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SUMMARY:Main Street Reads Turns Two Years Old!
DESCRIPTION:Ah\, remember our first birthday? Yep\, last March 1; and just days later\, well\, yeah\, THAT happened. Because we still can’t safely jam us all in for a standing-room only super-hero party\, this year’s Anniversary Celebration is going to look a wee bit different. \nWe’ll still cut a cake on Monday\, March 1st (3 pm)\, and we’ll have lots of individually wrapped slices to pick up that day and throughout the week. PLUS\, it may be our birthday\, but we’re giving YOU the gifts – ALL WEEK LONG we’ll be giving away gift bags with some special goodies for all. \nThis way\, you can help us celebrate throughout the week\, while we continue to keep you\, our favorite readers\, safe and entertained… \nWatch our social pages on Facebook and Instagram for ongoing updates and we’ll SEE YOU ON MAIN STREET!
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LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Love at First with Kate Clayborn (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:“The most delightful cast of characters I’ve met in ages…a modern romance masterpiece.“ —New York Times bestseller Christina Lauren\n\n\nFrom Kate Clayborn\, the acclaimed author of Love Lettering\, comes a sparkling\, tender novel\, Love At First about bickering neighbors\, surprise reunions\, and the mysterious power of love… \nSixteen years ago\, a teenaged Will Sterling saw—or rather\, heard—the girl of his dreams. Standing beneath an apartment building balcony\, he shared a perfect moment with a lovely\, warm-voiced stranger. It’s a memory that’s never faded\, though he’s put so much of his past behind him. Now an unexpected inheritance has brought Will back to that same address\, where he plans to offload his new property and get back to his regular life as an overworked doctor. Instead\, he encounters a woman\, two balconies above\, who’s uncannily familiar… \nNo matter how surprised Nora Clarke is by her reaction to handsome\, curious Will\, or the whispered pre-dawn conversations they share\, she won’t let his plans ruin her quirky\, close-knit building. Bound by her loyalty to her adored grandmother\, she sets out to foil his efforts with a little light sabotage. But beneath the surface of their feud is an undeniable connection. A balcony\, a star-crossed couple\, a fateful meeting—maybe it’s the kind of story that can’t work out in the end. Or maybe\, it’s the perfect second chance… \nDouble RITA® nominee Kate Clayborn lives in Virginia\, where she spends her days reading and talking about all kinds of great books. Kate loves to hear from and connect with readers—follow her on Twitter\, on Instagram\, and on Facebook. Visit her at www.kateclayborn.com to sign up for her newsletter.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-love-at-first-with-kate-clayborn-virtual/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Reading,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Local Author Matt Loveland with The Artist: Faith\, Science and the Rest of Us
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fascinating chat and Meet the Author event with local author Matt Loveland\, and get a signed copy of his new release: The Artist: Faith\, Science\, and the Rest of Us. \nAbout the Book:\nYou matter because you were made.Created\, on purpose\, in the very image of God. And that’s not just a slogan. That’s something author Matt Loveland set out to prove.You believe the world was created. At least\, statistically you do. According to a 2018-2019 PEW Research poll\, 96% of Americans believe in a higher power. But whether it’s parents\, school\, or the media\, 100% of us are taught from an early age that faith is the trade of the superstitious; that science and Atheism are one in the same. \nMeet Matt:\nMatt Loveland came to faith in Christ because he was turned off by the irrationality of Atheism; he was drawn in by the logic and reason of God. In The Artist: Faith\, Science\, and the Rest of Us\, he takes readers along his journey to discover a surprisingly biblical truth that the majority of Christians believe and at the same time feel they lack the tools to express: that God guided our evolution. On purpose\, and for a reason: because He loves us. And He loves you.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-local-author-matt-loveland-with-the-artist-faith-science-and-the-rest-of-us/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: When the Apricots Bloom with Gina Wilkinson
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by her own experiences stationed in Baghdad during Saddam Hussein’s rule\, former foreign correspondent Gina Wilkinson’s evocative\, suspenseful debut is told through the eyes of three very different women in Iraq at the turn of the millennium. A secretary\, an artist and a diplomat’s wife\, each must confront the complexities of trust\, friendship\, and motherhood under the rule of a dictator and his ruthless secret police… \nAt night\, in Huda’s fragrant garden\, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad\, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda\, a secretary at the Australian embassy\, lives in fear of the mukhabarat—the secret police who watch and listen for any scrap of information that can be used against America and its allies. They have ordered her to befriend Ally Wilson\, the deputy ambassador’s wife. Huda has no wish to be an informant\, but fears for her teenage son\, who may be forced to join a deadly militia. Nor does she know that Ally has dangerous secrets of her own. \nHuda’s former friend\, Rania\, enjoyed a privileged upbringing as the daughter of a sheikh. Now her family’s wealth is gone\, and Rania too is battling to keep her child safe and a roof over their heads. As the women’s lives intersect\, their hidden pasts spill into the present. Facing possible betrayal at every turn\, all three must trust in a fragile\, newfound loyalty\, even as they discover how much they are willing to sacrifice to protect their families. \nGina Wilkinson is an award-winning journalist\, author\, former foreign correspondent\, and documentary maker who’s reported from some of the world’s most intriguing and perilous places for the BBC\, NPR\, ABC\, and other renowned public broadcasters. During two decades living and working in hotspots across the globe\, she spent more than a year in Baghdad under Saddam Hussein. At that time\, Iraq was virtually sealed off from the outside world\, and Gina lived under tight surveillance. One of her closest Iraqi friends even worked as a secret police informant\, reporting on her every move. Gina now works in international development\, supporting efforts to end poverty in the developing world. She lives in Australia and can be found online at ginawilkinson.net.
