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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Vroman’s presents Valerie Bertinelli discussing Indulge
DESCRIPTION:Beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli returns with her most indulgent cookbook yet; a collection of 100 recipes to nourish the body and the soul. \nin·dulge: to allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of. \nWhen Valerie Bertinelli turned 60\, she said “Enough already!” and ended her battle with the scale for good. She stopped counting calories. She stopped thinking of certain foods as good or bad. She quit saying no and began saying yes\, finally learning how to enjoy the pure pleasure of being alive – starting in the kitchen. \nIn short\, she learned how to indulge. \nWith this gorgeous cookbook\, Valerie shares her secrets for indulging so you can start living your best\, most fulfilling life too. Whether it’s splurging on fresh produce at the farmer’s market\, cooking an extravagant steak dinner for one\, or serving an ice cream sundae bar at a dinner party\, this book is a reminder that indulging can take many shapes and forms. \nYou’ll discover the delicious recipes she cooks for her friends and family\, including favorites like Garlic Confit BLT\, Oven “Fried” Okra\, Sausage and Olive Cheese Bites\, Spaghetti al Limone\, Salmon Burgers With Quick-Pickled Vegetables\, Filet Mignon with Béarnaise Sauce and Chocolate Peanut Butter Dates\, and more. \nWritten in Valerie’s warmhearted and intimate style—including heartfelt essays about how to savor moments big and small—this cookbook is a permission slip to enjoy food\, and more importantly\, enjoy life. \nThis ticketed event will take place at All Saints Church located at 132 N Euclid Ave\, Pasadena. \nTickets include one hardcover copy of Indulge which will be handed out at check-in. A book signing will follow the talk.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ticketed-vromans-presents-valerie-bertinelli-discussing-indulge/
LOCATION:All Saints Church\, 132 North Euclid Avenue\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Ice House,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - George Lopez signs ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero
DESCRIPTION:George Lopez does it again in his next laugh-out-loud ChupaCarter adventure! Jorge and his chupacabra chum Carter are hot on the trail of the legendary El Dorado gold . . . but so are some wicked treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to find it! \nA cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old witch’s riddle. And a . . . screaming sombrero? \nThese ancient artifacts mysteriously hold the answer to the location of the priceless El Dorado treasure hidden in New Mexico—not far from where Jorge and Carter live. When their friend Ernie’s dad is accused of stealing the artifacts\, it’s a race against time to clear his name. They find help from the unlikeliest—and loudest—source they’ve ever met: a sombrero that SCREAMS! \nTogether with brainy Liza\, the oddball heroes discover the real culprits are a devilish ring of thieves after El Dorado’s treasure. The pals lay a cunning trap to make the thieves confess\, but they realize too late that they’re the ones being trapped . . . and there’s no one left to save them! \nThis ticketed event is a book signing only and tickets include a copy of ChupaCarter and the Screaming Sombrero\, to be picked up at check in the night of the event. \nEvent Guidelines\nSignatures only\, no personalizations.\nGeorge Lopez will be signing the book only\, no memorabilia.\nPhotos from the line are ok. No posed photos or selfies. 
