August 2021... News, Events and What We are Reading
Beach Reading & Back To School
For some of us there is still plenty of time for summer reading, whether it’s at the beach, in the backyard, poolside or at the lake. The lazy, late summer, grasshopper days of August still beckon. For others, it’s all business and back to school, bolting out of a summer stupor. For everyone, it’s still the season of the mask.
We may be post-quarantine, but we are not post-pandemic. Be careful; be thoughtful. Consider others, not just yourself. Mask-up indoors.
Cheryl
Past Events Photo Gallery
The wonderful art of Lucinda Eubanks has been in our “gallery” for months now and we finally were able to have a proper reception for her. Thanks to all who came! Her work will be featured through the end of this month, so don’t miss a chance to see if it. Over 100 women from 35 states across the country joined us for a Virtual Beach Party last weekend with authors Brenda Novak, Sheila Roberts, RaeAnne Thayne and Nancy Naigle. Pixar Co-Founder Alvy Ray Smith signed copies of his Biography of a Pixel for an appreciative crowd of tech luminaries.
Upcoming Events
August 15th, 3pm
Book Launch Celebration
With Photographer / Author Catherine Lyons-Labate
Sausalito: Once Upon a Waterfront
A beautiful large format book of Catherine's photography documenting the life and character of the bohemian Sausalito waterfront where Catherine has lived since 1974. You may see some familiar faces...
For more information or to buy a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
August 18th, 6pm
Sausalito Yacht Club
Book Launch Celebration
With Author Craig Brown
Sure – 40 Years of Sailing
In partnership with the Sausalito Yacht Club. Non-members are welcome; buy the book and/or sign-up for the event with us for access to the Sausalito Yacht Club.
415.887.9967
staff@sausalitobooksbythebay.com
August 22nd, 11am
Storytime with Author
Tracy Tandy
Featuring Druk & Mita
Marin County local Tracy Tandy is the author of 5 books. Her picture book Druk and Mita takes children to the remote Himalayan country of Bhutan. Join us outdoors under our red umbrellas where there is plenty of room for strollers!
For more information or to buy a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
August 24th, 6pm
Fly To France with Author
Erin Byrne
Wings Anniversary Event
You are invited to celebrate five years of Wings: Gifts of Art, Life, and Travel in France! Enjoy an evening of champagne, cheese, and reminiscences of France at Sausalito Books by the Bay with Erin Byrne and Matthew Félix.
We will swoop between Bordeaux and Provence, The French Comté and Normandy, and, as always, begin and end up in Paris. Come share your own memories and tales of travel: We will post a wall of photos of YOU in France, so please bring one!
For more information or to buy a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
September 1st, 6pm
The Distant Dead
Author Heather Young
In conversation with Cheryl Popp
A special Bay Area Book Fest / Women Lit production
Meet local author Heather Young who will be discussing her recent novel The Distant Dead – just released in paperback. A shocking murder mystery and poignant coming of age story with compelling, complex characters, all delivered in Young's gorgeous prose. An unforgettable book that wrestles with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring.
For more information or to pre-order a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
All BABF Woman Lit members receive a 10% discount on books.
September 5th
Artist Reception
Muriel Schmalberg Ullman
Muriel’s watercolors evoke her life-long passion for the arts. She studied art (Hunter College/New York) taught art and, inspired by her barn house home in the south of France, started painting. A former fashion designer and writer as well, she has been a resident of Sausalito since 1971. During the pandemic she painted a small watercolor every day, a visual diary which has morphed into a small, precious book. We are honored to have her work on our walls through the month of October.
September 8th, 6pm
Book Launch Celebration & Reception
At Home In The Wine Country
Architecture & Design in the California Vineyards
Authors
Heather Sandy Hebert & Chase Reynolds Ewald
Through compelling narrative and stunning photography, this handsome large format book showcases the architecture, style, and design of homes in California’s picturesque wine country.
For more information or to buy a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
September 9th, 5:30pm
Books by the Bay Book Club
A Good Neighborhood
By Therese Anne Fowler
We are finally launching this literary salon that got hijacked by the pandemic last year.
Thanks to all of who have signed up!
For those who haven’t, it’s not too late! If you are interested please email me cheryl@sausalitobooksbythebay.com or sign up at the bookshop on your next visit. More information on this event below!
