In his newest financial thriller\, Norb Vonnegut (The Gods of Greenwich\, Top Producer) tells a tale of good intentions gone wrong. When stockbroker Grove O'Rourke takes over the charitable foundation of a recently deceased friend\, he thinks he's doing a good deed\, but when the funds begin to show up in the unlikeliest places\, he uncovers a dark\, and dangerous set of secrets.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120815T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120815T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/amy-sohn-motherland URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/amy-sohn-motherland SUMMARY:Amy Sohn - Motherland DESCRIPTION:NYT bestselling author Amy Sohn (Prospect Park West) shares her hilarious and insightful new novel of modern marriage. Following the intersecting stories of five mothers and fathers in Cape Cod\, Park Slope\, and Greenwich Village\, Sohn's fresh characters struggle to find happiness in the midst of failure and infidelity.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120816T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120816T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/irini-rockwell-natural-brilliance URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/irini-rockwell-natural-brilliance SUMMARY:Irini Rockwell - Natural Brilliance\: A Buddhist System for Uncovering Your Strengths and Letting Them Shine DESCRIPTION:Director of The Five Wisdoms Institute Irini Rockwell is a professional development trainer for organizational leaders\, educators\, and individuals. In her new book\, she explains how Buddhism can help you know yourself and unlock your true potential.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/david-r-gillham-city-women URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/david-r-gillham-city-women SUMMARY:David R. Gillham - City of Women DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate this marvelous debut novel from local author David R. Gillham. It is 1943\, and with all the men gone\, Berlin has become a city of women. Sigrid Schroder seems to be the model German soldier's wife\, but she is haunted by memories of a Jewish man she once loved\, memories that lead her to hide a woman and children\, putting her own life at risk.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120817T210000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/seth-rudetsky-my-awesomeawful-popularity-plan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/seth-rudetsky-my-awesomeawful-popularity-plan SUMMARY:Seth Rudetsky - My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan DESCRIPTION:Emmy and Grammy-nominated actor and musician Seth Rudetsky joins us with this teenage tale for anyone who has ever been an outsider. For sophomore year\, Justin has two goals\: to date the hottest boy in school\, and become part of the in-crowd. There are just a couple of small problems\: Justin is not at all popular\, and the boy he loves isn't gay. But where there's a will (and an awesome plan)\, Justin hopes\, there's a way.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120821T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120821T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/maryanne-ohara-cascade URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/maryanne-ohara-cascade SUMMARY:Maryanne O'Hara - Cascade DESCRIPTION:In this brilliant debut novel by Maryanne O'Hara\, she tells the story of Dez Spaulding\, an artist in 1935 whose father loses his money\, forcing her into a loveless marriage. With her hometown of Cascade set to be flooded for a new reservoir\, Dez begins painting the place\, trying to record and save what remains of her memories and her life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/joe-mckendry-one-times-square URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/joe-mckendry-one-times-square SUMMARY:Joe McKendry - One Times Square\: A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World DESCRIPTION:Brookline local Joe McKendry creates staggering historical paintings of one of the world's most famous buildings and its surroundings\, tracing the growth and history of New York from a simple dirt road through both World Wars and the Great Depression and into the 21st century.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120823T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120823T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/sarah-f-pearlman-mother-talk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/sarah-f-pearlman-mother-talk SUMMARY:Sarah F. Pearlman - Mother-Talk\: Conversations with Mothers of Lesbian Daughters and FTM Transgender Children DESCRIPTION:Clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Hartford\, Sarah F. Pearlman has collected in-depth interviews with twenty-four mothers of lesbian and female to male transgender children for this insightful and invaluable look at how families stay together in times of change.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120824T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120824T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/micah-nathan-jack-bastard-and-other-stories URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/micah-nathan-jack-bastard-and-other-stories SUMMARY:Micah Nathan - Jack the Bastard and Other Stories DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author Micah Nathan (Gods of Aberdeen\, Losing Graceland) returns to the Booksmith with a new book of stories\, some previously published in such journals as Glimmer Train\, and The Gettysburg Review\, and others brand-spanking-new\, including the spaghetti-western novella Jack The Bastard\, with original artwork by Tradd Moore\, Phil Noto\, Michael Allread\, and Russ Nicholson.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/verlyn-klinkenborg-several-short-sentences-about-writing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/verlyn-klinkenborg-several-short-sentences-about-writing SUMMARY:Verlyn Klinkenborg - Several Short Sentences About Writing - in conversation with Tim Horvath DESCRIPTION:Co-Sponsored with Grub Street
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A member of the New York Times editorial board\, Verlyn Klinkenborg (The Last Fine Time) has taught writing in some of the country’s most prestigious universities. Join Klinkenborg and Grub Street Instructor Tim Horvath\, author of the new short story collection\, Understories\, as they discuss the art and craft of well-chosen words.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120829T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120829T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/language-men-emblem-f-anthony-daries-richard-hoffman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/language-men-emblem-f-anthony-daries-richard-hoffman SUMMARY:The Language of Men & Emblem f/ Anthony D'Aries & Richard Hoffman DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading with two outstanding writers\:
Winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award\, Anthony D'Aries' father was a Vietnam vet who spent his spare time rebuilding cars and stuffing roadkill. In his startling and poignant new memoir\, which Andre Dubus III calls "\;a profoundly important book\,"\; he follows the trail of his father in Vietnam and looks at what it means to speak The Language of Men.
