes from an Extinction follows the life and work of one Ignatius Green\, a fictitious English scientist dispatched by the Royal Society to the remote island of Tor Mor off the northern Irish coast. Green\, a widower\, is single-minded and self-righteous\, brilliant and bumbling. He is determined to set the scientific record straight on the mating rituals\, feeding and care of hatchlings and other minutiae he can gather about the Great Auk (pinguinus impennis). \nGreen’s world is shattered when his monthly goods delivery arrives ravaged by the local Irish townsmen. His fury at their impertinence is matched only by his dismay at finding a small child amid the shipment–dirty\, abandoned\, mute\, and utterly feral and unmanageable. Worse\, the locals are growing restless and hungry. And there is talk sweeping the land of a terrifying woman with unnatural power. \nGreen fights for his survival against brigands and hunger and\, most fearsome\, the resolve of a fierce and angry child. And\, perhaps\, for a wider understanding of family amidst roiling societal unrest. \nAbout the Author\nEoghan Walls is a Northern Irish poet. He has lived and worked in Ireland\, Britain\, Germany and Rwanda. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2006\, and his poetry has been shortlisted for multiple international awards\, including the Bridport Prize\, the Manchester Poetry Prize and the Piggott Prize. He has published the first major translation of Heidegger’s poetical works and currently teaches Creative Writing at Lancaster University. The Gospel of Orla (Seven Stories Press; 2023)\, his debut novel\, was an IndieNext and a Library Reads selection\, and was called “utterly convincing and fresh and original” by Colm Tóibín. His new novel is Field Notes from an Extinction. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/eoghan-walls-field-notes-from-an-extinction-author-talk-and-signing/
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SUMMARY:Debbi Michiko Florence (Last Chance Academy 2) Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Debbi Michiko Florence for her new book\, Last Chance Academy: The Mastermind’s Trap. \nAbout the Book\nIn this sequel to A Study in Secrets that’s Only Murders in the Building meets The Westing Game\, Meg must figure out the identity of the mysterious Mastermind to save her school and her friends. \nAfter winning a scavenger hunt with her new friends—Tana\, Zane\, and Ryan—Meg Mizuno is looking forward to winter break and enjoying their grand prize of an all-expenses paid trip to California. But after learning that their boarding school\, Leland Chase Academy (called Last Chance Academy by students)\, is in danger of shutting down\, it’s hard to enjoy the sun and surf. \nWhen they return\, the head of school\, Dr. Ward\, reminds the student body of their mandatory participation in the Student Showcase\, with the goal of bringing in needed funds to the school. If that weren’t enough pressure\, Meg discovers a new note: the Mastermind wants her to help him with one more scavenger hunt. This time\, though\, she must work alone\, or else the Mastermind will follow through on some very real threats. Can Meg beat the Mastermind at his own game? \nAbout the Author\nDebbi Michiko Florence\, a third-generation Japanese American (sansei)\, is the acclaimed author of more than 25 books for children and tweens. Her books have received starred reviews\, JLG Selections\, and inclusion on lists such as Amazon Best Books and the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best. She loves to write stories about friendship\, family\, and first crushes. Her middle-grade novels include Just Be Cool\, Jenna Sakai and the series Last Chance Academy. She is also the author of the award-winning Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series\, which has sold more than 200\,000 copies\, and picture books\, including Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata. A native Californian\, Debbi now lives in Connecticut where she writes in her studio\, The Word Nest. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/debbi-michiko-florence-last-chance-academy-2-release-party/
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SUMMARY:Laura Jackson (The Busy Beast) Storytime and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Laura Jackson reads from her book\, The Busy Beast at our storytime event! \nAbout the Book\nWhen the Busy Beast arrives one day\, “musts” and “have-to’s” push out play. The grown-ups think the Beast has won\, but the children know what must be done… This is a story about the importance of a slow childhood and a reminder that we all have the power to say “NO”. \nThe Busy Beast is a disagreeable monster who comes to town and fills everyone’s schedules to the brim. But his tenure ends when the children push back and demand more time for play. With rhyming verse and compelling illustrations\, the book invites families to start a conversation about busyness and\, perhaps\, to slow down a bit. \nAbout the Author\nLaura Jackson is a writer and educator who is passionate about student-centered learning and alternative education. She lives on the Connecticut shoreline with her husband and two young children and enjoys all things DIY. \nMore Details
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SUMMARY:Ellen Carol DuBois (Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP for this event at BankSquareBooks.com/events\nBank Square Books and the Mystic and Noank Library present an author talk and signing with Ellen Carol DuBois for her book Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life. Ellen will be in conversation with Lisa Wilson. \nAbout the Book\nElizabeth Cady Stanton was a singular leader\, thinker\, and organizer whose fight for women’s emancipation stretched from the 1840s to her death in 1902\, a full fifth of America’s history. Yet her legacy has been marked by controversy. In this landmark biography\, eminent historian Ellen Carol DuBois paints a fresh portrait of this complex crusader whose tireless work made contemporary feminism possible.\nBorn in 1815 into a family deeply marked by the tumult of the American Revolution and surging evangelicalism\, Stanton was captivated by Enlightenment ideas about individual freedom and transformed by early experiences in what she called “the school of antislavery.” Though most remembered for her fight for the vote\, she was also an early crusader for women’s reproductive autonomy and reforming the institution of marriage\, and against Christianity’s subordination of women. Her rifts with Black reformers and embrace of nativist ideas tarnished her reputation\, but her words still have the ability to move and agitate people today.\nBuilding upon exhaustive archival research and a deep engagement with Stanton’s copious writings\, Elizabeth Cady Stanton brilliantly captures a crucial reformer in all of her intelligence\, moral ambiguity\, and power. \nAbout the Author\nEllen Carol DuBois is distinguished professor of history at UCLA. Her pioneering works on the US woman suffrage movement include Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America\, 1848–1869\, Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage\, and Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote. She lives in Los Angeles. \nAbout Lisa Wilson\nLisa Wilson focuses her present research on North America and the Caribbean. She has recently begun a project comparing the experiences of seventeenth-century women in Barbados\, Bermuda\, Virginia and New England. She has published on topics such as widowhood\, manhood\, and stepfamilies in Early America.