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: MARCH Pick - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
DESCRIPTION:Book Club Questions Below (they do contain spoilers!) \nThe Third Tuesday of this month will see us having a live and or virtual discussion of the amazing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. \nYou can join in the fun LIVE at Main Street Reads March 16th at 6:30 pm OR join in via ZOOM:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83921524726?pwd=Z3NOanY4MVBPdXR0YTRhQ1JPclMvdz09 Meeting ID: 839 2152 4726  Passcode: 621178 \nThrough one woman’s survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl\, master storyteller\, Kristin Hannah\, reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough\, yet as fragile\, as a change in the wind. —Delia Owens\, author of Where the Crawdads Sing \nFrom the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope\, set during the Great Depression\, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself\, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. \n“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” \nTexas\, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over\, the bounty of the land is plentiful\, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott\, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option\, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin\, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. \nBy 1934\, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying\, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. \nIn this uncertain and perilous time\, Elsa–like so many of her neighbors–must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west\, to California\, in search of a better life for her family. \nThe Four Winds a rich\, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it–the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope\, resilience\, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity\, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream\, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. \n\n\nDiscussion Questions\n\n\n\n\nSpoiler Alert: Please note that the discussion guide below contain spoilers to the book. \n\n“Hope is a coin I carry. . . . There were times in my journey when it felt as if that penny and the hope it represented were the only things that kept me going.” (1) What is the significance of the fact that it is an American penny? In what ways does hope anchor us in the moment\, and in what ways does it push us forward? Do you or your family have any keepsakes that represent your family’s hope for the future?\n\n\n“But we women of the Great Plains worked from sunup to sundown\, too\, toiled on wheat farms until we were as dry and baked as the land we loved.” (1) The stories of women have largely gone undocumented throughout history\, and this era is no different. It is changing\, slowly\, and women’s courage and determination and victories are being brought to light. How are women’s stories different? Why do you think they’ve gone unreported for so long? Do you think sharing these stories will make a difference to future generations?\n\n\nLife was very different for unmarried young women in earlier generations. Expectations for their future were sharply defined. How is Elsa shaped by these expectations and her failure to meet them? Do you think it would have been the same for her in New York City? Did you feel compressed by expectation when you were growing up? Do you think these societal mores were designed to keep women “in their place”? How difficult is it to defy both family and society in a small town?\n\n\n“She wished she’d never read The Age of Innocence. What good came from all this unexpressed longing? She would never fall in love\, never have a child of her own.” (8) Literature is\, quite honestly\, the opening of a door. Through that door\, Elsa saw whole other lives\, other futures. What books influenced you when you were growing up? Did any novel and/or character change your perception of either yourself or the world? Did you identify with Elsa and her journey throughout this book? In what way?\n\n\n“She had to believe there was grit in her\, even if it had never been tested or revealed.” (9) This sentence highlights Elsa’s essentially hopeful nature\, even though she doesn’t believe in herself. Her family and her world have pared her down to inconsequence. Does this idea resonate with you? Have you seen it at work in other people? In yourself?\n\n\nIn 1920s America\, there was significant prejudice against Italians; we see that prejudice in Elsa’s own family. What does Rafe represent to Elsa on the night they meet? Is it simply sex and loneliness? Or do you think there’s something deeper involved? Another small defiance against her parents’ small-mindedness? What does it say about Elsa that she went with Rafe so willingly?\n\n\n“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family. We plant\, we tend\, we harvest. I make wine from grape cuttings that I brought here from Sicily\, and the wine I make reminds me of my father. It binds us\, one to another\, as it has for generations. Now it will bind you to us.” (51) How are people connected to the land that they occupy? What about the land they farm? Describe that unique and complicated connection.\n\n\nMotherhood changes Elsa in almost every way. What does she learn by becoming a mother? What does she learn about motherhood from Rose? How does motherhood strengthen a woman? How does it weaken her? How does Elsa remain “herself” after giving birth? How does she change?\n\n\nFew things can break a woman’s heart like motherhood. “Elsa grieved daily for the loss of that closeness with her firstborn. At first she’d tried to scale the walls of her daughter’s adolescent\, irrational anger; she’d volleyed back with words of love\, but Loreda’s continuing\, thriving impatience with Elsa had done worse than grind her down. It had resurrected all the insecurities of childhood.” (66) If you’re a parent\, did this passage resonate with you? Why?