Thursday, March 30 in the Books & Brews series, we host Mike Heppner for a reading from his latest novel, Pike's Folly. This is described as a hilarious, scathing, and ultimately endearing account of a multigenerational search for the fully, perhaps overly, examined life and the pandemonium that ensues. Heppner is the author of the award-winning debut novel, The Egg Code. Come out for a great reading and after-party as part of Books & Brews.
Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:00 PM at Brookline Booksmith's Readers and Writers Room, Mameve Medwed will talk about her newest book, How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life. Antiquing - obsession, panacea, aphrodisiac. Romantic comedy meets Antiques Roadshow in Mameve’s big-hearted and whimsical new novel about Abby, a Harvard drop-out antiques buff whose life is forever altered by a chamber pot with a colorful and poetic past. The lessons Abby learns about love, money, and the value of memory will make you want to believe in love again and buy really old desks. Boston Magazine’s book club pick for March!
Harvard Bookstore is hosting John Banville on Thursday, also, but his reading is sold out. Nonetheless, his new novel, The Sea, was the winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize and has had praise heaped on it like shells on the beaches of Sanibel Island. So even though you might have to miss this event, you can still get a copy of the book at your favorite independent bookstore. If you call and ask nicely, you can probably even have a book signed for you in your absence!
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