BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Main Street Reads - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Main Street Reads X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mainstreetreads.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Main Street Reads REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20230129T144213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230129T144213Z UID:7234-1677004200-1677009600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club: February's Pick - The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani DESCRIPTION:This was a sell-out phenom at the recent Pulpwood Queens international book club conference in Florida and our readers are raving\, so we’re super excited to chat about Adriana’s amazing work! As always\, the book is 10% off for book club pricing and we’ll have wine and treats the night of our chat… see you there! \nAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \n“[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the power of storytelling.”—People\, “Book of the Week” \n“Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy\, the hardships of war\, the taste of family recipes\, and the enduring love of family.”—Library Journal (starred) \n“The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave life and fiction. . . . Don’t miss your chance to take this unforgettable journey with the Cabrelli women!” –Lisa Wingate\, Book of the Month \nFrom “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post)\, comes a lush\, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging\, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns. \nMatelda\, the Cabrelli family’s matriarch\, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now\, as she faces the end of her life\, she is determined to share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother’s great love story: with her childhood friend\, Silvio\, and with dashing Scottish sea captain John Lawrie McVicars\, the father Matelda never knew. . \nIn the halcyon past\, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until her beloved home becomes unsafe when Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. Her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool–where Italian Scots are imprisoned without cause–as Domenica experiences love\, loss\, and grief while she longs for home. A hundred years later\, her daughter\, Matelda\, and her granddaughter\, Anina\, face the same big questions about life and their family’s legacy\, while Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for. But Matelda is running out of time\, and the two timelines intersect and weave together in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to shocking revelations and\, ultimately\, redemption. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-februarys-pick-the-good-left-undone-by-adriana-trigiani/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/feb-living-large.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20230129T143114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230129T143114Z UID:7231-1676399400-1676404800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville: February Thriller Book Club - All the Dangerous Things DESCRIPTION:Join us on Valentine’s Day for some cheer\, treats and discussion of Stacy Willingham’s new hit\, All The Dangerous Things – we’re super excited to chat about the book (and meet with Stacy and Grady Hendrix on February 25th too!) \nWe’ll see you on Main Street… \nFollowing up her instant New York Times bestseller\, A Flicker in the Dark\, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. \nOne year ago\, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son\, Mason\, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase\, the case quickly went cold. However\, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her–literally. \nExcept for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time\, she hasn’t slept in a year. \nIsabelle’s entire existence now revolves around finding him\, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue\, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster–but his interest in Isabelle’s past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood\, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance\, as well as second-guess who she can trust… including herself. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-february-thriller-book-club-all-the-dangerous-things/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Thrill-in-the-Ville-Feb.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230121T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20230108T160845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230108T160845Z UID:7184-1674309600-1674316800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Kasen Wysong’s New Release: The Paths of Time DESCRIPTION:Meet Kasen Wysong and grab a signed copy of his new release\, The Paths of Time\, the second his Mayhem series (the first\, The Colors of the Mayhem\, was a Main Street Reads fantasy hit!\n \nThe Staff of the Paths of Time has been triggered. \nAncient magic takes a handful of Wielders four hundred years into the past\, to a yet unbroken Alasdair. Despite the vast land\, glistening architecture\, and sophisticated cultures–signs of turmoil show the Path to the Mayhem is shortening. \nEmpires ten times the size of the Unnamed Island are a breath away from war. Fervent groups like the Temple of Pure threaten Florica Wielders with their magic. The Nightfall Order grows bolder as they emerge from hiding. And there lurks an even greater threat in the shadows; the Tarantula spins her webs of chaos\, entangling the world in her scheme. \nThe Travelers of the Paths of Time must learn how to navigate this new time period. Their survival depends on it–humanity depends on it. They are the prophets of doom\, harkening the Mayhem\, but desperate to stop it. Unlikely alliances form\, old flames for vengeance rekindle\, and new heroes arise. Amid it all\, three friends from Floric Academy explore the depths of their own souls–fearing what they might find. \nKasen Wysong devoured fantasy novels and these unlocked new worlds for him. He completed his first book in middle school and fell in love with the process. Almost a decade later\, Kasen discovered that book on a flash drive and decided to publish it. He dove into the story\, reworking it\, adding new portions\, and eventually splitting it into two books. The first is the Colors of the Mayhem\, and this second addition to the Mayhem Series is The Paths of Time. In many ways\, the title is reflective of Kasen’s own journey to publishing it\, as the story is deeply connected to his past. A lot of Kasen’s inspiration comes from his unique upbringing in Kyiv\, Ukraine.  \n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-kasen-wysongs-new-release-the-paths-of-time/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/kasen-paths.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20230101T165948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230101T165948Z UID:7157-1673980200-1673985600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:January Living Large Bookclub: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver DESCRIPTION:Due to the horrible weather timing of last month’s club – this is now JANUARY’S pick – because we all can’t wait to talk about it! As always\, treats will be served – please come on out and join in the fun! \nThe remarkable\, incomparable Barbara Kingsolver is back – with her new novel\, Demon Copperhead\, and we can’t wait to talk about it! We’ll provide the treats\, you bring the conversation – and the book is at 10% off for book club price! \n“Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior\, a brilliant novel which enthralls\, compels\, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity. \n“Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out\, win or lose.” \nDemon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It’s the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer\, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair\, a caustic wit\, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath\, relayed in his own unsparing voice\, he braves the modern perils of foster care\, child labor\, derelict schools\, athletic success\, addiction\, disastrous loves\, and crushing losses. Through all of it\, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. \nMany generations ago\, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel\, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South\, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion\, and above all\, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys\, and all those born into beautiful\, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/january-living-large-bookclub-demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LIVING-LARGE-JAN.