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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: Olivie Blake discusses & signs Dreamland
DESCRIPTION:The headlines are calling it the “summer of exsanguination” in LA—girls are being murdered\, the Santa Ana winds are blowing a strange energy into the city\, and all signs point to fire season. \nMore pressing for Anya Morris\, though\, is the drudgery of living at home\, working part time at the family store\, and contending with her mother’s disdain for the acting career Anya knows she’s destined for but that feels more impossible by the day. \nIt’s in this suffocating late summer heat that Anya receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity\, an invitation to work for the de Witt family\, one of LA’s most influential film dynasties. Soon\, she’s spending her days and nights at their strange villa high in the Hollywood Hills\, where she meets Jude\, a recluse who is both the family’s heir apparent and its most closely guarded secret. \nThere’s a magnetism to Jude that Anya cannot resist\, despite warning signs that scream like sirens in the night. Because the villa holds generations of bloodstained history\, and an occult family curse may even live within its walls—or within Jude himself. \nIn this city\, everyone cuts a deal with the devil. When Anya comes face to face with a devil of her own\, she’ll learn just how far she’s willing to go to get everything she’s ever wanted. \nThis is a ticketed event at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Tickets include one entry and one copy of Dreamland to be handed out at check-in. \nA public book signing will follow the presentation. \nQuestions? email promo@vromansbookstore.com or call
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-olivie-blake-discusses-signs-dreamland/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Vroman's Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore:  James Ellroy discusses & signs Red Sheet
DESCRIPTION:It’s late October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just concluded. The Russkies blinked and pulled their ICBMs out of Cuba. Attorney General Robert Kennedy fears reprisals from seething commies. He orders a red probe and puts the LAPD on the job. \nFreddy Otash is injudiciously named the lead investigating officer. He’s a stone-cold criminal with police sanction and a harrowing dope habit. He homes in on a red-front trade union. There’s a murder on Halloween night. It may link to ex-VP and current gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon and two commie snuffs from eight years back. Freddy’s overworked and overamped. He’s running the probe\, and Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman—Tricky Dick Nixon’s head goons—have hired him to keep Nixon away from the smear-minded press. \nL.A. is coming unglued. Ex-cop/lawyer Tom Bradley is running for a city council seat and pushing the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Playboy kingpin Hugh Hefner is along for the ride\, out to exploit racial tension and peddle untold copies of his smut rag. \nRed Sheet is James Ellroy’s most crazed kamikaze run and a daring\, subversive work of fiction.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-james-ellroy-discusses-signs-red-sheet/
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:20260609T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore:  Lisa See discusses & signs Daughters of the Sun and Moon
DESCRIPTION:Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and\, eventually\, thrive\, despite all odds. \nIn 1870\, three Chinese women arrived in the small\, dusty\, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove\, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar\, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards\, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal\, the big-footed daughter of peasants\, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation\, Petal’s father sells her to buy money for rice seed\, and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain–America–where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated\, speaks fluent English\, and has been endowed with a face of great beauty\, yet her failed footbinding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many. \nEach woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved\, Petal desires freedom\, and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of goodwill. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles\, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors\, during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined. Brought together by hardship and heartbreak\, they must use their bravery\, endurance\, and ability to “eat bitterness” to discover their voices\, find freedom\, and connect through solace and friendship. Together\, they are daughters of the sun and moon.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-lisa-see-discusses-signs-daughters-of-the-sun-and-moon/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260607T160000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore:  Matt Haig\, in conversation with Lian Dolan\, discusses The Midnight Train
DESCRIPTION:When your life flashes before your eyes\, where would you stop? \nNo one can change the past\, but the Midnight Train can take you there. \nThe chance to re-live the moments that meant most. \nTo see what kind of person you really were. \nFor Wilbur his best days were with Maggie\, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice. \nBefore he gave it all away. \nHe wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . . \nA magical\, time-travelling love story\, from the world of The Midnight Library. \nBio: \nMatt Haig is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the novels The Midnight Library\, The Life Impossible\, and How to Stop Time\, along with four other novels\, the acclaimed memoirs Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes on a Nervous Planet\, and several award-winning children’s books. His work has been published in fifty territories across the world. \nThis is a ticketed event at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Tickets include one entry and one copy of The Midnight Train to be handed out at check-in.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-matt-haig-in-conversation-with-lian-dolan-discusses-the-midnight-train/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Pasadena Presbyterian Church,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T120000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Shi Heng Yi discusses Shaolin Spirit: The Way to Self-Mastery
DESCRIPTION:The renowned teacher & founder of the Shaolin Temple Europe shares his wisdom and insight in his new book. \nBring clarity\, strength\, and purpose to your modern life through the ancient wisdom of Shaolin. \nWhat do you imagine when you think of Shaolin? Ferociously strong warriors flying through the air? \nShaolin is more than just a martial art–it is a way of life. Rooted in Zen and Taoist philosophy\, its ancient wisdom teaches us how to unite mind and body\, cultivate resilience\, and develop an equanimous perspective amongst a chaotic world. \nIn the international bestseller Shaolin Spirit\, renowned teacher and founder of the Shaolin Temple Europe Shi Heng Yi reveals profound insights to human development paired with twelve personal core practices to foster essential transformation of body and mind. From improving sleep and mental clarity to building strength\, flexibility\, and focus\, these time-honored techniques offer a practical and personal way to self-mastery. \nBlending profound philosophy with practical guidance\, Shaolin Spirit is an invitation to step into the discipline\, determination\, and power of the Shaolin way–no matter where you are in life.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ticketed-shi-heng-yi-discusses-shaolin-spirit-the-way-to-self-mastery/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Free,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260303T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's Bookstore: TICKETED - Lauren Groff discusses & signs Brawler: Stories
DESCRIPTION:A stunning\, fierce collection from a master of the short story and one of the most important writers of our time \nRead alone\, each story in Lauren Groff’s electric collection is an individual triumph\, bold\, agile\, and packed with power. Read together\, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age\, class\, and region — from New England to Florida to California — these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans’ dark and light angels. \n“In every human there is both an animal and a god wrestling unto death\,” one character tells us. Among those we see caught in this match are a young woman suddenly responsible for her disabled sibling\, a hot-tempered high school swimmer in need of an adult\, a mother blinded by the loss of her family\, and a banking scion endowed with a different kind of inheritance. Motivated by love\, impeded by the double edges of other peoples’ good intentions\, they try to do the right thing for as long as they can. \nPrecise\, surprising\, and provocative\, anchored by profound insight into human nature\, Brawler reveals the repeated\, sometimes heartbreaking turning points between love and fear\, compassion and violence\, reason and instinct\, altruism and what it takes to survive.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-bookstore-ticketed-lauren-groff-discusses-signs-brawler-stories/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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