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ticketed-george-lopez-signs-chupacarter-and-the-screaming-sombrero/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Families,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240412T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Simone Gorrindo discusses The Wives: A Memoir
DESCRIPTION:When her new husband joins an elite Army unit\, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus\, Georgia–a town so foreign she might as well have landed on the moon. With her husband frequently deployed\, Simone is left to find her place in this new world\, alone–until she meets the wives. \nGorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender\, unflinching portrait of a marriage. A love story\, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale\, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today\, The Wives offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-simone-gorrindo-discusses-the-wives-a-memoir/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240411T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Darcie Little Badger discusses Sheine Lende
DESCRIPTION:Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs\, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood – and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back. \nThen Shane’s mother and a local boy go missing\, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane\, her brother\, her friends\, and her lone\, surviving grandparent – who isn’t to be trusted – set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world – or this place in time. \nNevertheless\, Shane is going to find them. \nDarcie Little Badger’s Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe\, centered on Ellie’s grandmother\, deepens and expands Darcie’s one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers’ hearts.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-darcie-little-badger-discusses-sheine-lende/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Matt Strassler discusses Waves in an Impossible Sea
DESCRIPTION:In Waves in an Impossible Sea\, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles\, human experience\, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of motion. When we drive at highway speeds with the windows down\, the wind beats against our faces. Yet our planet hurtles through the cosmos at 150 miles per second\, and we feel nothing of it. How can our voyage be so tranquil when\, as Einstein discovered\, matter warps space\, and space deflects matter? \nThe answer\, Strassler reveals\, is that empty space is a sea\, albeit a paradoxically strange one. Much like water and air\, it ripples in various ways\, and we ourselves\, made from its ripples\, can move through space as effortlessly as waves crossing an ocean. Deftly weaving together daily experience and fundamental physics–the musical universe\, the enigmatic quantum\, cosmic fields\, and the Higgs boson–Strassler shows us how all things\, familiar and unfamiliar\, emerge from what seems like nothing at all.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-matt-strassler-discusses-waves-in-an-impossible-sea/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Yulin Kuang\, in conversation with Candice Lim\, discusses How to End a Love Story
DESCRIPTION:Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. \nNow a bestselling author\, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels\, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block\, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all\, no one knows her there. Except… \nGrant has done everything in his power to move on from the past\, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away\, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show\, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up. \nGrant’s exactly as Helen remembers him–charming\, funny\, popular\, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too–brilliant\, beautiful\, closed off. But working together is messy\, and electrifying\, and Helen’s parents\, who have never forgiven Grant\, have no idea he’s in the picture at all. \nWhen secrets come to light\, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past–and themselves–might just lie in holding on to each other in the present. (Avon Books) \nCandice Lim is the co-host of ICYMI\, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She comes to Slate from NPR\, where she was an assistant producer and occasional panelist on Pop Culture Happy Hour. She graduated from Boston University and hails from Orange County\, California.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-yulin-kuang-in-conversation-with-candice-lim-discusses-how-to-end-a-love-story/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: A Group Poetry event featuring Senator Anthony Portantino\, Linda Ravenswood\, and Brian Sonia Wallace
DESCRIPTION:Political instability\, poverty\, climate change\, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders. As those borders harden\, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers–or coyotes\, or guides\, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services–are only ever reported on from a distance\, using tired tropes and stereotypes\, often depicted as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion dollar global industry\, internationally recognized anthropologist and expert Jason De León embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years. \nThe result of this unique and extraordinary access is SOLDIERS AND KINGS: the first ever in-depth\, character-driven look at human smuggling. It is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful\, original voice\, De León expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game\, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail. SOLDIERS AND KINGS is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world\, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-a-group-poetry-event-featuring-senator-anthony-portantino-linda-ravenswood-and-brian-sonia-wallace-2/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Lian Dolan discusses The Marriage Sabbatical
DESCRIPTION:After twenty-three years of building careers and raising kids together\, Jason and Nicole Elswick are ready for a break from their daily lives. Jason has spent years planning his dream sabbatical–ditching work for a nine-month-long motorcycle trip through South America. The problem is\, that’s Jason’s dream\, not Nicole’s. After years of working retail and parenting in Portland\, Nicole craves the sun of the Southwest and the artistic community in Santa Fe\, where she wants to learn jewelry design. \nA chance encounter at a dinner party presents a surprising–and intriguing–way out of their dilemma. Over a little too much wine\, Jason and Nicole’s married neighbors sing the praises of the 500 Mile Rule: their policy of enjoying themselves however they wish–and with whomever they wish–when they’re temporarily far apart. It seems like the perfect solution: nine months pursuing their own adventures–with a bit of don’t-ask-don’t-tell–and then a return to their shared lives. It’ll be a sabbatical from their marriage as well as their day jobs. \nAs Jason bikes his way across a continent and Nicole reclaims the art she’s long neglected\, they discover the pleasures and pitfalls of the 500 Mile Rule\, confronting temptations of all kinds\, uncomfortable truths about themselves\, and gaining new perspectives on their partnership.\nBut all sabbaticals come to an end…then what?
