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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Amy Spalding and Courtney Kae discuss For Her Consideration and In the Event of Love
DESCRIPTION:For Her Consideration: Since a crushing breakup three years ago\, Nina Rice has written romance\, friends\, her dreams of scriptwriting for TV\, and even LA proper out of her life. Instead\, she’s safely out in the suburbs in her aunt’s condo working her talent agency job from home\, managing celebrity email accounts\, and certain that’s plenty of writing–and plot–for her life. But a surprise meeting called by Ari Fox\, a young actress on everyone’s radar\, stirs up all kinds of feelings Nina thought she’d deleted for good . . . \nAri is sexy\, out and proud\, and a serious control freak\, according to Nina’s boss. She has her own ideas about how Nina should handle her emails–and about getting to know her ghostwriter. When she tells Nina she should be writing again\, Nina suddenly finds it less scary to revisit her abandoned life than seriously consider that Ari is flirting with her. Between reconnecting with her old crew and working on a new script\, a relationship with a movie star seems like something she’ll definitely mess up–but what could be more worth the risk? \nAmy Spalding’s For Her Consideration is full of heat and heart as Nina learns that her story just might include the kind of love that lasts. (Kensington Publishing Corporation) \n  \nIn the Event of Love: With her career as a Los Angeles event planner imploding after a tabloid blowup\, Morgan Ross isn’t headed home for the holidays so much as in strategic retreat. Breathtaking mountain vistas\, quirky townsfolk\, and charming small businesses aside\, her hometown of Fern Falls is built of one heartbreak on top of another . . . \nTake her one-time best friend turned crush\, Rachel Reed. The memory of their perfect\, doomed first kiss is still fresh as new-fallen snow. Way fresher than the freezing mud Morgan ends up sprawled in on her very first day back\, only to be hauled out via Rachel’s sexy new lumberjane muscles acquired from running her family tree farm. \nWhen Morgan discovers that the Reeds’ struggling tree farm is the only thing standing between Fern Falls and corporate greed destroying the whole town’s livelihood\, she decides she can put heartbreak aside to save the farm by planning her best fundraiser yet. She has all the inspiration for a spectacular event: delicious vanilla lattes\, acoustic guitars under majestic pines\, a cozy barn surrounded by brilliant stars. But she and Rachel will ABSOLUTELY NOT have a heartwarming holiday happy ending. That would be as unprofessional as it is unlikely. Right? (Kensington Publishing Corporation) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-amy-spalding-and-courtney-kae-discuss-for-her-consideration-and-in-the-event-of-love/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:USC PAM: Conversation@PAM - Savor
DESCRIPTION:Join USC PAM for a book talk exploring Savor\, a memoir of the beloved late Pakistani American chef and television personality Fatima Ali. \nFatima’s star was rising rapidly when she discovered a swelling that she had near her shoulder that turned out to be a tumor\, she was only 28 years old at the time. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and fought hard to survive. In her final act of defiance\, Fatima wrote this book to share her story with the world\, a family’s story that sweeps from Pakistan to Manhattan to Los Angeles\, and beyond. \nChef Fatima’s mother Farezeh\, and brother Mohammad will reflect on this inspiring story and share a special insight into her journey to savor every moment! \nThe evening will include light refreshments. \nFree with cost of admission to USC Pacific Asia Museum. \nThe program is in partnership with the Pakistan Arts Council of USC Pacific Asia Museum 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/usc-pam-conversationpam/
LOCATION:USC Pacific Asia Museum\, 46 North Los Robles Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,USC Pacific Asia Museum
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: S. A. Cosby discusses All the Sinners Bleed
DESCRIPTION:After years of working as an FBI agent\, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County\, land of moonshine and cornbread\, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins\, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. \nThen a year to the day after his election\, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. \nTitus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight\, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. \nNow\, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts\, prevent outright panic\, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers. \nFor a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South\, that’s no easy feat. But Charon is Titus’s home and his heart\, and he won’t let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him… (Flatiron Books) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-s-a-cosby-discusses-all-the-sinners-bleed/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Elio Morillo discusses The Boy Who Reached for the Stars
DESCRIPTION:The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond. \nElio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space. \nOvercoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education\, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today\, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote the future of human innovation–from AI and robotics to space infrastructure and equitable access. \nThe Boy Who Reached for the Stars is both a cosmic and intimate memoir spun from a constellation of memories\, reflections\, and intrepid curiosity\, as thoroughly luminous as the stars above. (HarperOne) \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-elio-morillo-discusses-the-boy-who-reached-for-the-stars/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve
DESCRIPTION:Storytime Safari with Mr. Steve with storytime\, crafts\, and games! \n\nVisiting a BOOK A TRIP event at Vroman’s is so easy that it will seem like a vacation! (You should plan to attend at least one event before BOOK A TRIP ends.)\nMr. Steve will lead the safari through approximately ten picture books! A wide variety of stories will be read\, selected for kids between the ages of 2 and 5. (There can also be some wiggle room at both ends of that age range.)\nThe crafts and games that follow will be a surprise for everyone!\n\nFor more information\, please visit: www.vromansbookstore.com/vromans-summer-reading-program-2023. \n 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-storytime-safari-with-mr-steve/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Kristen Jokinen discusses Joy Ride
DESCRIPTION:Explorers Kristen and Ville Jokinen met and fell in love while scuba diving in Vietnam. Ville then left his native Finland to join Kristen in Oregon and together they embarked on a life-changing two-year cycling adventure covering 18\,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay\, Alaska\, to Ushuaia\, Argentina. Despite never having cycled further than around the block\, they persevered unrelenting\, punishing rain and wind\, altitude sickness\, dog attacks\, bike accidents\, and countless flat tires to cycle between the ends of the earth. Kristen and Ville believe that kindness connects us to our shared humanity. They held babies\, attended quinceañeras\, drank pulque\, played soccer\, and visited schools. People in Mexico\, Central America\, and South America invited them into their hearts and homes\, allowed them to camp in their fields and farms\, and acted as personal tour guides. Kristen and Ville are love on wheels\, and who doesn’t need a little more love in their lives? \nPurchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-kristen-jokinen-discusses-joy-ride/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230614T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Christina Lynch discusses Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure
DESCRIPTION:What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931\, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her\, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm. \nA good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy\, brandishing a biting wit\, a fake passport\, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas\, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy\, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape\, force the cruel to be kind\, and unravel the mystery\, weight\, and meaning of family. \nHeir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism\, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century. (St. Martin’s Press) \n  \nPurchase this book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-christina-lynch-discusses-sally-bradys-italian-adventure/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Szilvia Molnar discusses The Nursery
DESCRIPTION:There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment\, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator\, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn\, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giving\, carrying\, feeding. The instinct to keep her baby safe conflicts with the intrusive thoughts of causing the baby harm\, and she struggles to reclaim her identity just as it seems to dissolve from underneath her. \nFeeling isolated from her supportive but ineffectual husband\, she strikes up a tentative friendship with her ailing upstairs neighbour\, Peter\, who hushes the baby with his oxygen tank in tow. But they are both running out of time; something is soon to crack. Joyful early days of her pregnancy mingle with the anxious arrival of the baby\, and culminate in a painful confrontation – mostly\, between our narrator and herself. Striking and emotive\, The Nursery documents the slow process of staggering back towards the simple pleasures of life and reentering the world after post-partum depression. (Pantheon Books) \n  \nPurchase your book in-store or at vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-szilvia-molnar-discusses-the-nursery/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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