Thursday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.
Friendship Heights Village Center
4433 S. Park Ave.
Chevy Chase, MD
JANE SMILEY
PRIVATE LIFE (Knopf $26.95)
Ms. Smiley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for A Thousand Acres. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature in 2006.
Her riveting new novel traverses, from the 1880s to World War II, the intimate landscape of one woman's inner world: of the little girl within the hopeful bride, of the young woman filled with yearning, and of the faithful wife who comes to harbor a dangerous secret. It is also a heartbreaking portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side. A masterly, unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers.
Please sign up in advance for this FREE event by calling the Village Center at 301-656-2797.