September 12th, 4pm
Book Launch Celebration For Sausalito Author
Ciji Ware's New Novel
A Spy Above The Clouds
Book 2 of Ciji's American Spy Sisters novel series inspired by the brave American women secret agents who fought the Nazis in WWII. Another riveting tale of bravery, love and loss set in the French Alps.
For more information or to pre-order a book:sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-events
September 21st, 6pm
Books & Bottles Tuesday Tasting Series
“California Road Trip”
$20 for tasting flight of 5 wines
Wines brought to you by JCB Fine Wine Curator and Concierge Anne Minkin pouring exclusive wines from the Boisset Collection and the family’s historic wineries in CA and France.
Words (related recommended reading) brought to you by our staff!
RSVP: staff@Sausalitobooksbythebay.com
A pinot gris, rose & pinor noir from Underwood in Oregon. I know. Improbable, right? They are delicious.
September 23rd, 6pm
Spinnaker Banquet Room, Sausalito
Race Matters: Reconciliation, Purpose & Our Local Community
A panel discussion hosted by Sausalito Books by the Bay and the Sausalito Woman's Club with authors and civic leaders including:
Artist, activist, & educator Orin Carpenter helping people find their voice through ARTivism
Physician-writer, bioethicist, and filmmaker Dr. September Williams (Chasing Mercury)
Author and engineer Yang Huang (Why I Write In English and My Good Son, Living Treasures)
Sausalito Mayor Jill Hoffman (chair of Racial Justice Ad Hoc Committee)
This is a free, but ticketed event. Register to attend.
September 28th, 6pm
Book Launch Celebration With Local Author Sophie Shulman
This Is A Safe Place
Sophie Shulman, who was born and raised in Marin County, has penned a mystery novel featuring a safe, suburban, gated community that has been crime-free for 55 years. That is about to change. A gate was built to keep danger out, but what if the danger was already in?
September 30th, 5pm
Take me out to the Ballpark!
Book Launch Celebration for
Forty Years a Giant –
The Life of Horace Stoneham
Author Steve Treder
When New York Giants owner Charles A. Stoneham came home one night in 1918 and told his teenage son, Horace, "Horrie, I bought you a ballclub," he set in motion a family legacy. Horace Stoneham would become one of baseball's greatest figures, an owner who played an essential role in integrating the game, and who was a major force in making our pastime truly national by bringing Major League Baseball to the West Coast.
For more information or to pre-order a book:
sausalitobooksbythebay.com/2021-event
Wines of The Month
Is there a BBQ in your future? If so, consider three of our perfect wines for pairing with grilled meat, fowl or fish.
2018 Achaval Ferrer Argentine Malbec – Mendoza Region – great taste, great value (grilled rib-eye steak)
2017 Patz & Hall Chardonnay – Dutton Ranch – flavorful but balanced & light (grilled salmon or Cornish game hens
2018 Raymond Merlot – Napa Valley – rich & smooth (grilled ribs!)
Book Club By The Bay
Save the Date & Buy the Book!
Thursday, September 9th, 5:30pm
A Good Neighborhood
by Therese Anne Fowler
Paperback – $16.99
Book club participants receive a 10% discount if you buy the book from us.
Book synopsis: The novel is a provocative, powerful read that resonates with many relevant issues today – class, race, the environment – and many timeless issues such as heartrending, young love. Set within a tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, the book prompts questions that are both timely and riveting. It’s a fast, page-turning read; a compelling story that should make for a great book group discussion. Published in 2019, Newsweek called it “One of the most precise and timely novels of the year”.
The author: Fowler is the New York Times best-selling author of “A Well Behaved Woman” and “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald” which was adapted for TV.
Not knowing all of our members and/or what they like to read, my staff and I decided this was the perfect choice for our first book. We hope you agree.
Wine, sparkling water, cheese biscuits & benne wafers from the Carolinas – will be served. (I can’t help myself… I just love a theme party)
Save The Dates For Future Book Club Gatherings
Going forward, our book club meetings will be the SECOND TUESDAY of every month.
October 12th
November 9th
December 14th (this will also be a Book Club holiday party!)
As we learn more about our book club members and their reading preferences, we will select books two months in advance, allowing adequate time to read the selection.
