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Laura McKowen presents WE ARE THE LUCKIEST: THE SURPRISING MAGIC OF A SOBER LIFE at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

January 15, 2020 | 7:00 pm
Free

What could possibly be “lucky” about addiction? Absolutely nothing, thought Laura McKowen when drinking brought her to her knees. As she puts it, she “kicked and screamed … wishing for something – anything – else” to be her issue. The people who got to drink normally, she thought, were so damn lucky. But in the […]

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Liz Moore presents LONG BRIGHT RIVER: A NOVEL at Harvard Book Store

January 15, 2020 | 7:00 pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Free

Harvard Book Store welcomes LIZ MOORE—author of the acclaimed novels Heft and The Unseen World—for a discussion of her latest novel, Long Bright River. About Long Bright River In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. […]

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Tara Sim presents SCAVENGE THE STARS in conversation with Christine Lynn Herman and Amanda Foody at Porter Square Books

January 15, 2020 | 7:00 pm
Porter Square Books, 25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
Free

Join Tara Sim at Porter Square Books, in conversation with Christine Lynn Herman, and Amanda Foody about her new book Scavenge the Stars! When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she's been held captive for years. Instead, the man she […]

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