Event

Will Schwalbe, Books for Living

Sponsored by Kepler's Literary Foundation

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
7:30 p.m.

Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Will Schwalbe spent hours talking about books with his mother in one hospital waiting room after another as they waited for treatments. Thus, was born, "The End of Your Life Book Club."

Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape from reality? For Will Schwalbe, reading is a way to entertain himself but also to make sense of the world, to become a better person, and to find the answers to the big (and small) questions about how to live his life. In his new book, "Books for Living," Schwalbe invites us along on his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world, with all its noise and distractions.

Join the New York Times bestselling author for a conversation on why literature means so much to us. Why is it so satisfying, why do we want to share it? Why does literature draw us closer together?