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20230101T162724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230101T162724Z UID:7149-1673375400-1673380800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville: Thriller Book Club Reading The Resemblance DESCRIPTION:Our first thriller book club choice of 2023 is  The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett. As always\, treats will be served – come join the fun! \nLauren Nossett’s artfully written debut\, The Resemblance is an exhilarating\, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness. \nNever betray the brotherhood… On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia\, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: the driver looked identical to the victim\, and he was smiling. \nDetective Marlitt Kaplan is first on the scene. An Athens native and the daughter of a UGA professor\, she knows all its shameful histories\, from the skull discovered under the foundations of Baldwin Hall to the hushed-up murder-suicide in Waddel. But in the course of investigating this hit-and-run\, she will uncover more chilling secrets as she explores the sprawling\, interconnected Greek system that entertains and delights the university’s most elite and connected students. \nThe lines between Marlitt’s police work and her own past increasingly blur as Marlitt seeks to bring to justice an institution that took something precious from her many years ago. When threats against her escalate\, and some long-buried secrets threaten to come to the surface\, she can’t help questioning whether the corruption in Athens has run off campus and into the force and how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-thriller-book-club-reading-the-resemblance/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Thriller-Club-Jan.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221016T153705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T042007Z UID:6893-1671561000-1671566400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:December Living Large Bookclub: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver DESCRIPTION:The remarkable\, incomparable Barbara Kingsolver is back – with her new novel\, Demon Copperhead\, and we can’t wait to talk about it! We’ll provide the treats\, you bring the conversation – and the book is at 10% off for book club price! \n“Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior\, a brilliant novel which enthralls\, compels\, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity. \n“Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out\, win or lose.” \nDemon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It’s the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer\, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair\, a caustic wit\, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath\, relayed in his own unsparing voice\, he braves the modern perils of foster care\, child labor\, derelict schools\, athletic success\, addiction\, disastrous loves\, and crushing losses. Through all of it\, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. \nMany generations ago\, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel\, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South\, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion\, and above all\, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys\, and all those born into beautiful\, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-living-large-bookclub-demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/December-Living-Large-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221018T131720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T131720Z UID:6913-1670956200-1670961600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:December Thriller Book Club: The Cloisters by Katy Hays DESCRIPTION:Early buzz on this one (including an endorsement by The Lost Apothecary’s Sarah Penner) says we’re going to love talking about this psychological thriller\, The Cloisters by Katy Hays! \nAs always\, book club is free and open to all – we’ll have plenty of treats and wine for our last thriller gathering of 2022! The book will be available at the 10% book club discount – on sale date November 1 (you might want to reserve a copy early… \nThe Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister\, atmospheric novel following a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters. \nBehind the closed doors of The Cloisters\, shocking secrets and a mysterious deck of tarot cards spark a dark power game in a close-knit group of researchers–and not everyone will survive. Brimming with gothic appeal\, steamy relationships\, and unpredictable twists\, The Cloisters is a brilliantly constructed literary thriller that will appeal to fans of The Maidens and Ninth House\, blended with genre-bending novels with touches of the fantastical such as The Lost Apothecary and The Starless Sea. \nA haunting and magical blend of genres\, The Cloisters is a gripping debut that will keep you on the edge of your seat. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-thriller-book-club-the-cloisters-by-katy-hays/ LOCATION:SC CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/December-thriller.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221210T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221117T225904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T233512Z UID:7032-1670677200-1670684400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Booksigning: Mark Epstein's Jack “The Shot” Foley: A Legend for All Time DESCRIPTION:Join us for holiday cheery shopping and a book signing! Mark “Pathfinder” Epstein shares the inside story of college basketball icon Jack “The Shot” Foley and remembers a cherished time in Central Massachusetts sports history. \nEpstein’s story charts the inspiring life and career of Jack Foley\, from Foley’s early years as a budding nature lover to his legendary high school and college basketball days and his later years as an educator. Epstein also celebrates the old-fashioned sports traditions that captivated Foley’s hometown area of Central Massachusetts\, and came to represent a golden age of college basketball. As he revisits this iconic era\, Epstein shines a light on other basketball luminaries\, like Togo Palazzi\, as well as the revered institutions\, including the College of the Holy Cross\, that helped shape these sports heroes. \n“For anyone who relishes gaining more knowledge and insight into the sport of basketball and the vibrant history of the City of Worcester\, this will be a must-read for you.” —Jeff Twiss\, vice president of media services\, Boston Celtics. \nMark “Pathfinder” Epstein grew up in the “golden-era” of playground basketball in the “hot-bed” region known as Central Massachusetts. Mark was the ultimate basketball “junkie”. He has had many roles in his favorite sport throughout his lifetime. He is now retired from a career in education and resides with his wife Barbara in Mount Pleasant\, South Carolina. \nThis is the author’s second book\, the first one\, “THEY CALL ME PATHFINDER\, Education-Basketball-Equality” has received two awards. Mark is also a nationally recognized motivational speaker and can be reached at mepathfinder1@gmail.com. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-mark-epsteins-jack-the-shot-foley-a-legend-for-all-tim/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MARK-EPSETIN-JACK-SIGNING.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221113T053631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221113T053631Z UID:7012-1670065200-1670072400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Don Best Signing The Third Promise DESCRIPTION:Don Best will be back with us for the second book in his Rivers Wild series – fans will remember his first in the series\, The Gravedigger’s Dream\, a fan favorite at Main Street Reads…\n \nThe Third Promise\, part two in the Rivers Wild series\, brings us the spellbinding conclusion to The Gravedigger’s Dream. \nIn the heart of the Amazon\, where even hope despairs\, Zé Licata has an extraordinary dream—to overthrow the tyrant\, lead his village out of poverty\, and provide a future for his gifted son. When a corrupt official humiliates him and steals the money\, Zé becomes so embittered that he vows to kill the man\, enlisting the help of a cold-blooded witch.   \nInto this dark and dangerous cauldron steps Mick O’Hannon\, the most unlikely missionary the Amazon has ever seen. Brash and jolly and a bit naive\, Mick unwittingly splits the village into angry factions and sparks an epic struggle between good and evil. \nHanging in the balance is Zé’s embattled soul! This is the Brazil that few have ever seen. The spirit of the rainforest laid raw and unadorned. \nFrom Puerto Rico to Paraguay\, from Rio de Janeiro into the wilds of the Amazon\, Don Best has lived the adventures of an expatriate writer and Christian missionary. With his wife and colleague\, Elizabeth\, Don now explores the teeming jungles of South Carolina. Learn more and watch the new book trailer at www.donbestauthor.com. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-don-best-signing-the-third-promise/ LOCATION:SC CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Don-Best-Booksigning.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221018T045707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221029T043055Z UID:6907-1668537000-1668542400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:November Living Large Bookclub: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to chatting about Hester this month! Open to all and treats will be served. Grab Hester at our 10% off book club price! NOTE: See below for downloadable discussion guide! \nNamed a Most Anticipated Book for Fall by Goodreads – Washington Post – New York Post – Buzzfeed – PopSugar – Business Insider – An October Indie Next List Pick – An October LibraryReads Pick \nA hauntingly beautiful–and imagined–origin story to The Scarlet Letter. —People \nWHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE? \nIsobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband\, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium\, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Glasgow for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they’ve arrived in Salem\, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic–leaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country\, forced to make her way by any means possible. \nWhen she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne\, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his ancestors\, who sent innocent women to the gallows–while she is an unusually gifted needleworker\, troubled by her own strange talents. As the weeks pass and Edward’s safe return grows increasingly unlikely\, Nathaniel and Isobel grow closer and closer. Together\, they are a muse and a dark storyteller; the enchanter and the enchanted. But which is which? \nIn this sensuous and hypnotizing tale\, a young immigrant woman grapples with our country’s complicated past\, and learns that America’s ideas of freedom and liberty often fall short of their promise. Interwoven with Isobel and Nathaniel’s story is a vivid interrogation of who gets to be a real American in the first half of the 19th century\, a depiction of the early days of the Underground Railroad in New England\, and atmospheric interstitials that capture the long history of unusual women being accused of witchcraft. Meticulously researched yet evocatively imagined\, Laurie Lico Albanese’s Hester is a timeless tale of art\, ambition\, and desire that examines the roots of female creative power and the men who try to shut it down. \nCLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-living-large-bookclub-hester-by-laurie-lico-albanese/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Living-Large-November.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221103T132748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221110T031919Z UID:6991-1668258000-1668265200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing: Cheryl Oliver's Ghosts of the Hunley DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting signing and conversation about the Hunley with author Cheryl Oliver\, and grab a copy of her newest work\, Ghosts of the Hunley! \nThis book is the first of a series related to the men of the H.L. Hunley Submarine\, the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. In this book it covers the life story of Horace Lawson Hunley\, and the first people in his life that made a difference in his plan to build a submarine. \nSome of them are as follows: His friend Robert Ruffin Barrow who helped finance the submarine. Hunley’s friend and co-worker Francis Hanson Hatch. The first commander John Scott of his fishboat submarines Pioneer. Others have written of the submarine. \nThis series is about the men involved in making the sub a reality\, whether by financing\, building\, designing\, seeking\, advising\, approving\, writing letters\, or diary entries. Each book in the series includes crew members of the submarine and all of those who had a hand in making the H.L. Hunley become a reality. \nCheryl Oliver was born in Arlington\, Virginia and grew up where local news was National news. She graduated from Marymount University in Arlington\, Virginia. Cheryl is a speaker\, historian\, genealogist; and  a member of the DAR\, UDC\, Descendants of Jamestown\, Virginia\, and applied to  Colonial Dames. Her first ancestor came over to Virginia in 1608. Other ancestors came in 1617\, some settled in Virginia and some in the Carolinas\, and branched out to all the other southern states. \nCheryl has lived in South Carolina for well over 12 years. She lives in Summerville where she enjoys being in warm weather and activities with Tim. Cheryl enjoys gardening\, visiting historical sights and nature. She is a professional genealogist and a member of the National Genealogical Society. She is a member of the UDC and participates in UDC activities. She has been involved with the SCV\, and participates in the Magnolia Cemetery Ghost Walks\, the H.L. Hunley Memorial Services\, Confederate Memorial Services throughout the south\, several parades in South Carolina\, Georgia\, and Virginia. She enjoys attending and participating in reenactments and has been a speaker at many SCV camps and other groups throughout the south. Her books have become popular\, and her greatest joy is educating and sharing history. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-cheryl-olivers/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cheryl-oliver-book-signing.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221016T152529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221016T152728Z UID:6888-1667932200-1667937600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club November: Wrong Place\, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister DESCRIPTION:Join us to chat about the new and amazing thriller from Gillian McAllister\, Wrong Place\, Wrong Time– We’ll bring the treats – you bring the community!\n \nINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“It’s perfection\, every word\, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” –Lisa Jewell\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \n“Absolutely AMAZING. The plot is astonishing–original and ingenious. But it’s much more than that; the love Jen has for her son and her husband is beautiful. The stakes are so high because they’re so meaningful.” –Marin Keyes\, internationally bestselling author \n“A brilliantly genre-bending\, mind-twisting answer to the question How far would you go to save your child?” –Ruth Ware\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \nFrom UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing\, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him\, deemed “clever\, original\, and so addictive it should come with a warning” by Alice Feeney\, bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors \nCan you stop a murder after it’s already happened? \nLate October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He’s past curfew. As you watch from the window\, he emerges\, and you realize he isn’t alone: he’s walking toward a man\, and he’s armed. \nYou can’t believe it when you see him do it: your funny\, happy teenage son\, he kills a stranger\, right there on the street outside your house. You don’t know who. You don’t know why. You only know your son is now in custody\, his future shattered. \nThat night you fall asleep in despair. All is lost. \nUntil you wake . . . \n. . . and it is yesterday. \nAnd then you wake again . . . \n. . . and it is the day before yesterday. \nEvery morning you wake up a day earlier\, another day before the murder. With another chance to stop it. Somewhere in the past lies an answer. The trigger for this crime–and you don’t have a choice but to find it . . . \n“Another ingeniously plotted genre-bender… McAllister succeeds in making us care\, and the result is a tour de force.” — The Guardian \n“This entertaining look at motherhood and memory will resonate with many. — Publishers Weekly URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-november-wrong-place-wrong-time-by-gillian-mcallister/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/november-thriller-club-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221105T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221105T133000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20221006T004740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T004938Z UID:6853-1667646000-1667655000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Virus by Nicole Seitz! DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome the lowcountry’s own wildly popular Nicole Seitz. (If you haven’t read The Cage Maker – it’s one of our favorite books in the store!) Now\, she has a YA series that’s making waves – you won’t want to miss this chance to grab signed copies of Nicole’s adult and YA titles on November 5th (just in time for holiday gift giving!