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-lian-dolan-discusses-the-marriage-sabbatical/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240402T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: A Group Poetry event featuring Senator Anthony Portantino\, Linda Ravenswood\, and Brian Sonia Wallace
DESCRIPTION:Please join The Los Angeles Press and Vroman’s Bookstore in welcoming Senator Anthony Portantino and friends for the launch of his new book\, The Poet Politician\, in Celebration of National Poetry Month. \nSenator Anthony Portantino represents California’s 25th State Senate District\, which stretches along the 210 Freeway from Sunland/Tujunga to Upland.  He proudly represents the Rose Bowl\, Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, Griffith Park\, Warner Brothers\, Disney\, Caltech and the Claremont Colleges. \nSupporting public education\, mental health\, and sensible gun control have been priorities for Senator Portantino during his time in office. His accomplishments include increasing funding for special education and the K-12 Local Control Funding Formula. He has authored legislation that created California’s umbilical cord blood collection program\, pushed back school start time for middle and high schools\, banned the open carry of handguns on Main Street California\, raised the purchase age of firearms to 21\, and placed the suicide hotline number on student identification cards.  In addition\, his efforts have created a science fellowship in the State Capitol and established a unique partnership between the University of California and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. \nHe personally negotiated the end of the 710-freeway tunnel with the Brown administration and authored SB 7\, which formally ended the threat of the freeway\, protected the non-profits in the corridor\, and paved the way for Pasadena to develop the dormant freeway stub. \nSenator Portantino currently serves as the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a Select Committee to foster trade between California\, Armenia and Artsakh.\nPrior to his years as a representative\, he spent many years working in film and television production\, served on the California Film Commission\, and spent nearly eight years on the La Cañada Flintridge City Council\, with two terms as Mayor.  In 2019\, he was awarded the prestigious Ellis Island Award at a ceremony in the historic island’s great hall. \nSenator Portantino grew up in New Jersey\, where he attended public schools and graduated from Albright College in Reading\, Pennsylvania\, where he met his future wife\, Ellen\, a longtime business executive at Warner Brothers and Disney.  They have two daughters. \nLinda Ravenswood BFA MA\, PhD and is a poet and performance artist from Los Angeles. Her accolades include an Oxford Prize in Poetry (2022) and the Edwin Markham Prize in Poetry (2023). She is the founding editor of The Los Angeles Press\, est. 2018\, and the co-founder of the Poet Laureate program in Glendale\, California. Her recent collections include Cantadora-letters from California (Eyewear London/The Black Spring Press Group\, 2023)\, The Stan Poems (Pedestrian Press\, 2022)\, Tlacuilx-Tongues in Quarantine (HINCHAS Press\, 2021)\, and XLA Poets (HINCHAS Press\, 2020). Find her at thelosangelespress.com \nBrian Sonia-Wallace has been described as a “creative genius” by the LA’s Department of Cultural Affairs and “disappointingly normal” by the New York Times. He’s written for the Guardian\, Rolling Stone\, and more. He has been the resident writer for Amtrak\, the Dollar Shave Club\, and Mall of America to name a few. His company\, RENT Poet\, was featured on NPR’s How I Built This.try
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-a-group-poetry-event-featuring-senator-anthony-portantino-linda-ravenswood-and-brian-sonia-wallace/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Community Event,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: A Special Musical Storytime featuring the Pasadena Conservatory of Music
DESCRIPTION:A bright red ribbon leads to a musical journey of imagination in this musical storytime with students and faculty of the Pasadena Conservatory of Music\, featuring Little Cloud by Eric Carle. Caregivers and children aged 3-9 will enjoy the story\, craft activities\, creative movement\, and a mini-concert.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-a-special-musical-storytime-featuring-the-pasadena-conservatory-of-music-2/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Nicholas George\, in conversation with Cody Sisco\, discusses A Deadly Walk in Devon
DESCRIPTION:After a long career as a detective in San Diego\, Rick “Chase” Chasen has traded in his badge for a change of scenery in the coastal comforts of Devon\, England\, until a local murder takes him on a deadly detour. \nStill grieving the death of his long-time partner\, Chase reunites with his dear friend and fellow Anglophile Billie Mondreau for a seacoast holiday of historic sightseeing. Assigned a pair of guides from the tour company Wanderers\, Chase and Billie join seven other like-minded Americans looking forward to an English getaway. All except for Ronald Gretz. The wealthy entrepreneur behind the international Golden Sunset nursing home chain doesn’t like anything about walking\, touring\, or England. Coarse and opinionated\, Gretz’s complaints get on the nerves of his fellow Wanderers–and his long-suffering trophy wife. \nBut Gretz’s gripes are tied to his own nerves being frayed. He has been receiving threatening texts and emails signed “An Avenger.” Convinced someone means him harm\, Gretz asks Chase to watch his back. Soon\, Gretz falls afoul of several “accidents\,” leading to more friction with the other walkers. Until one final “accident” results in Gretz dead at the bottom of a cliff. \nChase\, whose investigative instincts remain sharp\, knows Gretz’s death was no accident. While helping the police investigate\, he discovers that members of the tour group not only disliked the victim but had legitimate motives for wanting him dead. Now\, he just has to uncover who among them is willing to kill.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-nicholas-george-in-conversation-with-cody-sisco-discusses-a-deadly-walk-in-devon/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240325T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Alexander Hamilton Cherin discusses The Mighty Six-Ninety (690)