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SUMMARY:Danielle Girard (Pinky Swear) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Danielle Girard for her book\, Pinky Swear. \nMore Info
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SUMMARY:Danielle Girard (Pinky Swear) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP for this event at BankSquareBooks.com/events\nBank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Danielle Girard for her book\, Pinky Swear. \nAbout the Book\nLexi thought she knew everything about Mara Vannatta. Best friends since middle school\, they drifted apart after a tragedy derailed their senior year. But when Mara shows up on Lexi’s doorstep sixteen years later fleeing an abusive husband\, Lexi takes her in without question. Lexi’s own marriage has been strained by her desire to have a baby\, and when Mara offers to become her surrogate\, their friendship feels stronger than ever. \nAbout the Author\nDanielle Girard is the USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning author of several novels\, including the Annabelle Schwartzman series and Pinky Swear. She is also the creator and host of the Killer Women Podcast\, where she interviews the women who write today’s best crime fiction. A graduate of Cornell University\, Danielle received her MFA in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte\, North Carolina. When she’s not traveling\, Danielle lives in the mountains of Montana.
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SUMMARY:Weijia Pan (Motherlands) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP for this event at BankSquareBooks.com/events\nBank Square Books and The James Merrill House present an author talk and signing with fellow\, Weijia Pan for his book\, Motherlands. \nAbout the Book\nChosen by Louise Glück for the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize\, this engrossing debut interrogates history\, identity\, and the power of poetry to elucidate both. \nMotherlands opens with a child drawn early to poetry. “In summer I write. Two lines at a time\, two vying souls / running up the wall.” The collection follows this speaker-poet through a childhood in post-Maoist China and an eventual move to the United States\, laying bare cultural and linguistic tensions in both historical and modern settings. He cites Chinese laborers toiling in American factories—an echo of the brutalities endured by those who constructed the Transatlantic Railroad—and speaks to anxieties around belonging\, assimilation\, and identity. “If I forget one character a day\,” he writes. “I will have forgotten Chinese / by the end of 2042.” \nIn these attentive\, imaginative poems\, Weijia Pan questions the artist’s duty—his duty—as a chronicler of truth\, especially through issues of displacement and global injustice. What can the poet do but observe? And yet\, in unpacking ancestral traumas connected to Maoist China and modern-day bigotry exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic\, he still finds himself turning to art as a way to understand both the self and the world at large. Through elegant juxtapositions\, Pan crafts an emotional world that is at once regional and universal—Li Bai and Du Fu sit alongside Glenn Gould and Sviatoslav Richter\, pepper used to bless new roads is repurposed in the mace used against protesters\, two languages compete on a single tongue. Lyrical and visionary\, this collection embodies poetry’s capacity to ground us\, teach us\, and change us. \nAbout the Author\nWeijia Pan is the author of Motherlands\, selected by Louise Glück for the 2023 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize and published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. A poet and translator from Shanghai\, China\, his work has appeared in AGNI\, Boulevard\, Cincinnati Review\, Copper Nickel\, and Poetry Daily. He received an MFA from the University of Houston and is currently a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.