Emerson Professor and award-winning author of such works as Interference &\; Other Stories and Gold Star Road\, Richard Hoffman shares poems from his newest work in which he resurrects the form of the Emblem in what Terrance Hayes calls "\;a marvelous new book."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120830T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120830T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/judith-white-seventh-etching URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/judith-white-seventh-etching SUMMARY:Judith White - The Seventh Etching DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the debut novel from Brookline local Judith White. A timeless family drama set in 17th century Amsterdam\, The Seventh Etching tells the story of two couples facing ruin who are brought together by intertwined fortunes and a mysterious young girl.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120831T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ira-wood-youre-married-her URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ira-wood-youre-married-her SUMMARY:Ira Wood - You're Married to Her? DESCRIPTION:When Marge Piercy and Ira Wood started dating\, no one (not even Ira) could tell what the acclaimed feminist poet/novelist saw in him. In this touching\, funny\, and achingly honest set of essays\, Wood (The Kitchen Man) examines his younger years\, his missteps in love\, and the question that has hounded him now for 30 years\: "\;You're Married to Her?"\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T213000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120901T213000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/brothers-hilts-insomniacs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/brothers-hilts-insomniacs SUMMARY:The Brothers Hilts - The Insomniacs DESCRIPTION:The Insomniac family sleeps during the day and plays at night\, going to school and work in the dark. Local illustrators The Brothers Hilts have conjured up a nighttime world that Kirkus describes as "\;quietly magnificent."\; Kids ages 0-8.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120905T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120905T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/henry-horenstein-honky-tonk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/henry-horenstein-honky-tonk SUMMARY:Henry Horenstein - Honky Tonk DESCRIPTION:Award-winning photographer Henry Horenstein has been documenting the ins and outs\, the palaces and dives of the country music scene for the past 40 years. In this new\, definitive monograph\, he shares 120 iconic scenes with unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in American music.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120906T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/hank-phillippi-ryan-other-woman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/hank-phillippi-ryan-other-woman SUMMARY:Hank Phillippi Ryan - The Other Woman DESCRIPTION:Emmy Award winning reporter and bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan (Prime Time\, Air Time) returns to the Booksmith for her newest thriller. In The Other Woman\, a disgraced reporter investigates a candidate's secret mistress days before a Senate election. But the case may threaten more than reputations as it overlaps with a series of brutal Boston murders.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120907T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ruth-nemzoff-dont-roll-your-eyes-making-laws-family URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/ruth-nemzoff-dont-roll-your-eyes-making-laws-family SUMMARY:Ruth Nemzoff - Don't Roll Your Eyes\: Making In-Laws into Family DESCRIPTION:The wedding bells have rung\, and the cake is in the freezer. But how do you make peace with the mother-in-law who clucks her tongue or the father-in-law still protecting his little girl? In this invaluable guide for husbands\, wives\, fathers\, and mothers\, family-relations expert Ruth Nemzoff (Don't Bite Your Tongue) shares the tricks needed to have the family without the feud.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T015115Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120908T000000Z UID:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/doctorow-stross URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/event/doctorow-stross SUMMARY:Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross - The Rapture of the Nerds DESCRIPTION:Join us as two titans of modern sci-fi share their new collaboration. Cory Doctorow is co-editor of Boing Boing and the bestselling author of Little Brother and For The Win. Charles Stross is the award-winning author of Singularity Sky and The Jennifer Morgue. In Rapture\, they imagine a post-apocalyptic world in which a technophobic Welsh man must carefully weigh the costs and benefits of overpowered new technologies for the remaining humans population.
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