DESCRIPTION:A Holocaust survivor facing eviction\, a schoolboy struggling with his identity\, a single mother who is on the verge of being exposed for embezzlement\, and a speedway daredevil whose bruised body and fragile ego are beyond repair\, all find themselves scouring the Southern California landscape for $50\,000 in buried cash-the grand prize of a struggling AM radio station’s contest. Unknown to each other but bonded by a common desire for redemption\, each is a willing participant in a treasure hunt caught between nostalgia and desperation.\n“The Summer of $50\,000” unfolds against a California landscape very much in flux\, both culturally and geographically. Only one contestant will call on a troubled past to help walk away with the money – and the salvation that they hope it will bring.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-alexander-hamilton-cherin-discusses-the-mighty-six-ninety-690/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240322T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Ron Cey presents and signs Penguin Power
DESCRIPTION:Mention “The Penguin” to any Dodgers fan and you’re sure to evoke not just memories of the beloved third baseman Ron Cey\, but also of the glory years of modern Dodgers baseball\, a rollicking run through the ’70s and ’80s highlighted by the loquacious Tommy Lasorda\, Fernandomania\, a historic infield anchored by Cey\, and an unforgettable 1981 World Series title. \nIn Penguin Power: Dodger Blue\, Hollywood Lights\, and a One-in-a-Million Big League Journey\, “The Penguin” Ron Cey and veteran Dodgers scribe Ken Gurnick take fans on an amazing ride from Cey’s formative years in the Pacific Northwest through his stardom on and off the field in Los Angeles and beyond. \nAs part of the longest running infield in MLB history\, six-time All Star and 1981 co-World Series MVP Cey joined Steve Garvey\, Davey Lopes\, and Bill Russell to help the Dodgers triumph after years of postseason heartbreak\, and bring the first World Series back to Los Angeles since \nSandy Koufax and the Boys of Summer of 1965. \nFeaturing charming stories from Cey’s time in a memorable clubhouse alongside Dodger legends Lasorda\, Garvey\, and Fernando Valenzuela\, with Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrín in the booth\, as well as tales of the life of a star during a magical time in Los Angeles\, Penguin Power is a must-read for fans of an unforgettable era of Dodgers baseball.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ron-cey-presents-and-signs-penguin-power/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Katie Gee Salisbury discusses Not Your China Doll
DESCRIPTION:Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood\, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong\, the first Asian American movie star\, to bring an unsung heroine to light and reclaim her place in cinema history. \nBefore Constance Wu\, Sandra Oh\, Awkwafina\, or Lucy Liu\, there was Anna May Wong. In her time\, she was a legendary beauty\, witty conversationalist\, and fashion icon. Plucked from her family’s laundry business in Los Angeles\, Anna May Wong rose to stardom in Douglas Fairbanks’s blockbuster The Thief of Bagdad. Fans and the press clamored to see more of this unlikely actress\, but when Hollywood repeatedly cast her in stereotypical roles\, she headed abroad in protest. \nAnna May starred in acclaimed films in Berlin\, Paris\, and London. She dazzled royalty and heads of state across several nations\, leaving trails of suitors in her wake. She returned to challenge Hollywood at its own game by speaking out about the industry’s blatant racism. She used her new stature to move away from her typecasting as the China doll or dragon lady\, and worked to reshape Asian American representation in film. \nFilled with stories of capricious directors and admiring costars\, glamorous parties and far-flung love affairs\, Not Your China Doll showcases the vibrant\, radical life of a groundbreaking artist.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-katie-gee-salisbury-discusses-not-your-china-doll/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T160000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Ann Suk Wang presents The House Before Falling Into The Sea
DESCRIPTION:A child and her family take in refugees during the Korean War in this poignant picture book about courage and what it really means to care for your neighbors. \nEvery day\, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family’s house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go\, the Taks’ home is these migrants’ last chance of refuge “before falling into the sea\,” and the household quickly becomes crowded\, hot\, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung’s city too\, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop\, Kyung is upset–she wishes everything could go back to the way it was before: before the sirens\, before strangers started coming into their home. But after an important talk with her parents\, her new friend Sunhee\, and Sunhee’s father\, Kyung realizes something important: We’re stronger when we have each other\, and the kindness we show one another in the darkest of times is a gift we’ll never regret.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ann-suk-wang-presents-the-house-before-falling-into-the-sea/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Special Storytime featuring Marcia and Kori Withers presenting Grandma’s Hands