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SUMMARY:Glitz and Gals: A Galentine's Day Book Bedazzling Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Galentine’s Day by putting our favorite books in their finest jewels: rhinestones!\nWe’ll have drinks\, snacks\, and supplies to bedazzle!\nBring your favorite book from home\, or purchase a ticket including a copy of “Heated Rivalry” to accessorize!\nBoth tickets include a glass of wine\, snacks\, and bedazzling supplies!\nTickets are required for this event. $10-$28.99 \nGet Tickets
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/glitz-and-gals-a-galentines-day-book-bedazzling-party/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book
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SUMMARY:Sharon Dukett (The Shutdown List) Weekend Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP for this event at BankSquareBooks.com/events\nBank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Sharon Dukett for her book The Shutdown List. \nAbout the Book\nTwo years earlier\, Anita’s life was shattered when her adult son was killed in a fire. \nNow\, her husband has vanished after leading climate activists in a protest\, and she learns she is in danger too. She cuts all her electronic ties and begins a perilous search for him\, despite their rocky marriage\, unaware he has kept a crucial secret from her. \nAbout the Author\nSharon Dukett is an award-winning author who writes thrillers and memoirs. Her novel\, The Shutdown List\, won 1st Runner-up for an Eric Hoffer Award in Mystery/Crime and her memoir\, No Rules: A Memoir\, won a gold medal in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Memoirs. She is a member of Sisters in Crime\, International Thriller Writers\, Mystery Writers of America\, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. She worked in information technology as a consultant\, programmer and project manager in the private sector\, and as a deputy director in government. Sharon lives in central Connecticut with her husband\, within driving distance of her children and grandchildren.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/sharon-dukett-the-shutdown-list-weekend-book-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book,Downtown Mystic
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SUMMARY:Adam Wallenta (Punk Taco) Storytime and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP for this event at BankSquareBooks.com/events\nBank Square Books presents an story-time and signing with Adam Wallenta for middle grade book\, Punk Taco. \nAbout the Book\nAcross the galaxy\, an evil\, tyrannical king has enslaved citizens from countless planets using them as soldiers in his quest for domination. When one young refugee is displaced from his family\, Punk Taco and his band of misfits befriend him and vow to reunite their new friend with his loved ones. With a mysterious alien race\, they join forces to battle the mad king and spread peace\, love\, and unity across the cosmos. \nAbout the Authors\nAdam Wallenta is a publisher\, writer\, illustrator\, editor\, teacher\, emcee and father. He founded Adam Wallenta Entertainment to help bring new independent creator owned projects to life. Adam has illustrated over fifty children’s books\, numerous comics\, graphic novels and illustrated album art for Rock n Roll Hall of Fame musicians such as Public Enemy & Lloyd Price among many others. \nMakana Wallenta is just your typical 14-year-old that loves to write stories and draw pictures with his dad. When he’s not coming up with ideas for new silly comic book characters or playing Lego or superheroes\, he’s practicing piano or reading a good book.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/adam-wallenta-punk-taco-storytime-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book,Downtown Mystic,Kids
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SUMMARY:Circle at the Square Book Club Discusses The Editor by Steven Rowley
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Circle at the Square Book Club meets in person to discuss The Editor by Steven Rowley. \nInterested in joining? Email Sherry Fritzsche at sbfritzsche@gmail.com. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/circle-at-the-square-book-club-discusses-the-editor-by-steven-rowley/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Community,Downtown Mystic
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SUMMARY:The Small Press Book Club Discusses Ducks by Kate Beaton
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the bold and innovative voices championed by independent publishers in our Small Press Book Club. Delve into stories that push boundaries\, offer fresh perspectives\, challenge conventions\, and spark meaningful discussions. \nThis month’s selection is Ducks by Kate Beaton. \nMore Details
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/the-small-press-book-club-discusses-ducks-by-kate-beaton/
LOCATION:Though Fox Writer’s Den\, 22 Bayview Ave\, Stonington\, 06378
CATEGORIES:Book,Community,Educational
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SUMMARY:Chris Whitaker (All the Colors of the Dark) Author Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Chris Whitaker for the paperback release of his book\, All the Colors of the Dark. Chris will be in conversation with Nicci Cloke.\nTickets are REQUIRED for this event. \nGet Tickets \nAbout the Book:\nA missing person mystery\, a serial killer thriller\, a love story\, a unique twist on each\, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. \nAbout the Author:\nChris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks\, All the Wicked Girls\, and the New York Times bestseller We Begin at the End. Chris lives in the UK. \nAbout Nicci Cloke:\nNicci Cloke is an author and editor based in the UK. She has written eight books\, including two under the pseudonym Phoebe Locke. Her novels have been published in twelve languages. Before being published\, she was a permissions manager\, looking after literary estates including those of Sylvia Plath\, Ted Hughes and T. S. Eliot\, and was also communications manager at the Faber Academy.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/chris-whitaker-all-the-colors-of-the-dark-author-talk-and-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Authors,Book,Educational,Shopping/Sales
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SUMMARY:Author Ann Watt Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Rhode Island author Ann Watt will be signing copies of her memoir\, “When Being a Nurse Was Fun: Tales from My Life as a Nurse.” Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Ann and ask questions about her nursing career and publishing books.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/author-ann-watt-book-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book
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SUMMARY:Sharon Virts (Veil of Doubt) Author Talk & Signing
