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Special Event
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2:00 PM
FOCUS ON FRENCH CINEMA
MURIEL BARBERRY
LE HERISSON: THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG
Focus on French Cinema
The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY
To purchase tickets, visit www.focusonfrenchcinema.org
Le Herisson - The Elegance of the Hedgehog directed by Mona Acache with Josiane Blasko, written by Muriel Barberry, will be featured at Focus on French Cinema 2010 on Sunday afternoon, April 11, at 2 p.m., at The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. For information and tickets please visit: www.focusonfrenchcinema.org. Don't miss the opportunity to see the film that everyone who has read the book has been waiting for. To purchase the book stop by the Just Books table April 11 at the festival or click here to order.
Book Review - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Renée Michel is the dumpy, nondescript, 54-year-old concierge of a small and exclusive Paris apartment building... Paloma Josse also lives in the building. Acutely intelligent, introspective and philosophical, this 12-year-old views the world as absurd and records her observations about it in her journal... These two characters provide the double narrative of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, and you will -- this is going to sound corny -- fall in love with both..."
"Tender and satirical in its overall tone, yet most absorbing because of its reflections on the nature of beauty and art, the meaning of life and death... The intelligent Muriel Barbery has served readers well by giving us the gently satirical, exceptionally winning and inevitably bittersweet Elegance of the Hedgehog."
Muriel Barbery was born in Casablanca, raised in France, and lives in Japan with her husband Stéphane. Her novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog was in second spot on the 2009 IndieBound bestseller list and 13th on the New York Times bestseller list, and a bestseller in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, South Korea and many other countries.
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Author Talk & Book Signing MONDAY, APRIL 19, 7:00 PM
ANNA QUINDLEN
EVERY LAST ONE: A NOVEL
Greenwich Library
101 W. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Free and Open to the Public
The Greenwich Library and Just Books are thrilled to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen to the Greenwich Library as she introduces her new novel, Every Last One (Random House, April 13, 2010, $26).
In her newest novel, Anna Quindlen creates an unforgettable portrait of a mother, father, a family, and the explosive, violent consequences of what seem like inconsequential actions. Every Last One is a novel about facing every last one of the things we fear most, about finding ways to navigate a road we never intended to travel, to live a life we never dreamed we'd have to live but must be brave enough to try.
Quindlen is the author of five bestselling novels: Rise and Shine, Blessings, Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue; and six nonfiction books: Being Perfect, Loud & Clear, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud, and How Reading Changed My Life. She has also written two children's books: The Tree That Came to Stay and Happily Ever After. Her New York Times column "Public and Private" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. She also writes a column for Newsweek.
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Author Talk & Book Signing
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 7:00 PM
SHERI KOONES
PREFABULOUS + SUSTAINABLE:
BUILDING AND CUSTOMIZING AN AFFORDABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME
Just Books
28 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich, CT
$25 includes event & book; Reservations required: 203-637-0707
Just Books welcomes award-winning Greenwich author Sheri Koones and experts on modular home construction, Dave Wrocklage of Epoch Homes, and Jim Hines, a local builder, as they talk about aspects of prefab construction and how to build it "green." Koones will also speak about and sign copies of her newest book, PreFabulous + Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable Energy Efficient Home (Abrams, April 1, 2010, $25). Koones is an award-winning author and expert on prefabricated homes. Her book Prefabulous, explored the variety, beauty and eco-friendly benefits of prefab homes and recently won the prestigious Gold Award in the 2008 Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
Entrance to the event is $25 and includes Sheri's book. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Just Books at 203-637-0707. The first 20 reservations will receive a $5 reduction in the cost of the book/admission.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY!!
Just Books would like to THANK the community for its continued support. The success of an independent neighborhood bookstore is dependent on its loyal customers.
-- Marion Holmes and the staff at Just Books
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Just Books' Author Events:
APRIL 11, 2:00 PM -- Focus on French Cinema with MURIEL BARBERRY with LE HERISSON: THE ELEGANCE OF THE EDGEHOG (The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College)
APRIL 19, 7:00 PM -- ANNA QUINDLEN with EVERY LAST ONE: A NOVEL (Greenwich Library)
APRIL 21, 7:00 PM -- SHERI KOONES with PREFABULOUS + SUSTAINABLE: BUILDING AND CUSTOMIZING AN AFFORDABLE ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME with special guests Dave Wrocklage and Jim Himes (Just Books - Reservations Required 203-637-0707)
MAY 5 -- ABRAHAM VERGHESE with CUTTING FOR STONE (Room to Read)
MAY 13, 7:30 PM -- French in English Book Club - Anna Gavalda with Hunting and Gathering (Just Books)
MAY 25, 7:00 PM - LINNDA DURRÉ, PH.D. with SURVIVING THE TOXIC WORKPLACE - book discussion & signing (Just Books)
JUNE 9, 70:00 PM -- KEN MCADAMS with BON COURAGE: REDISCOVERING THE ART OF LIVING IN THE HEART OF FRANCE - book discussion & signing (Arcadia Cafe)
JUNE 10, 7:30 PM -- French in English Book Club - TBA
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Just Books is proud to support the community with a renewed and continued focus on customer service. Check out the Just Books' calendar for upcoming events, including book signings, book clubs, youth literacy and writing programs (Just Words @ Just Books on Monday nights). Also stop by anytime and meet the new owner Marion Holmes. Just Books also wants to hear from you, so please send us your favorites, recommendations and wish list! Just Books can special order any book, gift wrap and ship to anywhere in the U.S.
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