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« Monday October 25, 2010 »
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Jacqueline St. Joan - My Sisters Made of Light
Start: 7:30 pm
Historic LoDo: Local author Jacqueline St. Joan is an award-winning poet, travel writer, teacher, and lawyer. She has worked as a domestic violence advocate, a county judge, a law professor, and a child and human rights advocate in a variety of public and private settings, which have earned her a number of professional awards. St. Joan will read from and sign her new novel My Sisters Made of Light ($19.99 Press 53), a compelling, heartbreaking, and sometimes terrifying look into the lives of women and men in the social, political, and religious maze that is Pakistan. The novel centers on three activist sisters who dedicate themselves to helping the women of Pakistan. Half of the author’s proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to SOIL, a grassroots community organization in Pakistan, to pay for the construction of a safe shelter for abused women and children. Visit Jacqueline St. Joan’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Nicole Krauss - Great House
Start: 7:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: Nicole Krauss, author of the international bestseller The History of Love, will read from and sign her critically acclaimed new novel Great House ($24.95 W.W. Norton), a powerful, soaring novel about a stolen desk that contains the secrets, and becomes the obsession, of the lives it passes through. “This stunning work showcases Krauss’s consistent talent. …Much like in Krauss’s The History of Love, the sharply etched characters seem at first arbitrarily linked across time and space, but Krauss pulls together the disparate elements, settings, characters, and fragile connective tissue to form a formidable and haunting mosaic of loss and profound sorrow.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Visit Nicole Krauss’ website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
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