DESCRIPTION:Meet bestselling author Sharon Virts and hear as she reads from VEIL OF DOUBT. \nWhen a mother is charged with murder in a town already convinced of her guilt\, can defense attorney Powell Harrison find truth and justice in a legal system where innocence is not presumed? \nEmily Lloyd\, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia\, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter\, Maud. It isn’t the first death in her home—her husband and three other children all died of mysterious illnesses—so when Maud succumbs to an unexplained malady\, the town suspects foul play. Soon Mrs. Lloyd is charged not only with poisoning the child but also with murdering her children\, her husband\, and her aunt. \nEnter Powell Harrison\, a soft-spoken\, brilliant attorney who recently returned to his Virginia hometown to help his brother manage their late father’s practice. Approached to assist in Mrs. Lloyd’s defense\, Harrison initially declines\, worried that an infanticide case might tarnish their family’s reputation. But as details about the widow’s erratic behavior and her reclusive neighbors emerge\, Harrison begins to suspect that an even more sinister truth might lurk beneath the family’s horrible fate and finds himself irresistibly drawn to the case. \nBased on a shocking true story\, Veil of Doubt is part true-crime thriller\, part medical and legal procedural. Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace and filled with rich period detail gleaned from exhaustive research\, Veil of Doubt delves into the darkness of the South during Reconstruction\, exposing intrigue\, deception\, and death.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/sharon-virts-veil-of-doubt-author-talk-signing/
LOCATION:Bank Square Books\, 80 Stonington Road Suite 8\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Historical
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SUMMARY:Brenda Janowitz (The Liz Taylor Ring) Author Luncheon at The Shipwright's Daughter
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and The Otis Library in Norwich present an author luncheon at The Shipwright’s Daughter with Brenda Janowitz for her new book\, The Liz Taylor Ring.\nTickets to this event are $45 and include lunch and a signed paperback copy of The Liz Taylor Ring. Pre-registration is required.\nSponsored by Guinan & Houle\, LLP \nAbout the Book\n“Brenda Janowitz writes with extraordinary humor and heart.” —JANE GREEN\, New York Times bestselling author \nThree siblings. A priceless family ring. One legendary love story. \nIn 1978\, Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider embark on a whirlwind romance on the bright beaches and glamorous yachts of Long Island. Over the years\, their relationship has its share of ups and downs\, including a nine-month hiatus that ends with a stunning eleven-carat ring—one that looks just like the diamond Richard Burton gifted Liz Taylor after their own separation. Like the famous couple\, despite the drama that would unfold throughout the Schneiders’ marriage\, the ring would be there as a symbol of their love…until it wasn’t. \nDecades later\, when the lost ring unexpectedly resurfaces\, the Schneiders’ three children gather under one roof for the first time in years\, eager to get their hands on this beloved\, expensive reminder of their departed parents. But determining the fate of the heirloom is no simple task\, unearthing old wounds and heartaches the siblings can’t ignore. And when the ring reveals a secret that challenges everything they thought they knew about their parents’ epic love story\, they’ll have to decide whether to move forward as a family or let the ring break them once and for all. \nAbout Brenda Janowitz\nBrenda Janowitz is the author of seven novels\, including The Grace Kelly Dress. She is the former books correspondent for PopSugar\, and her work has also appeared in the New York Times\, Real Simple\, the Washington Post\, and the New York Post\, among others. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Hofstra School of Law and lives in New York with her husband and two sons. Find her on Instagram\, @brendajanowitzwriter\, and on Twitter\, @brendajanowitz.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/brenda-janowitz-the-liz-taylor-ring-author-luncheon-at-the-shipwrights-daughter/
LOCATION:The Shipwright’s Daughter\, 20 East Main Street\, Mystic\, CT\, 06355
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SUMMARY:Lisa Brownell (Gallows Road) Author Talk and Q&A at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and Q&A with Lisa Brownell for the new book\, Gallows Road.\nBooks will be available for purchase during the event. This talk will be moderated by Ruth W. Crocker. \nAbout the Book\nA beautiful young woman is condemned to death for a crime that she swears that she didn’t commit. Inspired by true events in New London\, Connecticut in the 1750s\, the novel GALLOWS ROAD is told through the voice of a servant\, Mercy Bramble. Sent to live in a remote farmhouse\, the 17-year-old finds herself in a destructive relationship with her 27-year-old master. The mysterious death of her newborn puts Mercy’s life in the hands of a jury while three ministers — and a group known as Children of God — all fight to save her soul. Indentured servants — white or Native American men and women who often worked alongside black slaves — were forbidden to marry during the seven years they were bonded to service. Illegitimate births were common\, and unwed mothers faced heavy fines and extended servitude. This setting of multi-racial households in colonial New England sheds light on an important chapter in our American past. The story builds to a climax that Kirkus Reviews has called “a nail- biter all the way.” \nAbout Lisa Brownell\nLISA HALL BROWNELL\, a fiction writer and editor\, believes that stories have the power to connect one person to another\, and past to present. GALLOWS ROAD is her first novel. She also has written screenplays and short stories and is working on a second novel. A former media director for Mystic Seaport Museum and director of publications for Connecticut College\, Brownell was editor of the award-winning CC: Magazine. She graduated from Brown University\, and earned an M.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She now lives in Ledyard\, Connecticut. A member of the Mystic Writers\, she helped to launch the group’s website and blog. https://mysticwriters.org . \nAbout Ruth W. Crocker\nRuth is focused on writing\, and teaching the writing process\, especially with aspiring writers who have personal stories they would like to share. She received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Bennington College\, a PhD in Nutrition and Human Development from the University of Connecticut\, and a Master of Education from Tufts University. Among numerous publications\, her essay Sam’s Way\, originally published in the Gettysburg Review\, was listed in Best American Essays 2013\, and an excerpt from her memoir\, Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War\, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She serves as Chair of the Women & Girls Fund of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut and as national newsletter editor of the Gold Star Wives of America. She lives and writes in Mystic\, Connecticut.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/lisa-brownell-gallows-road-author-talk-and-qa-at-bank-square-books/
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SUMMARY:Connelly Akstens (Without Shame) Author Talk and Q&A at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and Q&A with Connelly Akstens for the new book\, Without Shame. \nAbout the Book\nThis book is the story I have wanted to tell for a very long time. For most of my life I lived in the shadow of shame. I was afraid there would be terrible consequences if anyone discovered my gender confusion. Who would want to be my friend? How would I have a career? Who would love me? The past two decades have been a process of coming out of hiding\, letting myself be known and leaving shame behind. That process has led me to write this book. I’ve been blessed with many odd experiences\, some stunning misadventures and the acquaintance of many quirky people. And whatever I have to say about it\, or whatever you may think of it\, I’m grateful I can finally tell my story without shame. \nAbout Connelly Akstens\nConnelly Akstens (fka Tom Akstens) is an educator\, musician\, gardener and lover of the outdoors. Connelly has been active in transgender outreach and education.