DESCRIPTION:Grandma’s Hands is a timeless\, universal song originally featured on Bill Withers’ 1971 album\, “Just As I Am.” With soulful lyrics\, the song captures the significant impact that Withers’ grandmother had on his life as a child. Multiple award-winning artist R. Gregory Christie has brought the iconic song to life through vibrant illustrations\, painting a tender portrait of Bill’s grandmother. Through the illustrations\, readers are transported back in time to experience the comfort\, security\, and unconditional love that he found in his grandmother’s hands.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-special-storytime-featuring-marcia-and-kori-withers-presenting-grandmas-hands/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240315T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
CREATED:20240214T001228Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Jonna Mendez discusses In True Face: A Woman's Life in the Cia\, Unmasked
DESCRIPTION:Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband\, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage\, too\, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas\, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated\, occasionally undermined\, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe\, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA’s Office of Technical Service. \nIn True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez’s high-stakes work–how this savvy operator parlayed her “everywoman” appeal into incredible subterfuge–but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-jonna-mendez-discusses-in-true-face-a-womans-life-in-the-cia-unmasked/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240314T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Daniel Lewis discusses Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of our Future
DESCRIPTION:A compelling global exploration of nature and survival as seen via a dozen species of trees that represent the challenges facing our planet\, and the ways that scientists are working urgently to save our forests and our future. \nThe world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history–from climate change to deforestation. Scientists\, ethnobotanists\, indigenous peoples\, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In Twelve Trees\, Daniel Lewis\, curator and historian at one of the world’s most renowned research libraries\, travels the world to learn about these trees in their habitats. \nLewis takes us on a sweeping journey to plant breeding labs\, botanical gardens\, research facilities\, deep inside museum collections\, to the tops of tall trees\, underwater\, and around the Earth\, journeying into the deserts of the American west and the deep jungles of Peru\, to offer a globe-spanning perspective on the crucial impact trees have on our entire planet. When a once-common tree goes extinct in the wild but survives in a botanical garden\, what happens next? How can scientists reconstruct lost genomes and habitats? How does a tree store thousands of gallons of water\, or offer up perfectly preserved insects from millions of years ago\, or root itself in muddy swamps and remain standing? How does a 5\,000-year-old tree manage to live\, and what can we learn from it? And how can science account for the survival of one species at the expense of others? To study the science of trees is to study not just the present\, but the story of the world\, its past\, and its future.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-daniel-lewis-discusses-twelve-trees-the-deep-roots-of-our-future/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Rex Ogle discusses Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel
DESCRIPTION:A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in\, facing bullies\, and finding the right pair of glasses. \nSixth grade isn’t as great as Rex thought it would be. He’s the only kid who hasn’t had a growth spurt\, and the bullies won’t let him forget it. His closest friend is unreliable\, at best. And there’s a cute girl in his class\, who may or may not like him back. With so much going on\, everything is a blur — including Rex’s vision! So when he discovers that he needs glasses\, and his family can only afford the ugliestpair in the store\, any hope Rex had of fitting in goes completely out of focus. \nIn this true coming-of-age story\, Rex has his sights set on surviving sixth grade\, but now he’s got to find a way to do it with glasses\, no friends\, and a family that just doesn’t get it
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-rex-ogle-discusses-four-eyes-a-graphic-novel/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T110000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Storytime with Mr. Steve!
DESCRIPTION:Join Mr. Steve and the gang at our Colorado Blvd. location at 11 am for story time!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-storytime-with-mr-steve/2024-03-13/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Kids,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240311T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240311T170000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
CREATED:20240214T000302Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore Ticketed - Phil and Lily Rosenthal sign Just Try It!