\n\nAbout The Virus\n\n\nFaith\, not fear\, should spread like a virus. A new day has dawned. Those without the mark are considered a virus to be cleansed from the Global Union. Pets are being targeted to lead the enemy to their owners in hiding. When the students of Heaventree receive their new assignments\, Cornelius questions his ability to lead a team into danger. How can he trust his teammate\, Atlys\, after she showed her lack of loyalty in the building challenge? And does his mentor\, Mr. Deal\, truly understand these end times\, or is he in over his head? \nFlare\, Corn’s sister\, is growing closer to Josh\, and has been tasked with protecting Heaventree’s invisible dome. Can she truly use her creative gifts to keep her friends safe and the campus hidden? Filled with pet rescues\, ancient books\, and hidden passageways\, Book 2 of the House of Heaventree series is a page-turning continuation of The Firstborn. In The Virus\, war rages just beyond the walls of Heaventree\, while the students battle within for faith\, trust and unity. \n\n\nAbout the Author\n\nNicole Seitz is a writer\, editor\, educator\, illustrator and artist. She paints the covers of her novels and teaches visual arts and creative writing at a local Christian school. She was inspired to begin writing a series for teens with a Christian worldview\, one that would spark their interest in Biblical prophecy as well as encourage endurance and perseverance.  \nSeitz is the author of two YA novels\, The Firstborn and The Virus (House of Heaventree Books 1 and 2) as well as seven adult novels: The Cage-maker; Beyond Molasses Creek; The Inheritance of Beauty; Saving Cicadas; A Hundred Years of Happiness; Trouble the Water; and The Spirit of Sweetgrass.  \nShe is also the editor of When You Pass Through Waters: Words of Hope and Healing from Your Favorite Authors and coeditor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy.  \nNicole graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and has a degree in Illustration from Savannah College of Art & Design. Visit her website at www.nicoleseitz.com for more information. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-launch-the-virus-by-nicole-seitz/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nicole-Seitz-Virus-signing.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220925T052102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220925T053323Z UID:6837-1666117800-1666123200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: The Book Haters Book Club! DESCRIPTION:FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! \n“This sparkling novel starts with high energy and unique characters that move from one surprise to another.” —Ann Garvin\, USA TODAY bestselling author \nAll it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover… \nThat was what Elliot–the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop–believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now his grief-ridden business partner\, Irma\, has agreed to sell the cozy Over the Rainbow to condo developers. \nBut others won’t give up the bookshop without a fight. When Irma breaks the news to her daughters\, Bree and Laney\, and Elliot’s romantic partner\, Thom\, they are aghast. Over the Rainbow has been Bree and Laney’s sanctuary since childhood\, and Thom would do anything to preserve Elliot’s legacy. Together they conspire to save the bookshop\, even if it takes some snooping\, gossip and minor sabotage. \nFilled with humor\, family hijinks and actual reading recommendations\, The Book Haters’ Book Club is the ideal feel-good read. It’s a love letter to everyday heroes–those booksellers and librarians dedicated to putting the right books in the right hands every day. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-book-haters-book-club/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Living-Large-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221011T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220925T050417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220925T051554Z UID:6833-1665513000-1665518400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:October Thriller Club: They Come at Knight DESCRIPTION:FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! \nYasmin Angoe’s They Come at Knight is the heart-pounding second installment in the Nena Knight series about an intrepid female assassin who will stop at nothing to protect her family. \nFor elite assassin Nena Knight\, eliminating dangerous players on the world stage is part of the job. The Tribe\, a powerful business syndicate in Africa\, ensures that she has those opportunities. But for Nena\, the Tribe is more than just her employer; it’s an organization that supports the African people—until it turns on itself. \nAs Nena embarks on a new mission\, a violent siege by a paramilitary group throws the Tribe into chaos\, and mysterious acts of violence plague the Tribe’s territories. As the attacks escalate\, Nena suspects a different kind of enemy at play: someone on the inside\, determined to undermine the Tribe’s leaders. \nAs this new threat closes in on her own family\, Nena enlists a team to root out the danger. But as she gets closer to the truth\, she will have to risk everything to protect the future she holds dear—even if it means facing off with an enemy she never expected. \nYasmin Angoe is the author of the critically acclaimed Her Name Is Knight\, first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color. Her Name Is Knight came in #1 on multiple Amazon Bestseller charts and is an Editor’s Pick for Best Mystery\, Thriller\, & Suspense. \nYasmin is a nominee for the Anthony Awards for Best First Book and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Her work has received numerous recognitions\, Best Of lists\, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her book has appeared in Woman’s World Book Club\, POPSUGAR\, Nerd Daily\, the Washington Independent Review of Books\, Oprah Daily and other platforms. Yasmin is a former educator and received a Kirkus Review calling Her Name Is Knight\, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs”. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-thriller-club-they-come-at-knight/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Thriller-Club-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221006T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220825T063144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T145956Z UID:6758-1665081000-1665086400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:PQ Book Club: Orchid Blooming by Carol Van Den Hende - VIRTUAL DESCRIPTION:We loved Goodbye Orchid\, now comes Orchid Blooming and we’ll have Carol join us via Zoom (participants will all join via Zoom that evening…) \nA childhood tragedy followed her into adulthood. Will she ever trust in happiness again? If you like heart-warming characters overcoming trauma\, then you’ll adore award-winning Carol Van Den Hende’s emotionally satisfying page-turner. \nZoom Details: \nTopic: Orchid Blooming Book Club\nTime: Sep 29\, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87937134418?pwd=L1JhRUw0THhyMkp5Y3Qxa1ZvcGlYQT09 \nMeeting ID: 879 3713 4418\nPasscode: 606115 URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pq-book-club-orchid-blooming-by-carol-van-den-hende/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/september-PQ-orchid.