July... News, Events and What We are Reading!

Summer Reading

Nothing like sinking your toes into warm sand on a beach and your nose into a good book! Add an ocean view, the crashing surf, a cool drink, a good sunhat and it’s near nirvana for me. Maybe you’re deep in the forest backpacking, reading at dusk by campfire, or maybe you’re just in a shaded hammock in your own back yard. You don’t need to leave town. Reading gives us a place to stay even when we have nowhere to go. You can travel around the world in a book and journey into many different cultures and communities, and never have to deal with long airport lines, security checks and lost luggage. (Mine went missing for FIVE days!) We have curated a collection of our favorite summer “reads” so stop by and check out our recommendations whether you’re staying in town or on your way out. Wherever you are this summer, don’t forget to bring a good book.
Cheryl

Photo Gallery of Past Events

1 & 2 – EJ Tanda with her debut novel Queen of Hearts

3 – Elisa Stancil This or Something Better – a beautiful memoir

4 – Chris Gallagher – Sausalito Fourth of July Day parade Grand Marshall with Tom Clark

5 – Jeff Scharosch – Civic leader & General Manager of the Spinnaker Restaurant, who graciously hosts many of our events

6 – My new bookstore owner friend Francisca at her lovely Indie Not a Bookshop in Cascais, Portugal

7 & 8 – International bookstore inspiration, from Portugal to Paris

Upcoming Events

July 19th, 6pm

Isaac Stone Fish
America Second –

In conversation with
John Pomfret

AMERICA 2nd – How America's Elites Are Making China China Stronger – is an analysis of how American business leaders and diplomats (in both political parties) have pandered to the Communist Party of China over the past 50 years and what the consequences may be. A cautionary tale about sacrificing truth in pursuit of business success in China. 

A former Beijing correspondent for Newsweek, who lived in China for 6 years, the author is also CEO of Strategy Risks, a research firm in NYC.

July 20th, 6pm

Katie Hafner
The Boys

Bicycle through Italy with Ethan Fawcett as he explores universal themes of loneliness, connection, love, isolation and healing. This debut novel is a knock out. With humor, compassion and wonderful narrative “it leaves readers deeply nourished, heart, mind, and soul.”

A journalist & author who writes frequently for the New York Times & Washington Post, Katie is the author of 6 other books including a memoir Mother Daughter Me.

July 21st, 6pm

Stephen Murphy
Abiding Conviction

As a former trial attorney, author Stephen Murphy knows a bit about the law…so his series of legal thrillers featuring defense attorney Dutch Francis are expertly executed. A blend of suspense, legal maneuvering and romance makes for a compelling tale. In this, the third in the series, Dutch’s wife, a prominent TV news broadcaster, goes missing just as he is beginning a high-profile trial… and he is accused of kidnapping her.

August 4th, 6pm

Barbara Graham
What Jonah Knew –

In conversation with Geneen Roth

One of the most riveting and emotional literary thrillers of the year. A profound psychological story with a supernatural twist that crosses lifetimes and will leave you breathless. A spellbinding portrait of the fierce love between mothers and sons.

Barbara Graham is an author, essayist, and playwright having published three other best selling books. 

August 9th, 5:30pm

Book Club:
With author Carol Edgarian
Vera

Join this New York times best-selling author for a lively discussion of her recent novel Vera which is set in San Francisco in 1906 – a dramatic coming of age tale framed by an historic earthquake,  greed & corruption, with  legendary real life characters. Vera is a tenacious heroine you won't forget. 

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August 16th, 6pm

Adrian Shanker
Crisis & Care

Crisis and Care reveals what is possible when activists mobilize for radical changes in a time of great uncertainty, fear, and isolation.

An excellent primer for future activists with strategies for change, even during periods of crisis. Adrian Shanker is executive director of the Spahr Center serving Marin County's LGBTQ+ and HIV communities. A specialist in LGBTQ+ health policy, he has worked to advance health equity through behavioral, clinical, and policy changes. Adrian is a

Biden-Harris Administration appointee to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

August 17th, 6pm

Lucia Coppola
Talking to Trees

Talking with Trees is a collection of poetry about how nature speaks to the imagination. It's the story of a magical journey into the garden and the extraordinary adventure of ordinary things. Lucia Coppola is a an ESL teacher, originally from New York who has lived in France. She has a professional background in dance and body techniques. Her writing is informed by nature and traditional storytelling. 

