APRIL
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets – an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.”
Come join us Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
6:30 pm
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MARCH
Now You See Him – Eli Gottlieb
His name was Rob Castor. Quite possibly, you’ve heard of him. He became a minor cult celebrity in his mid-twenties for writing a book of darkly pitch-perfect stories set in a stupid sleepy upstate New York town. Several years later, he murdered his writer girlfriend, and then commited suicide.
With extraordinarily luxuriant and evocative prose, award-winning author Eli Gottlieb takes up deep into the human psyche, where the most profound of secrets are kept. Now You See Him is a wrenching and enthrallingly suspensful story that mines the explosive terrains of love and paternity, marriage and its delicate intricacies, family secrets and how they fester over time, and ultimately the true nature of loyalty, trust, friendship, envy, deception, and manipulation.
March 25th, 6:30 p.m.
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FEBRUARY
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home - Kim Sunée
“Kim Sunée was abandoned in a Korean marketplace at the age of three and raised by adoptive parents in New Orleans. But by the age of twenty-two, her life was totally transformed – she found her
self the companion of a French mogul, and mistress over his homes in Paris and Provence. Yet despite the glamorous trappings, Kim never felt quite at home. It was only in the kitchen, where she encountered exotic ingredients and fed crowds of friends, that she felt she truly belonged. Trail of Crumbs is a compelling and personal narrative of the search for home pursued among the tastes, aromas, and sensuality of food across three continents.”
February 25th, 6:30 p.m.
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JANUARY
Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
“Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten-year-old girl, is taken with her parents by the French police as they go door-to-door arresting Jewish families in the middle of the night. Desperate to protect her younger brother, Sarah locks him in a bedroom cupboard – their secret hiding place – and promises to come back for him as soon as they are released.
Sixty years later: Sarah’s story intertwines with that of Julia Jarmond, an American journalist investigating the roundup. In her research, Julia stumbles onto a trail of secrets that link her to Sarah, and to questions about her own romantic future.”