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221001T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221001T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220821T173757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220821T173757Z UID:6744-1664629200-1664636400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Judi Lauren - Jordie & Joey Fell From the Sky DESCRIPTION:Twin brothers Jordie and Joey have never met their parents. Maybe it’s because they aren’t from this planet? \nWhen another kid at school tried to force Jordie to show him the “crop circles” on his back that prove he’s an alien\, it was Joey who took the kid to the ground. And when the twins got kicked out of their foster home because Joey kissed the other boy who lived there\, it was Jordie who told him everything would be okay. And as long as Jordie and Joey are together\, it will be. But when the principal calls their current foster mother about a fight at school\, the boys know she’ll be done with them. And\, from spying in their file\, they also know they’re going to be separated. \nDetermined to face the world side by side rather than without one another\, Jordie and Joey set off to find their birth parents. From Arizona to Roswell to Area 51 in the Nevada desert\, the twins begin a search for where they truly belong. But Jordie’s about to discover that family isn’t always about the ones who bring you into the world\, but the ones who help you survive it. \n\nJudi Lauren has been reading since she could first hold a book. Following her passion for working with words\, she began writing books for kids and teens about family\, friendship\, and surviving impossible things. When not writing\, she spends time editing for Radish Fiction and thinking about her dream job: working in a tiny bookshop in a rainy city. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-judi-lauren-jordie-joey-fell-from-the-sky/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Judi-Lauren-Jodi-and-Joey-event.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220825T061253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T061253Z UID:6754-1663698600-1663704000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:"Living Large" Book Club: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams DESCRIPTION:Free and open to all\, our Living Large book club is for those great books we ALL should be reading. You’ll love this one! \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK – “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”–The New York Times Book Review \n“A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”–Geraldine Brooks\, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book \nEsme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious\, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium\, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table\, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and\, learning that the word means “slave girl\,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. \nAs she grows up\, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. \nSet during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming\, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative\, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events\, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful\, lyrical\, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/september-living-large.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220924T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220904T030547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220904T030547Z UID:6780-1663495200-1664042400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Banned Books Week: Read Dangerously! DESCRIPTION:Banned Books Week (Sep. 18-24 this year) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. The week spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians\, booksellers\, publishers\, journalists\, teachers\, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas\, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. \nThe books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books\, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. \nWe’ll have a special display with tons of banned books that are often surprising\, with incentives for banned book purchases\, so stop on by! URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/banned-books-week-read-dangerously/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/banned-books-2022.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220825T054431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T054431Z UID:6750-1663093800-1663099200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: The It Girl by Ruth Ware DESCRIPTION:Join us for Yasmin Angoe’s book release and stay on to discuss The It Girl by Ruth Ware! Treats served\, open to all… \nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder. \nApril Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. \nVivacious\, bright\, occasionally vicious\, and the ultimate It girl\, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together\, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends–Will\, Hugh\, Ryan\, and Emily–during their first term. By the end of the year\, April was dead. \nNow\, a decade later\, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child\, and the man convicted of killing April\, former Oxford porter John Neville\, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her\, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death\, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide…including a murder. \n“The Agatha Christie of our generation” (David Baldacci\, #1 New York Times bestselling author) proves once again that she is “as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post) with this propulsive murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-it-girl-by-ruth-ware/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/september-it-girl-thriller.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220821T121003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T041507Z UID:6732-1663092000-1663099200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:A Special Meet the Author: Yasmin Angoe - They Come at Knight DESCRIPTION:You’ll all remember last year’s wonderful signing and book club with Yasmin Angoe’s Her Name is Knight. Now comes They Come at Knight and Yasmin will be here LIVE on Tuesday\, September 13th (prior to our thriller book club). We’ll then discuss the book at October’s Thrill in the ‘Ville! \nAt 7 p.m. there’ll be a Zoom meeting to invite everyone in from coast to coast to meet Yasmin and learn more about the book! Zoom info to login: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81733528743?pwd=ZDl2TnIwY2hsdWVTckN3ZWRrLzZPdz09\nMeeting ID: 817 3352 8743  Passcode: 091322 \nYasmin Angoe’s They Come at Knight is the heart-pounding second installment in the Nena Knight series about an intrepid female assassin who will stop at nothing to protect her family. \nFor elite assassin Nena Knight\, eliminating dangerous players on the world stage is part of the job. The Tribe\, a powerful business syndicate in Africa\, ensures that she has those opportunities. But for Nena\, the Tribe is more than just her employer; it’s an organization that supports the African people—until it turns on itself. \nAs Nena embarks on a new mission\, a violent siege by a paramilitary group throws the Tribe into chaos\, and mysterious acts of violence plague the Tribe’s territories. As the attacks escalate\, Nena suspects a different kind of enemy at play: someone on the inside\, determined to undermine the Tribe’s leaders. \nAs this new threat closes in on her own family\, Nena enlists a team to root out the danger. But as she gets closer to the truth\, she will have to risk everything to protect the future she holds dear—even if it means facing off with an enemy she never expected. \n \nYasmin Angoe is the author of the critically acclaimed Her Name Is Knight\, first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color. Her Name Is Knight came in #1 on multiple Amazon Bestseller charts and is an Editor’s Pick for Best Mystery\, Thriller\, & Suspense. \nYasmin is a nominee for the Anthony Awards for Best First Book and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Her work has received numerous recognitions\, Best Of lists\, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her book has appeared in Woman’s World Book Club\, POPSUGAR\, Nerd Daily\, the Washington Independent Review of Books\, Oprah Daily and other platforms. Yasmin is a former educator and received a Kirkus Review calling Her Name Is Knight\, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs”. