Vroman’s Bookstore: Kaveh Akbar discusses Martyr!

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless […]

Vroman’s Bookstore: Shaina Steinberg discusses Under the Paper Moon

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

It's 1942, and as far as her father knows, Evelyn Bishop, heiress to an aeronautics fortune, is working as a translator in London. In truth, Evelyn--daring, beautiful, and as adept […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Holly Gramazio discusses The Husbands

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Minnie Phan present Simone

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgettable story of a Vietnamese American girl whose life is transformed by a wildfire. When Simone is awakened […]

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Vroman’s Bookstore: Judith Orloff discusses The Genius of Empathy

Vroman's Bookstore 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, United States

Embrace empathy as your superpower for transformative personal healing, deeper relationships, and more potent work in the world. Empathy is no weakness―it holds transformative power to heal ourselves, strengthen our […]

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