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SUMMARY:Elaine Alexander (Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep) Author Signing at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author signing with Elaine Alexander for the new book\, Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep.\nAbout the Book\nDeep in the darkest part of the ocean\, visit a primordial\, fierce-toothed fish that draws in prey with its own bioluminescent lure. \nDive thirteen thousand feet below the ocean’s surface\, where no ray of sunlight can penetrate. Resources are scarce\, and fellow inhabitants scarcer. This is life in the midnight zone—life for the anglerfish\, known as the Seadevil of the Deep. Still largely a mystery to scientists\, the deep-sea anglerfish is a true source of fascination and awe. To some\, the fish resembles a prehistoric creature forgotten by time; to others\, she is the embodiment of power\, grace\, and grit\, using her remarkable physical attributes and a talent for deception to survive one of the harshest environments on the planet. \nIn Anglerfish\, author Elaine M. Alexander and illustrator Fiona Fogg shine a small light on this mesmerizing\, unforgettable creature. A captivating text paired with stunning artwork complement not only STEM but also language arts and history curricula. More facts about the anglerfish—from how it hunts to the surprising way a female mates with far tinier males—await curious readers in the back matter. \nAbout the Author\nElaine M. Alexander is an author of books for children. Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep\, her first nonfiction picture book\, received both an SCBWI Barbara Karlin Grant and a Katherine Paterson Prize. A fan of dark mysteries and the natural world\, she is fascinated by all things extraordinary and unique. Currently a youth services librarian at the Deep River Public Library\, Elaine M. Alexander lives with her family in Colchester\, Connecticut.
URL:https://thisismystic.com/event/elaine-alexander-anglerfish-the-seadevil-of-the-deep-author-signing-at-bank-square-books/
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SUMMARY:Nan Rossiter (A Good Measure) Author Talk and Q&A at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and Q&A with Nan Rossiter for the new book\, A Good Measure.\nThis event is in partnership with OutCT. 15% of event book sales will be donated to OutCT to help fund New London Pride!\nOutCT is a 501c3 non-profit organization established in 2013 by a diverse group of gay\, lesbian\, bisexual\, transgender\, queers and their allies in Southeastern Connecticut to plan a New London Pride Festival. \nAbout the Book\nReturn to Tybee Island off the coast of Georgia in USA Today bestselling author Nan Rossiter’s third Savannah Skies novel\, a heartwarming story about love\, acceptance\, finding your place in the world\, and learning to carry on in the face of overwhelming loss. \nIt has been eight months since Libby Tennyson’s husband\, Jack\, passed away\, and now every afternoon when the fiery sun sinks below the horizon\, she finds herself wandering through the empty old farmhouse in which they raised their six sons. Melancholy hour\, she calls it—the time of day that was once a flurry of dinner\, homework\, and chores\, but with her sons grown and on their own\, she grieves for all she has lost—and worries about what the future holds for her youngest son\, twenty-eight-year-old Chase. \nAll the Tennyson boys are handsome—but there’s something about Chase that has always made women swoon. Growing up in the shadow of his older brothers\, Chase was different—gentler\, kinder\, a boy with a big heart who looked after those most vulnerable. Though his family loves him deeply\, Chase never felt he could truly be himself until he met Liam Evans\, his partner in business and love. After six years\, Chase and Liam are ready to make a lifetime commitment…yet both feel apprehensive including their very traditional families in their wedding planning. \nBut life is full of surprises\, and Libby finds unexpected hope in her new stage of life when she connects with The Guild\, a group of widows who get together every Thursday evening for wine\, laughter\, and companionship. Here\, Libby not only discovers a safe space\, but a place of honesty\, and…growth. And while Liam and Libby may not see eye to eye every time\, they can both always agree that love truly does win. \nAfter all\, a good measure\, pressed down\, shaken together and running over\, is always poured back…because for all the measure you use\, it will be measured to you! \nAbout Nan Rossiter\nNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nan Rossiter loves to weave together stories about the complicated relationships to which all readers can relate — motherhood\, sisterhood\, friendship\, marriage and romance. She draws from her own life experiences to create authentic situations that mirror the trials and triumphs we all face. Compassionate\, real\, and funny\, her books take readers on emotional journeys that often include heartbreak and joy\, but also include threads of faith\, a furry friend or two\, and an uplifting ending. Nan’s books have been highly acclaimed by reviewers from Publisher’s Weekly to Booklist. Her novel\, SUMMER DANCE\, was the 2018 winner of the Nancy Pearl Award. \nNan is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and began her writing career in the world of children’s books. Along with her many contemporary fiction novels\, she is the author/illustrator of RUGBY & ROSIE\, winner of Nebraska’s Golden Sower Award\, THE WAY HOME\, SUGAR ON SNOW\, and THE FO’C’SLE: Henry Beston’s Outermost House. \nNan lives on a quiet country road in Connecticut with her husband and a solemn black Lab named Finn\, who diligently watches her every move and can be roused from a slumber in a distant room by the sound of a banana being peeled or a cookie crumb hitting the floor. Nan and her husband are the parents of two handsome sons who have struck out on life journeys of their own. \nFor more information\, visit: \nhttp://www.nanrossiter.com/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/NanRossiter/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/nanrossiter/ \nTweets by NanRossiter \nhttps://www.bookbub.com/profile/nan-rossiter
