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Meg Waite Clayton in conversation with Ellen Sussman
Tuesday, August 11
7:30pm - Seating Area opens at 6:30pm
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Join us to launch the new novel from celebrated local author Meg Waite Clayton. If you loved Clayton's "The Wednesday Sisters" then you won't want to miss "The Race for Paris".
Based on daring, real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn - and with cameos by other famous faces of the time - The Race for Paris is an absorbing, atmospheric World War II novel about two American journalists and an Englishman, who together race the allies to occupied Paris for the scoop of their lives. Meg will share photos of several of the journalists who inspired the book, as well as some of the real photos they took.
Jane, a reporter for the Nashville Banner, and Liv, an Associated Press photographer, have already had to endure enormous danger and frustrating obstacles to cover the fighting in France, but Liv is determined to be the first photographer to reach Paris with the Allies and capture its freedom from the Nazis. Join the protagonists as they go AWOL and form an indelible emotional bond that will transform them and reverberate long after the war is over.
Orphan Train author, Christina Baker Kline, calls it "ambitious, riveting... Deftly weaving fact and fiction" and Ann Packer says it has everything - "adventure, romance, history, and most of all heart."
Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels: The Four Ms. Bradwells; The Wednesday Sisters; The Language of Light; and The Wednesday Daughters. She's written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News, Forbes, Writer's Digest, Runner's World, and public radio. She is also an avid supporter of independent bookstores and blogs at http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/.
Ellen Sussman is the author of four national bestselling novels: A Wedding in Provence, The Paradise Guest House, French Lessons and On a Night Like This. She has been awarded fellowships from The Sewanee Writers Conference, The Napoule Art Foundation, Hedgebrook, Brush Creek, Ledig House, Ucross, Ragdale Foundation, Writers at Work, Wesleyan Writers Conference and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has taught at Pepperdine, UCLA and Rutgers University. Ellen now teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes out of her home.
Ticket Information:
$30.00 -- Premier Ticket. Includes 1 copy of "The Race to Paris", premier seating, and priority in the signing line.
$15.00 -- General Admission. Does not include book.
The book will be available for pickup at the event.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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