August 23rd, 6pm

Marcia DeSanctis 

in Conversation with 

Erin Byrne

A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life

Join us for an evening of travel, luscious prose, and fascinating conversation as award-winning authors Marcia DeSanctis and Erin Byrne discuss A Hard Place to Leave, Marcia’s new essay collection that Forbes called “Dazzling, inspiring, and beautifully written”. Marcia is a journalist, essayist, and author of 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go. Erin is a travel writer & screenwriter; her books include Wings: Gifts of Art, Life, and Travel in France.

Unless otherwise indicated all events are open to the public and there is no charge to attend. 

Please note, there will be NO Book Club in July (summer vacation!)

Save the date for our August Book Club – Tuesday, August 9th – 5:30pm
We will be discussing Vera with the author Carol Edgarian!

What We're Reading

What Jonah Knew

Barbara Graham

It All Comes Down To This

Therese Anne Fowler

The Geller sisters have a difficult task after the not unexpected but sudden death of their mother Marti. Marti has every estate detail in place, including that the summer cottage in Maine be sold and proceeds split three ways. Each daughter – Beck, Claire, and Sophie – are at a very different place in their life. Beck wants desperately wants to keep the cottage; Claire is recently divorced and ambiguous about selling it; and Sophie, Instagram sensation, is in dire need of money to support her lifestyle. As each woman works through her personal crisis, they learn secrets about their mother and each other. A perfect summer read. Angela K.

Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen

What a fabulously entertaining and colorful novel! Kirstin Chen (a Bay Area resident) creates an incredible world of luxury handbags and criminal dealings. During a prolonged maternity leave from her law firm, Ava gets wrapped up in a new world when she runs into her old college roommate Winnie. She hasn’t seen Winnie since she left Stanford freshman year to return to China to avoid a scandal. But Winnie and her life have evolved in a way Ava couldn’t have imagined. And when Winnie offers Ava a way to make money and get out of her rut, she bites at the chance to create something of her own. But what starts as selling some handbags on Ebay and making returns to department stores, turns into a much messier and illegal global scheme that Ava, somewhat wittingly, gets involved in. A fast paced and beautifully descriptive Summer read. Evan A.

Elsewhere

Alexis Schaitkin

In a small remote and secluded town, Vera grows up with fiercely guarded and sometimes brutal traditions and one specific affliction – some mothers just vanish. As Vera and her friends and peer marry and become parents, they speculate who might disappear first. In the tradition of Shirley Jackson and Margaret Atwood, this book will leave you unsettled and yet looking for the next book by this inventive author. Angela K

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

Once I could hear the voice of Marcellus the Octopus in my head, I was completely enthralled with Van Pelt’s debut novel. She expertly weaves a story of three unique and disparate characters. Tove, a woman in her 70s who cleans the aquarium at night; Marcellus, the wily octopus who is imprisoned there; and Cameron, a young man trying to find his way. Using the three different narrators, a long mystery, evolving over many years, of a missing son is unraveled and all three characters discover a bond they could never have imagined possible. Evan A.

Putin's People:

How the KGB Took Back Russia and
Then Took on the West

Catherine Belton

Finally, two of the books I really enjoyed during the pandemic have been released in paperback. First, as a citizenry, we are always caught up in the crisis of the moment, without understanding the context, or even acknowledging that all politics is a continuum, with no beginning or end. Putin's People is an examination, a dense examination, of the dissolution of the Soviet State, and how the Russian Military/Intelligence behemoth filled that vacuum, anointing Vladimir its pope. Jeff B.

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream

Dean Jobb

I have said this before, and will probably say it again, but for all the praise it has garnered, The Devil in the White City is a narrative mess. Even its central figure, H.H. Holmes, was a known quantity. In contrast comes this fascinating study of a relative unknown, a serial killer at the time of Jack the Ripper, operating and evading capture across two continents, while those around him, even those he murdered, trusted the doctor. Jeff B.

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