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/a-special-meet-the-author-yasmin-angoe-they-come-at-knight/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-09-07-at-12.52.56-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220904T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220904T173000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220728T081115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220808T200445Z UID:6614-1662300000-1662312600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Southern Lit Spectacular! DESCRIPTION:GRAB YOUR TICKETS HERE!\nThis will be THE event of the season at Main Street Reads – four incredible authors\, four seriously amazing books\, UNPLUGGED at the wonderful James Dean Theatre\, followed by a book signing and private reception for ticket holders back at the bookstore! \nDramatic readings and conversations with these wildly popular\, award-winning novelists will be the centerpiece of this Southern Lit Spectacular at 2 p.m. Sept. 4 at the James Dean Theater right up the block from us.\n\n\nThe program will include The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock\, The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney\, One Good Mama Bone by Bren McClain\, and the all-new edition of Gradle Bird by JC Sasser. A portion of book sales will benefit the Timrod Library. \n\nGeneral tickets include a gift certificate to use towards any of the books and a souvenir program signed by all the authors\, as well as food and drink at the signing reception following the performance! VIP tickets include seating in the first five rows and one each of ALL four books. Seating is limited – reserve your tix today!\n\n \nMeet the Authors\nKimberly Brock is the bestselling author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare (Harper Muse) and her award-winning debut\, The River Witch. Eleanor Dare spent three weeks on The Southern Independent Booksellers Bestseller List. A former actor and special needs educator\, in 2014\, Kimberly founded Tinderbox Writer’s Workshop\, a transformative creative experience for women in the arts. Kimberly has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national groups\, including The Women’s Fiction Writer’s annual conference and The Pat Conroy Literary Center. She lives near Atlanta with her husband and three children. www.kimberlybrockbooks.com \nRobert Gwaltney\, award-winning writer of southern fiction\, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the literary community. By day\, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia\, Inc.\, Children Services\, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert’s work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Robert also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. His debut novel\, The Cicada Tree\, was awarded the Somerset Award for literary fiction. www.robertlgwaltney.com \nBren McClain is the author of the critically acclaimed debut novel\, One Good Mama Bone\, from Pat Conroy’s Story River Books. described as “Charlotte’s Web for grown-ups.” It won the 2017 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction and the 2018 Patricia Winn Award for Southern Literature. It was also named Pulpwood Queen 2017 Book of the Year\, a 2017 Great Group Reads by the Women’s National Book Association\, and a Southeastern Independent Booksellers (SIBA) Okra pick. She is at work on her next novel\, TOOK\, which was named gold medalist in the 2016 William Faulkner –William Wisdom Novel-in-Progress. Bren makes her home in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. www.brenmcclain.com \nJ.C. Sasser started her professional career at age twelve\, working as a dishwasher\, waitress\, and cook at a truck stop off Georgia’s I-16. Over her life\, she’s worked as an envelope licker\, tortoise tagger\, lifeguard\, Senate page\, model\, editor\, water-polo coach\, marine biologist\, plant grower\, software consultant\, and 6-Sigma Black Belt. Her debut novel\, Gradle Bird\, won the 2018 Southern Book Prize and the IBPA’s Benjamin Franklin award for Best New Voice in Fiction\, and was a finalist for the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction. She currently lives in the south Georgia woods in an old WWII barracks with her husband\, Thomas\, their two sons\, T.C. and Robert Esten\, and dogs Boo Reedy and Batman. www.jcsasserbooks.com \nMeet the Books\nThe fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery\, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured Commonplace Book. Brought from England on Eleanor’s fateful voyage to the New World\, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it\, but her mother’s tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped. \nIn the waning days of World War Two\, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell\, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past\, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter\, Penn\, in tow. But when Penn’s curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor’s book is finally found\, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare. \nIn this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock\, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written. \n“Some things in this world are meant to burn …” The summer of 1956\, a brood of cicadas descends upon Providence Georgia\, a natural event with supernatural repercussions\, unhinging the life of Analeise Newell\, an eleven-year-old piano prodigy. Amidst this emergence\, dark obsessions are stirred\, uncanny gifts provoked\, and secrets unearthed. \nDuring a visit to Mistletoe\, a plantation owned by the wealthy Mayfield family\, Analeise encounters Cordelia Mayfield and her daughter Marlissa\, both of whom possess an otherworldly beauty.  A whisper and an act of violence perpetrated during this visit by Mrs. Mayfield all converge to kindle Analeise’s fascination with the Mayfields. \nAnaleise’s burgeoning obsession with the Mayfield family overshadows her own seemingly\, ordinary life\, culminating in dangerous games and manipulation\, setting off a chain of cataclysmic events with life-altering consequences—all of it unfolding to the maddening whir of a cicada song. \nA novel of courageous parental love and the instructive\, healing bonds that form between humans and animals. Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina\, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer’s quest to find her mama bone\, after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor\, a woman she calls Sister. When her husband drinks himself to death\, Sarah\, a dirt-poor homemaker with no family to rely on and the note on the farm long past due\, must find a way for her and young Emerson Bridge to survive. But the more daunting obstacle is Sarah’s fear that her mother’s words\, seared in her memory since she first heard them at the age of six\, were a prophesy\, You ain’t got you one good mama bone in you\, girl. \nWhen Sarah reads in the local newspaper that a boy won $680 with his Grand Champion steer at the recent 1951 Fat Cattle Show & Sale\, she sees this as their financial salvation and finds a way to get Emerson Bridge a steer from a local farmer to compete in the 1952 show. But the young calf is unsettled at Sarah’s farm\, crying out in distress and growing louder as the night wears on. Some four miles away\, the steer’s mother hears his cries and breaks out of a barbed-wire fence to go in search of him. The next morning Sarah finds the young steer quiet\, content\, and nursing a large cow. Inspired by the mother cow’s act of love\, Sarah names her Mama Red. And so Sarah’s education in motherhood begins with Mama Red as her teacher. \nBut Luther Dobbins\, the man who sold Sarah the steer\, has his sights set on winning too\, and\, like Sarah\, he is desperate\, but not for money. Dobbins is desperate for glory\, wanting to regain his lost grand-champion dynasty\, and he will stop at nothing to win. Emboldened by her lessons from Mama Red and her budding mama bone\, Sarah is committed to victory even after she learns the winning steer’s ultimate fate. Will she stop at nothing\, even if it means betraying her teacher? \nA wildly inventive novel that stretches the boundaries of what it costs to love and be loved. Sixteen-year-old Gradle Bird has lived her entire life with her Grandpa\, Leonard\, at a seedy motel and truck stop off Georgia’s I-16. But when Leonard moves her to a crumbling old house rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Ms. Annalee Spivey\, Gradle is plunged into a lush\, magical world much stranger and more dangerous than from the one she came.     \nHere she meets Sonny Joe Stitch\, a Siamese fighting fish connoisseur overdosed on testosterone\, a crippled\, Bible-thumping hobo named Ceif “Tadpole” Walker\, and the only true friend she will ever know\, a schizophrenic genius\, music-man\, and professional dumpster-diver\, D-5 Delvis Miles. As Gradle falls deeper into Delvis’s imaginary and fantastical world\, unsettling dangers lurk\, and when surfaced Gradle discovers unforeseen depths in herself and the people she loves the most.     \nGradle Bird is an unusual tale of self-discovery and redemption that explores the infirmities of fatherly love\, the complexities of human cruelty\, and the consequences of guilt\, proving they are possible to overcome no matter how dark and horrible the cause.   URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/southern-lit-spectacular/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-3.48.18-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220724T050738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220821T173917Z UID:6594-1661452200-1661457600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thursday August PQ Book Club: Every Now and Then by Lesley Kagen DESCRIPTION:For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land comes a heartfelt story about three young girls searching for adventure during the summer of 1960 from the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark. \nCome join us for treatss and book talk! Open to all… \nThat summer would change us . . . forever. \nThe summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit\, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat\, there was a creek to be swum in\, sprinklers to run through\, and ice cream at Whitcomb’s Drugstore. But for Frankie\, Viv\, and Biz\, eleven-year-old best friends\, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town–and took their young lives as they’d known them as a souvenir. \nWith a to-do list in hand\, the girls set forth from their hideout to make their mark on that summer\, but when three patients escape from Broadhurst Mental Institution\, their idyllic lives take a sinister turn. Determined to uncover long-held secrets\, the girls have no idea that what they discover could cost them their lives and the ones they hold dear. \nSix decades later\, Biz\, now a bestselling novelist\, remembers that long ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then\, a story about the ties that bind us\, the timelessness of grief and guilt–and the everlasting hope for redemption. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/august-pulpwood-queens-book-club-every-now-and-then-by-lesley-kagen/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AUGUST-PQ.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220820T180000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220728T025703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220819T172635Z UID:6603-1660989600-1661018400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day 2022: Welcome Dorothy St. James DESCRIPTION:Dorothy St. James\, author of cozy mysteries with romantic twists\, will be our Romance Day guest from 1 – 3 pm – We adore all Dorothy’s work; you will too! \n\nMystery author Dorothy St. James was born in New York but raised in South Carolina. She is a former Folly Beach beach bum. And now is a hectic suburb mom\, living in Mt. Pleasant\, South Carolina\, with her husband\, precocious daughter\, slightly (OK\, terribly) needy dogs\, and the friendliest cat you’d ever meet. Though writing has always been a passion for her\, she pursued an undergraduate degree in Wildlife Biology and a graduate degree in Public Administration and Urban Planning. She put her educational experience to use\, having worked in all branches and all levels of government including local\, regional\, state\, and federal. She even spent time during college working for a non-profit environmental watchdog organization. \n* Dorothy St. James is the alter-ego of award-winning multi-published author\, Dorothy McFalls. She enjoys writing in several different genres. Her works have been nominated for many awards including: Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award\, Reviewers International Organization Award\, National Reader’s Choice Award\, CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award\, and The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her work: “amazing”\, “perfect”\, “filled with emotion”\, and “lined with danger.” \n\nWhat is Bookstore Romance Day?\nBookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books\, readers\, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bookstore-romance-day-2022/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/book-love-22-wide.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220816T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220816T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220724T034751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220730T162446Z UID:6586-1660674600-1660680000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:August Living Large Book Club: Florida Woman by Deb Rogers DESCRIPTION:August’s “Living Large book club selection\, Florida Woman\, offers a perfect blend of humor\, intrigue and quirkiness wrapped in a southern fiction blanket – we think you’re going to love it! \nA gleefully dark and entertaining debut for fans of Kevin Wilson and Karen Russell\, about one young woman’s sensational summer at a Floridian wildlife center for exotic monkeys \nJamie is a Florida Woman. She grew up on the beach\, thrives in humidity\, has weathered more hurricanes than she can count\, and now\, after going viral for an outrageous crime she never meant to commit in the first place\, she has the requisite headline to her name. But when the chance comes for her to escape viral infamy and imminent jail time by taking a community service placement at Atlas\, a shelter for rescued monkeys\, it seems like just the fresh start Jamie needs to finally get her life back on track — until it’s not. \nSomething sinister stirs in the palmetto woods surrounding her cabin\, and secrets lurk among the three beguiling women who run the shelter and affectionately take Jamie under their wing for the summer. She hears the distant screams of monkeys each night; the staff perform cryptic\, lakeside sacrifices to honor Atlas; and the land\, which has long been abandoned by citrus farmers and theme park developers alike\, now proves to be dangerously\, relentlessly untamed. \nAs Jamie ventures deeper into the offbeat world and rituals of Atlas\, her summer is soon set to inspire an even stranger Florida headline than she ever could’ve imagined. \nTreats served\, join the fun! URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/august-living-large-book-club-florida-woman-by-deb-rogers/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Writers Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NEW-AUG-LL.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220809T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220809T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220724T050118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220724T051447Z UID:6590-1660069800-1660075200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club August: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager DESCRIPTION:Come join us for treats and book talk! The New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his “best plot twist yet.” (People\, Best Summer Books) Be careful what you watch for . . . Casey Fletcher\, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press\, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon\, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce\, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. \n\n\n\nThey make for good viewing–a tech innovator\, Tom is powerful; and a former model\, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake\, Casey saves Katherine from drowning\, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other–and the longer Casey watches–it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. \n\n\n\nWhen Katherine suddenly vanishes\, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye–and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. Packed with sharp characters\, psychological suspense\, and gasp-worthy plot twists\, Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake is the ultimate es URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-august-the-house-across-the-lake-by-riley-sager/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/AUGUST-THRILLER.