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SUMMARY:Jeffrey Greene (Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making) Author Talk and Q&A at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents an author talk and Q&A with Jeffrey Greene for the new book\, Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making. This is a partner event with Spindrift Guitars in New London! \nAbout the Book\nThe wood used by master craftsmen to create many of the world’s legendary stringed instruments—violins and cellos\, mandolins and guitars—comes from seven near-mythic European forests. In his latest book\, Jeffrey Greene takes the reader into those woodlands and into luthiers’ workshops to show us how the world’s finest instruments not only contribute to great musical art but are prized works of art in themselves. \nMasters of Tonewood describes the “hidden life” of stringed instruments\, beginning with the unique wood\, expertly chosen and sometimes cured for decades\, that gives them voices that rivet audiences. Greene takes us to forests in Italy\, France\, Switzerland\, Austria\, Romania\, Poland\, and the Czech Republic. We are introduced to the acoustical and aesthetic properties of the spruce that Stradivari treasured\, and the mystery of why just one in a thousand maple trees contains decorative figuring worthy of the highest-quality instruments. Greene visits the greatest traditional centers of this craft\, from Spain to the United States. He recounts the ideas and experiences of tonewood millers\, luthiers\, and musicians and discusses their concerns about environmental issues associated with a tradition dependent on ancient woodlands in a modern world. \nAbout Jeffrey Greene\nJeffrey Greene takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the forests of Europe and with every page richly uncovers the mysteries held within the tonewood of the finest stringed instruments ever made.
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SUMMARY:Genevieve Piturro (Purpose\, Passion and Pajamas) Author Signing at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Genevieve Piturro for her book Purpose\, Passion and Pajamas.\nAbout the Book\n2021 New York City Big Book Awards Winner in Inspiration\nNational Indie Excellence Award Winner in Inspiration\nFinalist\, Reader’s Favorite Award \nPurpose\, Passion\, and Pajamas is the story of Genevieve Piturro’s triumphant leap off the corporate ladder to find her life’s true calling. What started with a simple question from a little girl led Genevieve to conceive of and build the nonprofit Pajama Program in 2001\, resulting in a featured appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and an awe-inspiring display of compassion throughout the US and beyond. Today\, Pajama Program has distributed over seven million pairs of pajamas\, opened 63 chapters across the US\, and established reading centers for children. \nIn her inspirational narrative\, Genevieve Piturro shows you how to \n• notice and listen to the quiet\, internal voice nudging you in a new direction; \n• lead with empathy\, passion\, and purpose; \n• realize the importance of the human connection we’ve lost in our modern world. \nPurpose\, Passion\, and Pajamas brings you to the heart of the matter with eye-opening lessons in leadership\, personal growth\, and the tools and motivation to “find your pajamas.” \nAbout the Author\nGenevieve Piturro is all about PURPOSE! She was a successful television marketing executive until she dramatically changed the direction of her life. She found her true purpose when a sudden inner voice challenged her life as she knew it. In 2001\, she founded the hugely successful national non-profit\, Pajama Program\, when a six-year-old girl’s question changed her life forever and she jumped off the corporate ladder! This year\, the Program celebrates its 20th anniversary\, having delivered more than 7 MILLION magical gifts of new pajamas and new books to children through their 63 chapters across the U.S. \nGenevieve is now a professional speaker and personal strategy coach\, sharing life and leadership lessons she learned through her Pajama Program journey. Her first book is an Amazon best seller and the 2021 winner in the Inspiration category of both the National Indie Excellence Book Awards\, and the NYC Big Book Awards. The book is titled\, Purpose\, Passion and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life\, Embrace the Human Connection and Lead with Meaning. Her debut TEDx talk: “1 Idea + The Human Connection = 7 Million Pajamas and Books” debuted in August\, 2020. \nShe has been interviewed on and in many local and national media including most recently\, Hallmark’s Home & Family show\, OPRAH\, TODAY\, GMA\, The Early Show\, CNN\, Fox & Friends\, O Magazine\, Forbes\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Parenting Magazine. Genevieve rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell in 2016. She has been the recipient of many local and national awards as she inspires others to listen to their heart-voice in pursuing their passions. Genevieve lives in Irvington\, NY with her husband\, Demo DiMartile. Please visit www.GenevievePiturro.com for additional information.