\n\n\nThe adolescent years can be especially difficult on mothers and daughters. Did you dislike Loreda during these years? Did you understand her?\n\n\n“Tony and Rose were the kind of people who expected life to be hard and had become tougher to survive. . . . They might have come off the boat as Anthony and Rosalba\, but hard work and the land had turned them into Tony and Rose. Americans. They would die of thirst and hunger before they’d give that up.” (76) Do you think this attitude is a common thread in those who across generations have come to chase the “American Dream”? Why is land so important to that dream? How does one “become American”?\n\n\nThere is a strong thread running through this novel about man’s connection to the land. During the Dust Bowl\, while many families went west in search of work and a better life\, most of them stayed behind on their parched farms. Why do you think that is?\n\n\nWhat bonds Loreda and her father? What dreams do they share? Do they intend to exclude Elsa\, whom they perceive as just a workhorse? Or is she partially to blame for being ostracized? How does her lack of self-esteem color her relationships with her husband and eldest child?\n\n\nWhat do you think about Rafe? Was he as trapped by his family’s expectations as Elsa had been by her own? Did you expect him to leave?\n\n\nHow would you describe the Texas landscape the author paints? With its dust storms and earth dry and zigzag cracked\, is it like any you’ve known?\n\n\n“Even if they didn’t speak of their love\, or share their feelings in long\, heartfelt conversations\, the bond was there. Sturdy. They’d sewn their lives together in the silent way of women unused to conversation. Day after day\, they worked together\, prayed together\, held their growing family together through the hardships of farm life.” (90–91) Do you share a similar bond with the women in your life—either as a mother\, a daughter\, or a daughter-in-law? With your friends? Why do you think female bonding is so important to women?\n\n\nWhy does Rafe leave and what is he chasing out west? Do you have sympathy for how broken he felt by the poverty and hardship? Should Elsa have agreed to go with him? How does Elsa aim to fill his void\, and why does she believe she loves him even after the abandonment?\n\n\nWhy does the Martinelli family stay under such brutal conditions—the heat\, the dust storms\, the lack of food\, and the dying livestock? Does it reveal anything about the grit that literally fills their bodies? What choices do they have\, and what might you have done during the drought? Were you surprised that Elsa set off without her in-laws? Would you have had the courage to do the same?\n\n\nHow have the Dust Bowl and “going west” been treated by the American imagination (perhaps in song or cinema)? What has been glamorized\, and what grittiness has been left out or effectively captured? Elsa compares them to the early pioneers in their covered wagons. Is that an accurate comparison?\n\n\nLife in California is not at all what the migrants expected\, what advertisements had led them to believe. The locals treat them badly\, are afraid of them. Why is that? How does the treatment of migrants in California during the Great Depression mirror the treatment of immigrants today? How is it the same? How is it different?\n\n\nHow do Elsa and her family remain unbroken even while enduring crippling poverty\, food and shelter insecurity\, and living in a town that is hostile to them? Would they have fared better in Texas?\n\n\nWhat do Jack and the Communist union organizers offer the migrant workers\, and Loreda in particular? Why is it a risk to associate with them and what is Elsa’s hesitation?\n\n\nIn the 1930s\, communism and socialism were on the rise\, partially in response to the grinding poverty\, joblessness\, and despair. The Communists claimed that “communism is the new Americanism.” Can you understand why people believed in that? What do we know now that people didn’t know then? How do you think these perceptions have changed over time?\n\n\nDiscuss the shift in thinking that happens between generations—the freedoms longed for and the sacrifices required. The Greatest Generation was shaped by the Great Depression and World War II. They willingly sacrificed for each other and did what they could to help. How is the modern world different? How do we face our own dark times?\n\n\nHow does the Great Depression setting of The Four Winds compare to America during the pandemic? What lessons of resilience and healing might be embedded in this story? How might others’ struggles inspire us? Do you have any family stories from the Depression?\n\n\nThey say that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. During the COVID- 19 pandemic\, Americans were faced with many of the same challenges of the Great Depression. Did we learn from previous generations? What differences can you see in the two difficult times? What similarities? How do you think future generations will judge the America of today?\n\n\n“Courage is fear you ignore.” Discuss this. How do Elsa’s and Loreda’s actions embody this idea? Fighting for any kind of social equality or radical change often requires great personal sacrifice.\nFighting for any kind of social equality or radical change often requires great personal sacrifice. How does Elsa represent the courage it takes to stand up and make trouble and be counted?\n\n\nWhy was it so important for Loreda to get her mother back to Texas\, even if at such a high cost? How did she finally come to understand her mother and her choices through a new lens?\n\n\nDid you find the end of Elsa’s and her family’s journey satisfying? Where do you think Ant and Loreda ended up? How do you see Loreda’s life being like her mother’s? How will it be different?
