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Start: 4:30 pm
End: 5:30 pm
Dessen’s new novel is the thoughtful coming-of-age story of Auden, a child who has always been the serious adult in the family. Never really having learned to have fun, Auden spends her last summer before college with her new stepmother and month-old stepsister at her father's beach house. There she meets a young man working through grief and loss who, like Auden, stays up all night. She learns to ride a bike, bowl, and enjoy summer-job camaraderie other teen girls. Ages 12-16.
Start: 7:00 pm
Gordon-Reed, a law professor at NYU as well as a history professor at Rutgers, won the National Book Award for this groundbreaking study of Jefferson’s long-standing relationship with Sally Hemings, a slave in his household. In presenting this well-researched work, Gordon-Reed overturned the conventional thinking of white historians.
Start: 7:00 pm
Chabon, whose The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, offers his second venture into non-fiction, a collection of autobiographical essays that are both reflective and anecdotal. What does is mean to be a man today? Chabon reviews the diverse roles he has held as son, husband, and father, and discovers new meanings and regrets, along with plenty of humor.
Tickets are 7 dollars each or get 2 free tickets with purchase of a book.
Purchased tickets and books will be held for pickup at Will-Call at GW Lisner Auditorium.
Tickets and books will NOT be shipped (until after the booksigning).
Online reservations will only be accepted for PRE-PAID in-store pickup or venue will call pickup.
Selecting PAY IN STORE does NOT ensure a reservation.
After twelve noon on the day of the event, please call 202-364-1919 to purchase tickets.
Tickets and books WILL also be available for sale October 9th at 6 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium.
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All our in-store events are free and open to the public. All event titles are 20% off for members during the month in which the author appears at the store. Click here for directions. There is ample parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.
If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (202.364.1919 or 1.800.722.0790), or through our website. When buying online, simply use the checkout comments field to indicate that you would like us to request the author's signature at our event before shipping it to you. Event recordings on CD or MP3 are also available in the store and online.
All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Mike Giarratano, at events@politics-prose.com. For Children and Teens' Events, contact Gussie Lewis at glewis@politics-prose.com.