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SUMMARY:Sharon Dukett (No Rules: A Memoir) Author Signing at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Sharon Dukett for the release of the new book No Rules: A Memoir. \nAbout the Book\nIn this coming-of-age memoir\, Sharon takes you with her on a nail-biting adventure through the early 1970s after leaving her sheltered home life at sixteen years old to join the hippies. Yearning for freedom\, she lands in an adult world for which she is unprepared\, and must learn quickly in order to survive. \nAs Sharon navigates the US and Canada—whether by hitchhiking\, bicycle\, or the back of a motorcycle—she experiences love and heartbreak\, discovers who she can and cannot trust\, and awakens to the Women’s Liberation movement while living in a rural off-grid commune. In this colorful memoir\, she reflects upon the changes that reshaped her during that decade\, and how the ways in which she and her peers threw off the rules meant to keep women in their place has transformed and empowered the lives of girls and women today. \nAbout the Author\nSharon Dukett has been a computer programmer\, deputy director in state government\, cocktail waitress\, and project manager (PMP certified)\, and she has designed and embroidered handmade clothing. She travels extensively using loyalty points and avoiding tourist traps. When she is home\, she and her husband live in central Connecticut in a house he built that overlooks the Connecticut River―the house they raised their family in. When not writing or blogging\, she is reading\, skiing\, biking\, golfing\, spending time with family and friends\, creating clutter\, and committing to more activities than she probably should. She loves reading memoir from a variety of backgrounds―to learn how others feel\, experience life\, and deal with their struggles. No Rules is her debut memoir.
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SUMMARY:Sharon Dukett (No Rules: A Memoir) Author Signing at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents a weekend book signing with Sharon Dukett for the release of the new book No Rules: A Memoir.\nAbout the Book\nIn this coming-of-age memoir\, Sharon takes you with her on a nail-biting adventure through the early 1970s after leaving her sheltered home life at sixteen years old to join the hippies. Yearning for freedom\, she lands in an adult world for which she is unprepared\, and must learn quickly in order to survive. \nAs Sharon navigates the US and Canada—whether by hitchhiking\, bicycle\, or the back of a motorcycle—she experiences love and heartbreak\, discovers who she can and cannot trust\, and awakens to the Women’s Liberation movement while living in a rural off-grid commune. In this colorful memoir\, she reflects upon the changes that reshaped her during that decade\, and how the ways in which she and her peers threw off the rules meant to keep women in their place has transformed and empowered the lives of girls and women today. \nAbout the Author\nSharon Dukett has been a computer programmer\, deputy director in state government\, cocktail waitress\, and project manager (PMP certified)\, and she has designed and embroidered handmade clothing. She travels extensively using loyalty points and avoiding tourist traps. When she is home\, she and her husband live in central Connecticut in a house he built that overlooks the Connecticut River―the house they raised their family in. When not writing or blogging\, she is reading\, skiing\, biking\, golfing\, spending time with family and friends\, creating clutter\, and committing to more activities than she probably should. She loves reading memoir from a variety of backgrounds―to learn how others feel\, experience life\, and deal with their struggles. No Rules is her debut memoir.
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SUMMARY:Brenna Ehrlich (Killing Time) Author Talk and Q&A at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books Presents an author talk and Q&A with Brenna Ehrlich for her book Killing Time! \nAbout the Book\n“An exciting and whipsmart mystery… Keep your eyes on Ehrlich.”\n—Courtney Summers\, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie and The Project \n“Deathly smart\, twisty\, and at times wickedly funny\, Killing Time is a pitch-perfect mystery.”\n– Kara Thomas\, author of The Cheerleaders \nSummer in Ferry\, Connecticut\, has always meant long\, lazy days at the beach and wild nights partying in the abandoned mansions on the edge of town. Until now\, that is. \nNatalie Temple\, who’s never been one for beaches or parties in the first place\, is reeling from the murder of her favorite teacher\, and there’s no way this true-crime-obsessed girl is going to sit back and let the rumor mill churn out lie after lie—even if she has to hide her investigation from her disapproving mom and team up with the new boy in town… \nBut the more Natalie uncovers\, the more she realizes some secrets were never meant to be told. \n“Expertly-plotted and brimming with suspense\, Killing Time is more than just a mystery. It’s a thoughtful novel about true crime stories and how we tell them. Brilliant\, fun\, and utterly compelling.”\n– Jessica Goodman\, New York Times bestselling author of They’ll Never Catch Us \nAbout Brenna Ehrlich\nBrenna Ehrlich is a journalist\, YA author\, and editor who has worked everywhere from MTV News to Rolling Stone. She resides in New Jersey with her husband Morgan and their two cats\, Nimbus and Hazel. She enjoys horror movies and romcoms in equal measure.
