Here at GGP we're excited to be welcoming Cristina Algers\, author of The Darlings\, on Wednesday\, March 7th at 7\:00 p.m. We LOVE this book!
A sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences.
Now
that he's married to Merrill Darling\, daughter of billionaire
financier Carter Darling\, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to
New York society and all of its luxuries\: a Park Avenue apartment\,
weekends in the Hamptons\, bespoke suits. When Paul loses his job\,
Carter offers him the chance to head the legal team at his hedge fund.
Thrilled with his good fortune in the midst of the worst financial
downturn since the Great Depression\, Paul accepts the position.
But
Paul's luck is about to shift\: a tragic event catapults the Darling
family into the media spotlight\, a regulatory investigation\, and a
red-hot scandal with enormous implications for everyone involved.
Suddenly\, Paul must decide where his loyalties lie-will he save himself
while betraying his wife and in-laws or protect the family business at
all costs?
Cristina Alger's glittering debut novel interweaves
the narratives of the Darling family\, two eager SEC attorneys\, and a
team of journalists all racing to uncover-or cover up-the truth. With
echoes of a fictional Too Big to Fail and the novels of Dominick Dunne\, The Darlings
offers an irresistible glimpse into the highest echelons of New York
society-a world seldom seen by outsiders-and a fast-paced thriller of
epic proportions.
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Meredith Maran\,author of Class Dismissed\, will be reading from her debut novel\, A Theory of Small Earthquakes\, on Thursday\, March 8th at 7\:00 p.m.
In her ten previous nonfiction books\, Meredith Maran has trained her
journalistic eye on the subtle dance between the political and the
personal. Now Maran brings her provocative gaze to her debut novel – a
family story spanning two decades\, set against the social\, political\,
and geological upheavals of the Bay Area.
Eager to escape her damaging
past and chart her own future\, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe\, a
free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and a love outside
the norm. After many happy years together\, the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake deepens fissures in the two women’s relationship\, and Alison
leaves Zoe for a new\, “normal” life with a man. Alison’s son is the
outcome of both of these complicated relationships\, and the three
parents strive to create a life together that will test the boundaries
of love and family in changing times.
Meredith has proven it's never too late to write that book!!! Go Meredith\, we are SO proud of you!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T183306Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120314T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120314T030000Z UID:http://www.ggpbooks.com/event/cara-black-murder-lanterne-rouge-aimee-leduc-investigation URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ggpbooks.com/event/cara-black-murder-lanterne-rouge-aimee-leduc-investigation SUMMARY:CARA BLACK--MURDER AT THE LANTERNE ROUGE\: An Aimee Leduc Investigation DESCRIPTION:Cara Black\, creator of the Aimee Leduc mysteries\, will be reading from the latest installment Murder at the Lanterne Rouge\, on Tuesday\, March 13th at 7\:00 p.m.
Aimée Leduc is happy her long-time business partner René has found a
girlfriend. Really\, she is. It’s not her fault if she can’t suppress her
doubts about the relationship\; René is moving way too fast\, and Aimée’s
instincts tell her Meizi\, this supposed love of René’s life\, isn’t
trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark\: Meizi
disappears during a Chinatown dinner to take a phone call and never
comes back to the restaurant. Minutes later\, the body of a young man\, a
science prodigy and volunteer at the nearby Musée\, is found
shrink-wrapped in an alleyway—with Meizi’s photo in his wallet.
Aimée
does not like this scenario one bit\, but she can’t figure out how the
murder is connected to Meizi’s disappearance. The dead genius was
sitting on a discovery that has France’s secret service keeping tabs on
him. Now they’re keeping tabs on Aimée. A missing young woman\, an
illegal immigrant raid in progress\, botched affairs of the heart\, dirty
policemen\, the French secret service\, cutting-edge science secrets and a
murderer on the loose—what has she gotten herself into? And can she get
herself—and her friends—back out of it all alive?
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From a folk-rock legend comes a tender\, comic story of family\, music\, and second chances.