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220719T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220719T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220626T053947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220626T053947Z UID:6449-1658255400-1658260800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub July: The Bloomsbury Girls DESCRIPTION:Join us for fun\, food\, and lively discussion around The Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner! \n*Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Katie Couric Media\, the CBC\, the Globe and Mail\, BookBub\, POPSUGAR\, SheReads\, Women.com and more!*\n\nNatalie Jenner\, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society\, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London\, a century-old bookstore\, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world in Bloomsbury Girls. \nBloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned new and rare book store that has persisted and resisted change for a hundred years\, run by men and guided by the general manager’s unbreakable fifty-one rules. But in 1950\, the world is changing\, especially the world of books and publishing\, and at Bloomsbury Books\, the girls in the shop have plans: \nVivien Lowry: Single since her aristocratic fiance was killed in action during World War II\, the brilliant and stylish Vivien has a long list of grievances–most of them well justified and the biggest of which is Alec McDonough\, the Head of Fiction. \nGrace Perkins: Married with two sons\, she’s been working to support the family following her husband’s breakdown in the aftermath of the war. Torn between duty to her family and dreams of her own. \nEvie Stone: In the first class of female students from Cambridge permitted to earn a degree\, Evie was denied an academic position in favor of her less accomplished male rival. Now she’s working at Bloomsbury Books while she plans to remake her own future. \nAs they interact with various literary figures of the time–Daphne Du Maurier\, Ellen Doubleday\, Sonia Blair (widow of George Orwell)\, Samuel Beckett\, Peggy Guggenheim\, and others–these three women with their complex web of relationships\, goals and dreams are all working to plot out a future that is richer and more rewarding than anything society will allow. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-july-the-bloomsbury-girls/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Living-Large-July.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220712T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220712T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220626T055034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220626T055034Z UID:6453-1657650600-1657656000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Bookclub July: The Ravaged! DESCRIPTION:Join us for lively discussion\, treats and talk about The Ravaged by Norman Reedus. Free and open to all! \nThe highly anticipated debut novel from Norman Reedus\, acclaimed star of The Walking Dead \nThis country wasn’t built on good–only fought for with good intentions. \nJack’s dying mother told him\, Run and never look back. He spent his life amassing wealth\, but after losing his family\, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack\, he heads to South America\, where people with nothing teach him what matters. \nAfter thrashing his dog-abusing boss\, Hunter learns of his father’s death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories from his father’s life help ease the struggles of small-town Americans. Hunter discovers a secret past. \nSeventeen-year-old Anne flees Tennessee after her older brother attacks her. She whacks him with a skillet and hops a freight to Alabama with her best friend. Living hand to mouth\, they build friendships\, uncovering something they never had: family. \nThe Ravaged is a fast-paced\, up-in-your-face novel of gritty realism\, exploring three different personal quests with eerily parallel outcomes. \n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-bookclub-july-the-ravaged/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Thriller-July.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220529T055421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220529T055520Z UID:6366-1656257400-1656262800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing and Talk: Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People by George McDaniel DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special signing and talk with George McDaniel for his new (April) release of Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People. \nA new portrayal of this 18th-century icon among America’s historic sites\, Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People is the first book in the nation to focus on a site’s recent history using interviews with descendants (both White and Black)\, board members\, staff\, donors\, architects\, historians\, preservationists\, tourism leaders\, and more. \nLike different mosaic pieces\, each interview combines with others to create an engaging picture of this one place\, revealing never-before-shared family moments\, major decisions in preservation and site stewardship\, and pioneering efforts to transform a Southern plantation into a site for racial conciliation. Readers will see Drayton Hall’s people not as stereotypes\, but as the real people they were — and are. \nMaps\, photographs\, lines of descent\, interview questions\, a how-to guide\, and related website\, all provide blueprints for readers who wish to undertake similar endeavors to build community in today’s world. \nDrayton Hall has experienced prosperous times and lean times\, but few people have had a greater impact than George W. McDaniel\, Ph.D.\, executive director for over 26 years. George retired from his post in 2015\, leaving a legacy of visionary preservation\, education and community building. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-and-talk-drayton-hall-stories-a-place-and-its-people-by-george-mcdaniel/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/George-meet-author.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T140706 CREATED:20220522T055050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220522T055050Z UID:6331-1656009000-1656014400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:PQ Book Club June: The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock DESCRIPTION:Join the Pulpwood Queens book club discussion in June when we chat about the new hit from Kimberly Brock\, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare. \nThe fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. \nWhat happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery\, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on Eleanor’s fateful voyage to the New World\, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it\, but her mother’s tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped. \nIn the waning days of World War II\, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell\, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past\, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter\, Penn\, in tow. But when Penn’s curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor’s book is finally found\, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare. \nIn this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock\, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written. \nPraise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare: \n“From the haunting first line\, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare transports the reader to a mysterious land\, time and family . . . the captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance hiding behind the untold secrets.” —Patti Callahan\, New York Times bestselling author \n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nKimberly Brock is the award-winning author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare and The River Witch. She is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. She lives near Atlanta with her husband and three children. Visit her online at kimberlybrockbooks.com; Instagram: @kimberlydbrock; Facebook: @kimberlybrockauthor; Twitter: @kimberlydbrock. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pq-book-club-june-the-lost-book-of-eleanor-dare-by-kimberly-brock/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/JUNE-PQ.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR