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Brunonia Barry has 21 past events. (show) Gibson's Bookstore: Brunonia Barry (May 28, 2010 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Map of True Places. "It isn't down in any map; true places never are."--Herman Melville, Moby Dick The bestselling author of The Lace Reader is back with a emotionally compelling new novel about finding your true place in the world, in which a psychotherapist finds the strands of her own life in the death of a troubled ... (more)patient. With themes drawn from 19th century literature and from 21st century life, this novel is sure to please a broad array of readers.
Wellesley Free Library: Meet Brunonia Barry, author of "The Map of True Places" and "The Lace Reader" (May 12, 2010 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader.
Brookline Booksmith: Brunonia Barry (May 6, 2010 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Map of True Places. The author of runaway bestseller The Lace Reader returns with a novel about a Boston psychotherapist who uncovers a trove of family secrets. When one of her patients commits suicide, Dr. Zee Finch comes face to face with the reality of her past. Stunningly written, The Map of True Places will surprise ... (more)and enthrall.
Cornerstone Books: Book Launch Event for Brunonia Barry’s The Map of True Places (May 4, 2010 at) Brunonia Barry signs The Map of True Places. The eagerly anticipated second novel from Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader, arrives Tuesday May 4th! Cornerstone Books hosts the book launch event for The Map of True Places (William Morrow, ISBN 9780061624780, May 2010, $25.99) at The House of The Seven Gables at 115 Derby Street, Salem. Tickets ... (more)for the reading/talk/book signing are $5 and are worth $5 off of the price of the book at the event. Separate tickets for the wine and cheese reception following the reading are $15. Tickets can be purchased at Cornerstone Books. In an emotionally compelling novel about finding your true place in the world, Brunonia explores the meaning of family by blending beautiful storytelling and everyday magic in her inimitable way. Like The Lace Reader, this book is set in Salem, and features cameo appearance by some of your favorite Lace Reader characters! Event location: The House of Seven Gables Salem MA
Next Chapter Bookshop: Brunonia Barry (October 12, 2009 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader. This event is free and open to the public.
Cornerstone Books: Brunonia Barry (October 10, 2009 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader. Local author Brunonia Barry reads from her bestselling (and set in Salem!) novel, The Lace Reader, which has been optioned for a thrilling Hollywood movie! Reading, followed by Q&A and book signing. ”Suspenseful and literary… surprisingly gritty for having ‘lace’ in the title…” New York ... (more)Magazine ”Gripping. . .a marvelously bizarre cast of characters (living and dead) in a uniquely colorful town.” Washington Post Book World ”The Lace Reader is a page-turner, and the ending is almost as shocking as the film ‘The Sixth Sense.’” Salem Gazette
Cornerstone Books: Brunonia Barry (October 10, 2009 at) Brunonia Barry promotes The Lace Reader. Join Cornerstone on the Essex Street Mall for the Bizarre Bazaar, and meet author Brunonia Barry, who will be signing her bestselling book, The Lace Reader. This novel tells the haunting story of Towner Whitney, who comes from a line of women who can see the future in a piece of lace. Towner must unravel ... (more)her family’s past as she strives to find her missing aunt, and must overcome her own history, which prevents her from embracing her future. Event location: Essex Street Mall
Cornerstone Books: Brunonia Barry (September 20, 2009 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader . “Meet the Author Afternoon”: Brunonia Barry and The Lace Reader at the Wyndham Andover Join Salem’s own New York Times Bestselling Author Brunonia Barry at this special event to benefit Patient Advocacy Training and Health Services (PATHS). Hear Brunonia read from and talk about The Lace Reader ... (more)(Harper Paperbacks, August 2009, ISBN 978-0061624773, $14.99) and take questions, see a demonstration of bobbin lace making, and enjoy a fabulous dessert buffet featuring pumpkin cheese cake, warm apple crisp, cranberry pecan torte, warm cider, coffee and tea. This event will be held at the Wyndham Andover Hotel, 123 Old RoverRoad, Andover. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased by 9/15.For reservations contact Donna Wagner at author@patientpaths.org or 978-838-0290. Event location: Wyndham Andover Hotel, 123 Old RoverRoad, Andover
Octavia Books: Octavia Books Book Club- The Lace Reader (September 19, 2009 at) Join our book club as the read September's selection, The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry's acclaimed debut novel!
A Great Good Place for Books: Brunonia Barry (September 10, 2009 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader.
Nicola's: Brunonia Barry - The Lace Reader (October 20, 2008 at) Every gift has a price . . . every piece of lace has a secret.
Garden District Book Shop: Brunonia Barry/Lace Reader (September 25, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry will discuss and sign her book Lace Reader.If you are unable to attend,you must call the book shop to order signed books.
Boulder Book Store: BRUNONIA BARRY (September 23, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry will speak and sign her new book, THE LACE READER.
Vroman's Bookstore: Literaries Who Lunch presents Brunonia Barry (September 18, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry discusses and signs author of The Lace Reader
Towner Whitney has the ability to read the future in a piece of lace, a trait carried throughout the females of the Whitney family. After a terrible tragedy involving her twin, Towner vows never to use her gift or return to Salem ever again ... (more)- but then her great aunt disappears. Forced back into a world she left, Towner is faced with the past of her family as well as her own. Every Literaries Who Lunch event is free and open to the public. Delicious sandwiches are available from Europane bakery for $13.95 + tax. If you would like a lunch from Europane, you must call Vroman’s customer service at (626) 449-5320, no later than September 16. Stacey's Bookstore: EVOLUTION OF A WRITER (September 12, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader. Before it hit the stores, Brunonia Barry’s debut novel The Lace Reader has garnered independent bookseller support and starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. In The Lace Reader, Barry has tells the story of a family of women who can read the future in a piece of lace. The ... (more)disappearance of the original Lace Reader uncovers a world of secrets and ever-present danger. Please join us as Ms. Barry talks about her fascinating story and discusses the writing process.
Village Books: BRUNONIA BARRY, THE LACE READER (September 8, 2008 at) The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing, tale which spirals into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies and half-truths where the reader quickly finds it's nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction, but as narrator Towner Whitney points out early on in the novel, "There are no accidents." Born ... (more)and raised in Massachusetts, Brunonia Barry studied literature and creative writing at Green Mountain College in Vermont and at the University of New Hampshire. She has created Brain Teaser puzzles for Smart Games and lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her husband and their beloved golden retriever, Byzantium.
"In Barry's captivating debut, Towner Whitney, a dazed young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, has survived numerous traumas and returned to her hometown of Salem, Mass., to recover. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived when her beloved great-aunt Eva drowns under circumstances suggesting foul play. Towner's suspicions are taken with a grain of salt given her history of hallucinatory visions and self-harm. The mystery enmeshes local cop John Rafferty, who had left the pressures of big city police work for a quieter life in Salem and now finds himself falling for the enigmatic Towner as he mourns Eva and delves into the history of the eccentric Whitney clan. Barry excels at capturing the feel of smalltown life, and balances action with close looks at the characters' inner worlds. Her pacing and use of different perspectives show tremendous skill and will keep readers captivated all the way through."—Publishers Weekly Secret Garden Books: Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader (September 7, 2008 at) All the Whitney women can read the future in a piece of lace. But Towner Whitney has vowed never to use her gift––and never to return to Salem––after a terrible tragedy involving her twin sister, Lyndley, nearly left her mad. But her resolve is tested when her beloved Great Aunt Eva, Salem’s ... (more)original Lace Reader, disappears and Towner must return to the place that has been her family’s home for generations, the only place where she can find the truth about her aunt’s disappearance and her own disquieting past. But as one mystery is solved, another begins as a troubled and abused young woman named Angela disappears from Salem, a disappearance that could possibly be linked to a born-again preacher with deep ties to the Whitney clan and a cult-like following frighteningly reminiscent of a far earlier time.
With the infamous and history-laden town of Salem, Massachusetts as a backdrop, this remarkable first-time author has created a modern community of fascinating characters whose ties to each other and the past are also inextricably bound to what a time and place have come to represent culturally as part of our national identity. The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale which spirals into a world of secrets as difficult to read as the lace itself. It is also an important story about the love of family, the bond between women, the mystery of twins, and the ever-present danger of the past repeating itself. The Lace Reader has been chosen as a Dual Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. The book's own website is here. Secret Garden Books: Brunonia Barry, The Lace Reader (September 7, 2008 at) All the Whitney women can read the future in a piece of lace. But Towner Whitney has vowed never to use her gift––and never to return to Salem––after a terrible tragedy involving her twin sister, Lyndley, nearly left her mad. But her resolve is tested when her beloved Great Aunt Eva, Salem’s ... (more)original Lace Reader, disappears and Towner must return to the place that has been her family’s home for generations, the only place where she can find the truth about her aunt’s disappearance and her own disquieting past. But as one mystery is solved, another begins as a troubled and abused young woman named Angela disappears from Salem, a disappearance that could possibly be linked to a born-again preacher with deep ties to the Whitney clan and a cult-like following frighteningly reminiscent of a far earlier time.
With the infamous and history-laden town of Salem, Massachusetts as a backdrop, this remarkable first-time author has created a modern community of fascinating characters whose ties to each other and the past are also inextricably bound to what a time and place have come to represent culturally as part of our national identity. The Lace Reader is a mesmerizing tale which spirals into a world of secrets as difficult to read as the lace itself. It is also an important story about the love of family, the bond between women, the mystery of twins, and the ever-present danger of the past repeating itself. The Lace Reader has been chosen as a Dual Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. The book's own website is here. Jabberwocky Bookshop: Brunonia Barry (August 22, 2008 at) Jabberwocky presents the much hailed debut novelist Brunonia Barry as she reads from her critically acclaimed novel THE LACE READER.
Borders - Rockville - White Flint: Reading and Book Signing (August 4, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry reads from Lace Reader. The author reads from and signs her new book. 301-816-1067.
Brookline Booksmith: Brunonia Barry (July 31, 2008 at) Brunonia Barry reads from The Lace Reader.
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