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Markus Zusak

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

Bridge of Clay (Knopf) is an unforgettable family saga from Markus Zusak, author of the extraordinary bestseller, The Book Thief. Bridge of Clay is the breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance.

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Powell’s Books Presents: Richard Powers

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Richard Powers’s The Overstory is a prescient work of fiction arriving at a time of fierce political debate over the environment and a surge in grassroots activism. From one of America’s most “prodigiously talented” writers (New York Times Book Review) comes a magisterial novel about the world of trees and a band of people determined to change the way it is perceived. In The Overstory, the National Book Award-winning author carves a spellbinding tale of lives interlinked across vast stretches of time and space by nature’s powerful, unseen hand. A year spent under the redwoods of California’s Central Peninsula revealed to Powers the immensity and miracle of trees. In reflecting on his previous novels, he realized he had never fully…

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$28.95

The Page-Turner Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

We will discuss Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson. Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it--teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. And, of course, the steadfast and supportive Charlotte. But Amy's sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when the mysterious and alluring Angelica Roux arrives on her doorstep one book club night. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club. Email us to order it or come in!

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Mollie Hunt and Heather Ames

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a multi-book launch event from local authors Mollie Hunt and Heather Ames! Among the featured releases are Hunt’s Cat Noel, a Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery Christmas novella, and Ames’s Swift Retribution, book three in the Brian Swift & Kaylen Roberts mystery/suspense series. In Cat Noel, Lynley finds a new meaning of Christmas when a Wiccan’s familiar is catnapped, and Lynley becomes her only hope. Lynley Cannon is dreading the Holidays. The sixty-something cat shelter volunteer would rather hang out with cats that brave her daughter’s soulless Christmas gala, so when a witch’s beloved kitty is catnapped, Lynley grabs the excuse to skip out on her social obligations. Though Lynley knows little about the white witchcraft known as Wicca, she does know cats and…

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Mesha Maren

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Mesha Maren’s Sugar Run (Algonquin) is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life, the use and treachery of makeshift families, and how, no matter the distance we think we’ve traveled from the mistakes we’ve made, too often we find ourselves standing in precisely the place we began.

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Fact and Fiction in The Preserve: A Novel

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Join me as I reveal fact and fiction in my new novel The Preserve, set in 1948 Hawaii. I'll read a little too and answer any questions. It's a pub, with books! What could be better? Please pass the word to readers and friends. I hope to see you there! For more, check out: https://www.stephenfanderson.com/the-preserve https://www.rosecitybookpub.com

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Kids’ Storytime With Alison Farrell

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Today, author and illustrator Alison Farrell joins us to read from her new picture book, The Hike (Chronicle). With lyrical language that captures the majesty of the natural world, The Hike tells the victorious story of three girls' friendship – and their tribulations and triumphs in the great outdoors.

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Delicious Dreams Author Reading & Launch

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Only 100 hardcover copies will be printed. Pre-order details coming soon. I will be doing a reading and launching BOOK 2. Costumes and pajamas are always welcome. $30 for your limited edition autographed Delicious Dreams book & part of the proceeds will be going toward my St. Baldrick's Foundation to help find cures for children's cancer. *VENMO, Apple Pay or Cash please :) https://www.stbaldricks.org/fundraisers/DeliciousDreams19?fbclid=IwAR0L8FfPmxK7rAjYWqeUTmT_O-KCZnb5ZEaGLiwK7arYHYKKeM-3NzBvNq0

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True Crime Book Club

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

True Crime Book Club meets on Sundays and October's pick is Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club. Email us to order it or come in!

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