"\;Not every dazzling musician has a novel in her\, but Suzzy Roche\, among all her other gifts\, is a novelist\, the genuine article. Wayward Saints is funny\, smart\, poignant\, the prose so clear\, so direct\, so true. This book is a joy."\;
-- Jane Hamilton\, author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World
Mary Saint\, the rule-breaking\, troubled former lead singer of the almost-famous band Sliced Ham\, has pretty much given up on music after the trauma of her band member and lover Garbagio's death seven years earlier. Instead\, with the help of her best friend\, Thaddeus\, she is trying to piece her life together while making mochaccinos in San Francisco. Meanwhile\, back in her hometown of Swallow\, New York\, her mother\, Jean Saint\, struggles with her own ghosts.
When Mary is invited to give a concert at her old high school\, Jean is thrilled\, though she's worried about what Father Benedict and her neighbors will think of songs such as "\;Sewer Flower"\; and "\;You're a Pig."\; But she soon realizes that there are going to be bigger problems when the whole town--including a discouraged teacher and a baker who's anything but sweet--gets in on the act.
Filled with characters that are wild and original\, yet still familiar and warm--plus plenty of great insider winks at the music industry--Wayward Saints is a touching and hilarious look at confronting your past and going home again.
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What makes a family a family? And what do we owe the people in our lives?
Adam and Kira Glazer live a Northern California liberal lifestyle\, entering middle age with politically correct values\, an obsession with gourmet organic food\, and no idea what has happened to their punk rock\, adventurous youth. Then\, a shocking reminder of the past lands on their doorstep. Adam\, Kira\, and their 13-year-old daughter Polly take on freeways\, yoga classes and junk food\, face dark truths and blood secrets\, and drive—alone and together—all the way to The Edge of Maybe.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130520T183306Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120327T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120327T030000Z UID:http://www.ggpbooks.com/event/tupelo-hassman-girlchild URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ggpbooks.com/event/tupelo-hassman-girlchild SUMMARY:TUPELO HASSMAN-GIRLCHILD DESCRIPTION:Tupelo Hassman will be reading from her novel\, Girlchild\, on Monday\, Monday\, March 26th at 7\:00 p.m.
Rory Hendrix is the least likely of Girl Scouts. She hasn’t got a troop or even a badge to call her own. But she’s checked the Handbook out from the elementary school library so many times that her name fills all the lines on the card\, and she pores over its surreal advice (Uniforms\, disposing of outgrown\; The Right Use of Your Body\; Finding Your Way When Lost) for tips to get off the Calle\: that is\, the Calle de las Flores\, the Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother\, Jo\, the sweet-faced\, hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.
Rory’s been told that she is one of the “third-generation bastards surely on the road to whoredom.” But she’s determined to prove the county and her own family wrong. Brash\, sassy\, vulnerable\, wise\, and terrified\, she struggles with her mother’s habit of trusting the wrong men\, and the mixed blessing of being too smart for her own good. From diary entries\, social workers’ reports\, half-recalled memories\, arrest records\, family lore\, Supreme Court opinions\, and her grandmother’s letters\, Rory crafts a devastating collage that shows us her world even as she searches for the way out of it.
Tupelo Hassman’s Girlchild is a heart-stopping and original debut.
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FOR THE FIRST TIME in Spellman history\, Isabel Spellman\, PI\, might be the most normal member of her family. Mom has taken on an outrageous assortment of extracurricular activities—with no apparent motive. Dad has a secret. Izzy’s brother and sister are at war—for no apparent reason. And her niece keeps saying “banana” even though she hates bananas.
That’s not to say that Izzy isn’t without her own troubles. Her boyfriend\, Henry Stone\, keeps wanting “to talk\,” a prospect Isabel evades by going out with her new drinking buddy\, none other than Gertrude Stone\, Henry’s mother.
Things aren’t any simpler on the business side of Spellman Investigations. First\, Rae is hired to follow a girl\, only to fake the surveillance reports. Then a math professor hires Izzy to watch his immaculate apartment while he unravels like a bad formula. And as the questions pile up\, Izzy won’t stop hunting for the answers—even when they threaten to shatter both the business and the family.
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