A Great Good Place for Books is proud to welcome Kelly Corrigan to our store for the Bay Area launch of her new book Lift.
About the Author
Kelly
Corrigan is the author of The Middle Place\, a New York Times bestseller. She is a
YouTube sensation whose beloved “Transcending” video was sent
woman-to-woman to more than 4 million viewers. She is also a contributor
to O\, The Oprah Magazine and Good Housekeeping\, and is the founder of
circusofcancer.org. She lives outside San
Francisco with her husband and children.
Praise for Lift
"\;Although we've never met\, I love Kelly
Corrigan like a friend. Her work gives me a rich sense of intimacy with someone
who is full of life and hard-fought wisdom. She's hilarious\, tender-hearted\,
tough\, loyal\, wild\, and screwed-up--like all the coolest women I know."\;
--Anne Lamott\, author of Bird by Bird
and Traveling Mercies
Praise for The
Middle Place
"\;Funny and irresistibly exuberant."\;
--O\, The Oprah Magazine
"\;Come for the writing\, stay for the
drama. Or vice versa. Either way\, you won't regret it."\;
--San Francisco
Chronicle
"\;Plan to laugh\, cry\, and be consumed by
Kelly Corrigan."\;
--Winston-Salem
Journal
"\;For two days I ignored my family while I
devoured Kelly Corrigan's memoir. I spent a good part of that time crying\, but
mostly I was laughing . . . She captures our hearts and teaches us something
new about family\, love\, and yes\, even death."\;
--Ayelet Waldman\, author of Bad Mother
and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
ATTENTION NEW MOMS
Come meet Kristen Horler founder of
Baby Boot Camp Thursday\, March 25th\, 4\:00 pm. Kristen discusses "\;Baby Boot
Camp\,"\; a super popular fitness program that enables moms to get back in
shape\, bond with other moms and have fun.
ATTENTION PARENTS AND TEENS
A Great Good Place for Books
proudly welcomes Yvonne Prinz as she reads from her remarkable new novel\, THE
VINYL PRINCESS\, Thursday\, March 25th at 7\:00 pm.
Yvonne Prinz has written three books
in the award-winning Clare series. A Canadian living in San Francisco\, Prinz founded the famed
independent music store Amoeba Records with her husband. There\, she keeps her
finger on the pulse of hip teen culture. You can read the blog of The Vinyl
Princess at http\://www.thevinylprincess.com/.
Summer is here\, and 16-year-old
Allie\, a self-professed music geek\, is exactly where she wants to be\: working
full-time at Berkeley’s ultra-cool Bob and Bob Records. There\, Allie can spend
her days bantering with the street people\, talking the talk with the staff\,
shepherding the uncool bridge-and-tunnel shoppers\, all the while blissfully
surrounded by music\, music\, music. It’s the perfect setup for her to develop
her secret identity as The Vinyl Princess\, author of both a brand-new zine and
blog. From the safety of her favorite place on earth\, Allie is poised to have
it all\: love\, music and blogging.
Her mother\, though\, is actually the one getting the dates\, and business at
Allie’s beloved record store is becoming dangerously slow—not to mention that
there have been a string of robberies in the neighborhood. At least her blog
seems to be gaining interest\, one vinyl junkie at a time….
“Prinz\, who cofounded an indie music
store\, writes with a genuine passion for music that all readers who live to
listen will recognize\, and in this heartfelt\, often-hilarious story\, she shows
the profound ways that music can shape lives.”
— ALA BOOKLIST
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A Great Good Place for Books
proudly welcomes Arthur Allen as he reads from his new book\, RIPE\: The Search
for the Perfect Tomato\, Friday\, March 26th at 7\:00 pm.
The tomato inspires a cult-like
devotion from food lovers on all continents. The people of Ohio love the tomato so much they made
tomato juice the official state beverage. An annual food festival in Spain draws
thousands of participants in a 100-ton tomato fight. The tomato has conquered
the cuisines of Spain and Italy\, and in America\, it is our most popular
garden vegetable.
Journalist
Arthur Allen understands
the spell of the tomato and is your guide in telling its dramatic
story. He
begins by describing in mouthwatering detail the wonder of a truly
delicious
tomato\, then introduces the man who prospected for wild tomato genes in
South America and made them available to tomato breeders.
He tells the baleful story of enslaved Mexican Indians in the Florida
tomato fields\, the conquest of the
canning tomato by the Chinese Army\, and the struggle of Italian tomato
producers to maintain a way of life. Allen combines reportage\, archival
research\, and innumerable anecdotes in a lively narrative that\, through
the
lens of today’s global market\, tells a story that will resonate from
greenhouse
to dinner table.
A Great Good Place for Books proudly welcome Indu Sundaresan as she reads from her book Shadow Princess.
In Shadow Princess\, Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The
Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses\, returning to seventeenth-century India a few
years after Mehrunnisa's death\, as two royal princesses struggle for power.
The daughters of the emperor\, Jahangir and Roshanara\, conspire and
scheme against one another in an attempt to gain power over their father's
harem. As royal princesses\, they are confined in the imperial harem and not
allowed to marry. However\, this does not stop them from having illicit affairs
or plotting who will be the next heir to the throne.
These royal sisters are in competition for everything\: control over the
harem\, their father's affection\, and the future of their country.
Unfortunately\, only one of them can succeed. And despite their best efforts to
affect the future\, their schemes are eclipsed\, both during their lives and in
posterity\, as they live in the shadow of the greatest monument in Indian
history\, the Taj Mahal.
With a flair and enthusiasm for history and culture\, Sundaresan creates
a story full of rich details that brings the reader deep into the world of the
lives of Indian women and their struggles for power and the profound history of
the Taj Mahal\, one of the most celebrated works of architecture in the world.