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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist discusses her latest poignant bestseller about family, community, loss and growth with Elisabeth Egan of The New York Times Book Review.
The event will take place at the First Congregational Church of Montclair, 40 S. Fullerton Avenue. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. This is a ticketed event. Tickets cost $25 and include a signed copy of the book. After the discussion, there will be a Q&A period.
Open Book / Open Mind is sponsored by Montclair Public Library Foundation, Watchung Booksellers, the New Jersey Council on Humanities, Dr. Alex and Doris Malaspina, David and Mary Lee Jones, and our individual Underwriters. We are also grateful for the generous support of our in-kind sponsors, First Congregational Church of Montclair, The George, and Amanti Vino. To support Open Book / Open Mind and other library programs, click here to donate.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels including "Object Lessons,""Still Life with Bread Crumbs," and "Miller’s Valley." Her memoir "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake," was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book "A Short Guide to a Happy Life" has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, "Living Out Loud" and "Thinking Out Loud."
ABOUT "After Annie"
A New York Times bestseller.
"Anna Quindlen’s trademark wisdom on family, friendship, and the ties that bind us are at the center of this novel about the power of love to transcend loss and triumph over adversity...
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin of all their lives. Bill is overwhelmed without his beloved wife, and Annemarie wrestles with the bad habits her best friend had helped her overcome. And Ali, the eldest of Annie’s children, has to grow up overnight, to care for her younger brothers and even her father and to puzzle out for herself many of the mysteries of adult life.
Over the course of the next year what saves them all is Annie, ever-present in their minds, loving but not sentimental, caring but nobody’s fool, a voice in their heads that is funny and sharp and remarkably clear. The power she has given to those who loved her is the power to go on without her. The lesson they learn is that no one beloved is ever truly gone."—Penguin Random House
“Part of Quindlen’s gift is that you don’t just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love.”—People magazine
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Elisabeth Egan is a book critic at The New York Times, where she writes reviews, author profiles, personal essays and other stories about the world of reading. She has worked in the publishing industry for 30 years. Before coming to The Times, she was the books editor at Glamour for six years. She is the author of “A Window Opens,” which was named a notable book of 2015 by the Washington Post. Egan is a resident of Montclair and a member of the Open Book / Open Mind advisory committee.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Open Book/Open Mind | Book Discussion | Author Talk |
TAGS: | memoir | journalism |