COVID Protocols: right now, Marin County has an indoor mask mandate unless you are eating or drinking. Please bring a mask. If you are not vaccinated, please find another book club; preferably one online.
What We're Reading
The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams
One of the best “summer reading” books I have encountered, this story is set in a small community in West London. A diverse set of characters each find a crumpled list of books to read – mainly Widower Mukesh and Aleisha an anxious teenager working at a local library – with others that circle their lives. The first book brings Mukesh and Aleisha together, and as they learn about the heartaches in their lives, they build an unbreakable bond over stories. Angela K.
Billy Summers
Stephen King
In his latest crime novel, the king of horror Stephen King presents a complex and fascinating protagonist who happens to be an assassin who takes on some very bad guys. Part war story, part touching portrait of small-town America, part road trip woven with luck, fate, friendship and second chances. Perfect summer reading! Cheryl P.
Damnation Spring
Ash Davidson
Set in the late 1970s, this novel tells the story of a small logging community in the Northern California. Generations of loggers have been working for Sanderson Timber Company. What few people recognize is not only that the clear cutting and herbicides used for decades by the Company will forever change their lives. Told from the perspectives of Rich, his wife Colleen, and their son Chub, this story tells of a vanishing way of life. Angela K.
Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy
From the author of the beloved bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Meet a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands and a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves… and herself. An unforgettable story. Cheryl P.
The Cellist
Danial Silva
The intrepid Gabriel Allon is at it again. Suspense & international intrigue. Reckless Russian kleptocrats, MI6, the Kremlin, dirty money. Another great “beach” read. Mysteries seem to be my summer staple! Cheryl P..
Imagining Argentina
Lawrence Thornton
A dreamlike novel set in 1970s Argentina during the Dirty War. When his wife is abducted for her dissident journalism, Carlos begins to invent stories about the fates of political prisoners disappeared by the regime. Somehow, the imagined stories that he tells turn out to come true, giving hope and resolution to the people in his life. Thornton gives an unflinching look at the nature of authoritarianism and the forces of human resilience and imagination that oppose it. The novel has received criticism because the author had never even been to Argentina at the time of its writing, but it is still regarded as a sincere and profound work of magic realism. Matthew K.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Susanna Clarke
The story of two gentleman magicians hoping to restore the practice of English magic during the Napoleonic Wars. The plot involves miracles described in breathtaking prose and political posturing laid out in nuanced detail. The novel gets shockingly suspenseful as the grounded and realistic characters begin to deal with sinister agents from another world. Clarke creates an alternate version of 19th century England that is so well planned and researched it truly feels like a world of its own.
Matthew K.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab
In 1714, desperate to flee a life of drudgery as a wife and step-mother, Addie makes a life altering pact with a dangerous stranger to live forever. She finds that no one can remember her, not family or friends. For centuries she is forgotten as soon as a door is closed. Until she meets Henry in a NY bookstore 300 years later. Henry has a secret of his own. With vivid secondary characters, a story you will not forget and want to share with everyone. Angela K.
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate -
An American Tragedy
Michael Dobbs
Dobbs, a longtime fixture in UK politics, and now a member of the House of Lords, has an astonishing literary history. I know him as the author of One Minute to Midnight, a definitive accounting of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which I highly recommend as well. If you read End Credits, you might also know him as the author on whose novels House of Cards was based. Now, in King Richard, he tackles a much-revisited subject, with which I may already be over-familiar, but re-envisages it so totally, through Nixon's eyes (working from The Nixon Tapes), that I absorbed it in about three days, and am looking forward to multiple re-readings. Whether Watergate is a blank in your understanding of how we got to where we are today, or if you haven't considered it for a few decades, this book demands to be read. Jeff B.
Bright Green Future: How Everyday Heroes Are
Re-Imagining the Way We Feed, Power, and Build Our World
Gregory Schwartz and Trevor Decker Cohen
I love being surprised. In talking to one of the authors before reading this, I was expecting outcome X; instead I got outcome Y and Z and beyond. If you ever want affirmation that there are fellow Earthlings whose brilliance and creativity and entrepreneurship are dedicated, not to profit, but to our continuing existence on this fragile globe, this is it. Schwartz and Cohen are wonderful guides to this under-reported world, as all journalists passionate about their subject must ultimately be. Jeff B.
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