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6:00 pm

MARIANNE LEONE and MICHAEL PATRICK MACDONALD Discuss Her New Memoir, Ma Speaks Up

June 22, 2017 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116 United States
Free

MICHAEL PATRICK MACDONALD, author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie will be in conversation with MARIANNE LEONE, author of Jesse: A Mother's Story and the newly released, Ma Speaks Up, at the Central Library in Copley Square on Thursday June 22nd at 6pm. Both authors will read from their works, before sitting down […]

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7:00 pm

MICHAEL FRANK reads from his memoir, The Mighty Franks

June 22, 2017 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
Free

Brookline Booksmith hosts essayist, critic and author MICHAEL FRANK presenting his family memoir, The Might Franks, which the New York Times calls "probing and radiantly polished." About The Mighty Franks: Talented, sparkling, and lavish with both money and love, Auntie Hankie teaches young Michael which books to read, which painters to admire, and which people […]

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Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet present debut author ANGELICA BAKER

June 22, 2017 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Free

Harvard Book Store and GrubStreet welcome debut author ANGELICA BAKER and Boston College's STUART NADLER—acclaimed author of Wise Men, The Book of Life, and The Inseparables—for a discussion of BAKER's new novel, Our Little Racket, the story of five women whose lives are dramatically changed by the downfall of a financial titan. This event is not ticketed.

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7:30 pm

BETH MACY, author of TRUEVINE, in conversation with LISA MULLINS

June 22, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Papercuts JP, 5 Green Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130 United States

Papercuts welcomes BETH MACY, in conversation with WBUR's LISA MULLINS, to discuss Macy's bestselling book, Truevine, the true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. Through hundreds of interviews and decades of research, Beth Macy expertly explores a […]

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