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SUMMARY:Leah Angstman (Out Front the Following Sea) Author Talk and Signing at Bank Square Books
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books presents Leah Angstman discussing the book Out Front the Following Sea. This event will be moderated by Nancy Burns-Fusaro from the Westerly Sun. \nAbout the Book\nOut Front the Following Sea is a historical epic of one woman’s survival in a time when the wilderness is still wild\, heresy is publicly punishable\, and being independent is worse than scorned—it is a death sentence. At the onset of King William’s War between French and English settlers in 1689 New England\, Ruth Miner is accused of witchcraft for the murder of her parents and must flee the brutality of her town. She stows away on the ship of the only other person who knows her innocence: an audacious sailor—Owen—bound to her by years of attraction\, friendship\, and shared secrets. But when Owen’s French ancestry finds him at odds with a violent English commander\, the turmoil becomes life-or-death for the sailor\, the headstrong Ruth\, and the cast of Quakers\, Pequot Indians\, soldiers\, highwaymen\, and townsfolk dragged into the fray. Now Ruth must choose between sending Owen to the gallows or keeping her own neck from the noose. \nAbout the Author\nLeah Angstman is a historian and transplanted Michigander. Her writing has been a finalist for the Saluda River Prize\, Cowles Book Prize\, Able Muse Book Award\, Bevel Summers Fiction Prize\, and Chaucer Book Award\, and has appeared in Publishers Weekly\, L.A. Review of Books\, Electric Literature\, Nashville Review\, Slice\, and elsewhere. She serves as editor-in-chief for Alternating Current and vice chair for a Colorado historical commission.
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SUMMARY:Crystal Maldonado (No Filter and Other Lies) In Conversation with e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Virtual Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:Bank Square Books and Savoy Bookshop & Café present a virtual author talk and Q&A with Crystal Maldonado for the new book\, No Filter and Other Lies. Crystal will be in conversation with author\, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo. \nThis event is free\, but registration is required. Registration details are at the bottom of this page. \nAbout the Book\nYou should know\, right now\, that I’m a liar. \nThey’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent. \nBut they’re still lies. \nTwenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty\, friends\, and a glittering life filled with adventure. With tons of followers on Instagram\, her picture-perfect existence seems eminently enviable. \nExcept it’s all fake. \nMax is actually 17-year-old Kat Sanchez\, a quiet and sarcastic teenager living in drab Bakersfield\, California. Nothing glamorous in her existence—just sprawl\, bad house parties\, a crap school year\, and the awkwardness of dealing with her best friend Hari’s unrequited love. \nBut while Kat’s life is far from perfect\, she thrives as Max: doling out advice\, sharing beautiful photos\, networking with famous influencers\, even making a real friend in a follower named Elena. The closer Elena and “Max” get—texting\, Snapping\, and even calling—the more Kat feels she has to keep up the façade. \nBut when one of Max’s posts goes ultra-viral and gets back to the very person she’s been stealing photos from\, her entire world – real and fake — comes crashing down around her. She has to figure out a way to get herself out of the huge web of lies she’s created without hurting the people she loves. \nBut it might already be too late. \nAbout Crystal Maldonado\nCrystal Maldonado is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. Her debut novel\, Fat Chance\, Charlie Vega\, is a 2021 New England Book Award winner\, a Cosmopolitan Best New Book\, and a POPSUGAR Best New YA Novel. Her next novel\, No Filter and Other Lies\, explores teenage life in the social media age—and the lies we tell to ourselves and others. By day\, Crystal works in higher ed marketing\, and by night\, a writer who loves Beyoncé\, shopping\, spending too much time on her phone\, and being extra. Her work has also been published in Latina\, BuzzFeed\, and the Hartford Courant. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband\, daughter\, and dog. \nAbout e.E. Charlton-Trujillo\nMexican American author\, filmmaker and youth literary activist e.E. Charlton-Trujillo has written several award-winning books for teens and children\, most notably the ALA Stonewall Award Winning Fat Angie series. Their debut picture book\, co-authored with NYT Bestseller Pat Zietlow Miller and illustrated by Joe Cepeda\, “Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules” releases Spring of 2022. Charlton-Trujillo is the co-founder of the nonprofit Never Counted Out\, a member of the Las Musas collective and co-host of the Instagram Live series Off the Cuff. https://www.eecharlton-trujillo.com/
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