DESCRIPTION:From Netflix star and New York Times bestselling author Phil Rosenthal and his daughter Lily comes a hilarious picture book about a food-loving dad encouraging his picky eater daughter to just try something new. \nPhil has one rule about food: try everything at least once. Otherwise\, how will you know what you like? His daughter Lil disagrees. She already knows what she likes–just bread and pasta with no sauce–and that’s all there is to it! \nWhen the two go to a food truck festival\, Phil tries introducing Lil to all kinds of delicious cuisine\, but she doesn’t budge. Just when it looks like it’s going to be a very long day\, an unexpected mustard accident changes everything.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ticketed-phil-and-lily-rosenthal-sign-just-try-it/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman’s Bookstore: Special Storytime featuring Esteban the Green Crayon!
DESCRIPTION:Esteban the Green Crayon will be in-store celebrating St. Patrick’s Day & Earth Day with a special story time reading of the new book Happy St. Patrick’s Day from The Crayons and The Crayons Love Our Planet. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-special-storytime-featuring-esteban-the-green-crayon/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Food,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240308T200000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Caroline Frost\, in conversation with Amy Nicholson\, discusses The Last Verse
DESCRIPTION:When aspiring musician Twyla Finch arrives in Nashville\, Tennessee\, in 1977\, the nineteen-year-old Texan is dazzled by the fringe-and-rhinestones country music scene. Live music flows from bars\, open mic nights tempt with the chance of stardom\, and record label execs seek the next hot new act. As Twyla finds her way in this vibrant town\, she soon falls for Chet Wilton\, country music hopeful and son of blue-blooded Nashvillians. When a night out with Chet goes terribly wrong\, Twyla finds herself involved in a shocking crime. Hoping to process what happened that fateful night\, she composes a haunting ballad that she performs only once in an empty bar. But weeks later\, when she turns on the radio\, she hears another woman singing her song. Twyla must decide: Should she claim her ballad and secure the fame she’s always wanted? Or stay quiet and avoid implicating herself in the terrible crime she’s desperate to put in the past? (William Morrow & Company) \nAmy Nicholson is a film critic in Los Angeles and host of the podcast “Unspooled.” Her credits include the New York Times\, LA Weekly\, Variety\, Rolling Stone\, MTV News\, and the Guardian. Her first book\, “Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor\,” was published by Cahiers du Cinema\, and her second\, “Extra Girls\,” will be published by Simon & Schuster.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-caroline-frost-in-conversation-with-amy-nicholson-discusses-the-last-verse/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240307T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240307T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Cara Black discusses Murder at La Villette
DESCRIPTION:Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc doesn’t know that her life is about to be upended. Her ex\, Melac\, has been hounding her to move their daughter\, Chloé\, to Brittany. Aimée is fed up with his threats to take her to court and has stopped answering his calls. She doesn’t know he’s waiting for her by the Bassin de la Villette as she leaves a client’s office late one night. When she finds him there\, bleeding in the canal\, he has just been stabbed by an assailant\, who knocks Aimée unconscious and plants the bloody knife in her hands. \nNow Aimée is in police custody\, debilitated by a concussion\, with overwhelming evidence pointing to her as Melac’s killer. She must figure out who murdered Melac–not an easy job\, given the target on his back as a former homicide investigator. Cut off from her typical network and forced to operate under multiple layers of cover\, Aimée must go deep into the underbelly of Paris’s 19th arrondissement\, where she rubs shoulders with biker gangs\, paranoid journalists\, grieving parents\, and frustratingly tight-lipped ex-cops on her hunt for justice.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-cara-black-discusses-murder-at-la-villette/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Daniel A. Olivas discusses Chicano Frankenstein
DESCRIPTION:An unnamed paralegal\, brought back to life through a controversial process\, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits\, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends\, setting him on a course to discover his first life history\, which the reanimation process erased. With elements of science fiction\, horror\, political satire\, and romance\, Chicano Frankenstein confronts our nation’s bigotries and the question of what it truly means to be human.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-daniel-a-olivas-discusses-chicano-frankenstein/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T150000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Soyoung Park discusses Snowglobe