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SUMMARY:Author and Speaker Chris Singleton Returns with His New Release: Your Life Matters
DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to announce that speaker Chris Singleton\, author of the already wildly popular Different\, will be at Main Street Reads on March 20th to celebrate and discuss his newest book releasing in March\, Your Life Matters. \n\nEmpowering and validating\, Your Life Matters teaches children of all races about Black History and reassures black children everywhere that no matter what they hear no matter what they experience\, no matter what they’re told\, their lives matter. Written by national speaker Chris Singleton\, who lost his own mother in the 2015 Charleston church shooting\, Your Life Matters teaches kids to stand tall in the face of racial adversity and fight for the life they dream of. \nEach page depicts a famous hero from Black history mentoring a child of today and encouraging them to use their mind\, heart\, voice\, and hands in that fight. Hero-mentors in the book include Maya Angelou\, Jackie Robinson\, Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Aretha Franklin\, Katherine Johnson\, Harriet Tubman\, Frederick Douglas\, Mary McLeod Bethune\, George Washington Carver\, and others. \n\nDon’t miss the chance to meet this local icon\, hear his words of wisdom and inspiration\, and get signed keepsake copies of his books! \nChris Singleton is an inspirational speaker and former professional baseball player who travels the country as a student achievement specialist. Chris has spoken to over 60\,000 students and teachers across the nation and has helped thousands of students and teachers overcome hardships and excel in the classroom. Chris’s speech on overcoming hate with love has been seen or shared millions of times and has gotten him featured on Lifetime\, ESPN E:60\, USA Today\, CNN\, and Fox News. Chris is a proud father of his son\, CJ\, and a proud husband to his high school sweetheart\, Mariana. \n6
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/author-and-speaker-chris-singleton-returns-with-his-new-release-your-life-matters/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: A Town Called Solace with Mary Lawson (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com for your link to attend this special event with New York Times bestselling author Mary Lawson\, acclaimed for digging into the “wilderness of the human heart.” She’s back after almost a decade with a fresh and timely novel:\n \nA Town Called Solace—the brilliant and emotionally radiant new novel from Mary Lawson\, her first in nearly a decade—opens on a family in crisis: rebellious teenager Rose been missing for weeks with no word\, and Rose’s younger sister\, the feisty and fierce Clara\, keeps a daily vigil at the living-room window\, hoping for her sibling’s return. \nEnter thirty-ish Liam Kane\, newly divorced\, newly unemployed\, newly arrived in this small northern town\, where he promptly moves into the house next door—watched suspiciously by astonished and dismayed Clara\, whose elderly friend\, Mrs. Orchard\, owns that home. Around the time of Rose’s disappearance\, Mrs. Orchard was sent for a short stay in hospital\, and Clara promised to keep an eye on the house and its remaining occupant\, Mrs. Orchard’s cat\, Moses. As the novel unfolds\, so does the mystery of what has transpired between Mrs Orchard and the newly arrived stranger. \nTold through three distinct\, compelling points of view—Clara’s\, Mrs. Orchard’s\, and Liam Kane’s—the novel cuts back and forth among these unforgettable characters to uncover the layers of grief\, remorse\, and love that connect families\, both the ones we’re born into and the ones we choose. A Town Called Solace is a masterful\, suspenseful and deeply humane novel by one of our great storytellers. \nMary Lawson was born and brought up in a small farming community in Ontario. She is the author of three previous nationally and internationally bestselling novels\, Crow Lake\, The Other Side of the Bridge\, and Road Ends. Crow Lake was a New York Times bestseller and was chosen as a Book of the Year by The New York Times and The Washington Post\, among others. The Other Side of the Bridge was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Lawson lives in England but returns to Canada frequently.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-a-town-called-solace-with-mary-lawson-virtual-event/
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