Fact and Fiction book club discusses
THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD by
Elyn R. Sacks
7\:00pm Fact and Fiction Downtown
A memoir of paranoid schizophrenia by an accomplished professor and
researcher recounts the first manifestations of her symptoms at the age
of eight\, her efforts to hide the severity of her condition throughout
her educational years\, and the obstacles she has overcome in the course
of her treatment and marriage. Reprint. 40\,000 first printing.
Claude Alick
Reading &\; Signing
Friday\, October 16th 7\:00 pm
DANCING WITH THE YUMAWALLI
You hold in your hand a murky slice of paradise-the Caribbean beyond white sand beaches and palm trees. Dancing With the Yumawalli is a conversation with a slate of diverse characters\, colloquial in the tradition of sitting next to a fire\, and listening to voices talking about death\, superstition and human growth. Do shipbuilders practice human sacrifice to give vessels souls? Look through the eyes of the teenager narrator and see for yourself. In Dancing With the Yumawalli\, you will be required to decipher a treasure map laced with trace elements of\:
Voodoo
Sex
Prejudice
Thalidomide
Leprosy
Ayahuasca
A journey into the heart of the Amazon
A yachtsman sinking his vessel for insurance money.
Come on in. Surrender to the magical spells cast by this author through language as captivating as the islands.
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Reading &\; Signing
Thurs\, October 29 7\:00 pm
DOUBLE TAKE\: A MEMOIR
Kevin Michael Connolly is a twenty-three-year-old who has seen the
world in a way most of us never will. Whether swarmed by Japanese
tourists at Epcot Center as a child or holding court at the X Games on
his mono-ski as a teenager\, Kevin has been an object of curiosity since
the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana\, he was
raised him like any other kid (except\, that is\, for his father’s
MacGyver-like contraptions such as the “butt boot”). As a college
student\, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard and\,
in an attempt to capture the stares of others\, he took more than 30\,000
photographs of people staring at him. In this dazzling memoir\, Connolly
casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is
to truly see another person. We also get to know his quirky and
unflappable parents and his spunky girlfriend. From the home of his
family in Helena\, Montana to the streets of Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur\,
Connolly’s remarkable journey will change the way you look at others\,
and the way you see yourself.
JESS WALTER
Reading &\; Signing
Thursday\, Nov 5th
7\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
THE FINANCIAL LIVES OF POETS
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A few years ago\, small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior quit his day job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion\: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse. When his big idea—and his wife's eBay resale business— ends with a whimper (and a garage full of unwanted figurines)\, they borrow and borrow\, whistling past the graveyard of their uncertain dreams. One morning Matt wakes up to find himself jobless\, hobbled with debt\, spying on his wife's online flirtation\, and six days away from losing his home. Is this really how things were supposed to end up for me\, he wonders\: staying up all night worried\, driving to 7-Eleven in the middle of the night to get milk for his boys\, and falling in with two local degenerates after they offer him a hit of high-grade marijuana? Or\, he thinks\, could this be the solution to all my problems? Following Matt in his weeklong quest to save his marriage\, his sanity\, and his dreams\, The Financial Lives of the Poets is a hysterical\, heartfelt novel.
Heather Glenn Vines
Signing
Friday\, November 6th 7\:00 pm
SCRUFFLES ADVENTURE SERIES
Written by Heather Glenn Vines and illustrated by Joan Ranieri-Certain\, this four-part children's series is about an elementary school-age girl Sara\, and her Yorkshire terrier\, Scruffles. The books follow the trusty but often mischievous dog and his adventures.
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