DESCRIPTION:Enclosed under a vast dome\, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth that’s warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland\, and every day\, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant\, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city. \nThe residents of Snowglobe have everything: fame\, fortune\, and above all\, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange\, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside\, who watch eagerly\, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves. \nChobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around\, starring Goh Haeri\, Snowglobe’s biggest star–and\, it turns out\, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life. \nBecause Haeri is dead\, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only\, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie\, and truth seems to be forever out of reach. \nTranslated for the first time into English from the original Korean\, Snowglobe is a groundbreaking exploration of personal identity\, and the future of the world as we know it. It is the winner of the Changbi X Kakaopage Young Adult Novel Award. (Delacorte Press) \nDedicated to Expanding Knowledge of Korea\, the Korean Cultural Center is the axis of Korean heritage in Los Angeles. The Korean Cultural Center welcomes the general public to experience the rich traditions and history of Korea through specialized programs\, sponsored events\, and multiple learning resources. Operated by the Korean government’s Ministry of Culture\, Sports and Tourism\, the Korean Cultural Center is dedicated to providing insights into the rich cultural heritage of Korea. \nSoyoung Park majored in communication and media at university. She is a winner of the Original Story Award and the Changbi X Kakaopage Young Adult Novel Award. She is the author of the Snowglobe duology. \nJoungmin Lee Comfort is a Korean-English translator. Her translations have appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine and Best of World SF. Her recent cotranslation of Kim Bo-young’s On the Origin of Species and Other Stories was longlisted for the National Book Award for translated literature
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-soyoung-park-discusses-snowglobe/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240301T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240301T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Gian Sardar discusses When the World Goes Quiet
DESCRIPTION:In the final days of World War I\, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love\, danger\, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry. \nIt’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges\, Belgium. With luck\, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then\, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan\, especially in war. \nA member of the Resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home. In return\, she’ll get a letter from her long-missing husband\, Emiel. She’d lost hope of Emiel’s survival\, but the promised letter puts her certainty of his death in question. Evelien begins her mission and soon forms a friendship with a soldier who is struggling with the devastating demands of battle. Their shared passion for art deepens the bond\, and Evelien faces a heart-wrenching truth: she longs for Emiel’s safe return…but not necessarily to her. \nAs the final days of the war loom closer\, Evelien has never been in more danger. And should she survive the war’s bitter end\, what choices will she make for a life beyond liberation?
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-gian-sardar-discusses-when-the-world-goes-quiet/
LOCATION:Ice House Comedy Club\, 24 N Mentor Ave\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91106
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T110036
CREATED:20240112T222626Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Jeffrey Siger discusses At Any Cost
DESCRIPTION:Chief Inspector Kaldis is initially dismayed to be asked to investigate a series of suspicious forest fires that took place last summer. In Greece\, forest fires are an inevitability\, and he fears he and his team are being set up to take the political blame for this year’s blazes. \nHe quickly becomes suspicious\, though\, that the forests were torched for profit – and for a project on a far grander scale than the usual low-level business corruption. There are whispers on the wind that shadowy foreign powers intend to establish a surreptitious mega-internet presence on the island of Syros\, with the intent to weaponize the digital world to their own dark ends. \nCan Kaldis and his team stop the hostile foreign takeover of the idyllic island – or will the rise of the metaverse set not just Greece\, but the whole world\, on fire?
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-jeffrey-siger-discusses-at-any-cost/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Fiction Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:The Vroman’s Fiction Reading Group meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nFebruary’s pick is The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-fiction-reading-group/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Kate Anthony discusses The D Word
DESCRIPTION:From the host of the critically acclaimed The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast comes a book that provides the clarity\, peace\, and answers women need to make empowered decisions about their marriages\, break unhealthy patterns\, and build the life they truly want. \nEvery year\, close to a million women struggle to decide whether to divorce their partners. Some are in relationships they know to be unsalvageable\, yet they’re terrified that divorce will hurt their kids. Others feel guilt-ridden and confused over their unhappiness with a spouse who seems\, to the outside world at least\, to be perfectly fine. And then there are those in between\, restless and aware of problems that may or may not be fixable\, with no idea how to tell the difference. \nThe D Word is the definitive yet accessible guide for everyone who wants to take control of their lives\, either by ending or repairing their marriage. Written in Kate Anthony’s signature straight-talking\, empowering style\, The D Word is more than a practical handbook for those considering divorce. It also reveals how cultural and societal influences negatively affect our relationships and expectations\, stacking the odds against women.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-kate-anthony-discusses-the-d-word/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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