Nichole Bernier

Please join us at the Bookshop on Sunday, June 2nd at 3pm, as we welcome Meg Donohue, reading from and signing her latest novel, All the Summer Girls, and Nicole Bernier, reading from and signing the paperback edition of The unfinished work of Elizabeth D.

Meg Donohue is the author of the bestselling novel How to Eat a Cupcake, which was translated into Dutch, German, Italian, and Polish. She has an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives San Francisco with her husband, two young daughters, and Cole, her endearing Taiwanese rescue pup.

Nichole Bernier is the author of The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D, a novel inspired by a family friend's healing following the September 11th attacks.

Nichole has written for magazines including Elle, Self, Health, Men’s Journal, Child and Yankee, as well as Boston Magazine, where she was a senior editor. A 14-year contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveler magazine, she was previously on staff as a features writer, golf and ski editor and television spokesperson, until she met her future husband on a blind date, and gave up New York and her rent-controlled apartment for Boston. She is one of the founders of the literary blog Beyond the Margins, and a recipient of the literary journalism award from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

She is at work on her second novel, and lives outside of Boston with her husband, five children, and any number of rescue animals.

Location: Street: 65 Main Street City: Concord, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01742-2503 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

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Nichole Bernier's The unfinished work of Elizabeth D. is about a woman who inherits the journals of a friend who died, and realizes she didn’t know her friend nearly as well as she thought, including where she was really going when she died. Set in the summer following September 11th attacks, it is the story of two women, the aspects of ourselves we show and those we conceal, and the repercussions of our choices.

Location: Street: Lab 1500 Additional: 1500 Washington Ave. City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63103 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Nichole Bernier signs The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.: A Novel.

A reading/Q&A/signing with author Nichole Bernier! Before there were blogs, there were journals. And in them we'd write as we really were, not as we wanted to appear. But there comes a day when journals outlive us. And with them, our secrets. Summer vacation on Great Rock Island was supposed to be a restorative time for Kate, who'd lost her close friend Elizabeth in a sudden accident. But when she inherits a trunk of Elizabeth's journals, they reveal a woman far different than the cheerful wife and mother Kate thought she knew. The complicated portrait of Elizabeth--her troubled upbringing, and her route to marriage and motherhood--makes Kate question not just their friendship, but her own deepest beliefs about loyalty and honesty at a period of uncertainty in her own marriage. The more Kate reads, the more she learns the complicated truth of who Elizabeth really was, and rethinks her own choices as a wife, mother, and professional, and the legacy she herself would want to leave behind. When an unfamiliar man's name appears in the pages, Kate realizes the extent of what she didn't know about her friend, including where she was really going on the day she died. Set in the anxious summer after the September 11th attacks, this story of two women--their friendship, their marriages, private ambitions and fears--considers the aspects of ourselves we show and those we conceal, and the repercussions of our choices. (GibsonsB)… (more)

In Nichole Bernier's, The unfinished work of Elizabeth D., summer vacation on Great Rock Island was supposed to be a restorative time for Kate, who’d lost her close friend Elizabeth in a sudden accident. But when she inherits a trunk of Elizabeth's journals, they reveal a woman far different than the cheerful wife and mother Kate thought she knew. The more Kate reads, the more she learns the complicated truth of who Elizabeth really was, and rethinks her own choices as a wife, mother, and professional, and the legacy she herself would want to leave behind. When an unfamiliar man’s name appears in the pages, Kate realizes the extent of what she didn’t know about her friend, including where she was really going on the day she died.

This event is FREE.

Location: Street: 768 Boston Post Rd. City: Madison, Province: Connecticut Postal Code: 06443 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

This event will be held at Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY.

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Nichole Bernier is the author of The unfinished work of Elizabeth D., a novel inspired by a family friend's healing following the September 11th attacks. She has written for magazines including Elle, Self, Health, Men’s Journal, Child and Yankee, as well as Boston Magazine, where she was a senior editor. A 14-year contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveler magazine, she was previously on staff as a features writer, golf and ski editor and television spokesperson, until she met her future husband on a blind date, and gave up New York and her rent-controlled apartment for Boston. She is one of the founders of the literary blog Beyond the Margins, and a recipient of the literary journalism award from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

J. Courtney Sullivan is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Commencement and Maine. Maine was named a Best Book of the Year by Time magazine, and a Washington Post Notable Book for 2011. Courtney’s writing has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Men’s Vogue, and the New York Observer, among others. She is a contributor to the essay anthology The Secret Currency of Love and co-editor of Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Location: Street: 6422 Montgomery St., Suite 6 City: Rhinebeck, Province: New York Postal Code: 12572-0482 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Nichole Bernier reads from The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.: A Novel.

** Before there were blogs, there were journals. And in them we’d write as we really were, not as we wanted to appear. But there comes a day when journals outlive us. And with them, our secrets.** Summer vacation on Great Rock Island was supposed to be a restorative time for Kate, who’d lost her close friend Elizabeth in a sudden accident. But when she inherits a trunk of Elizabeth's journals, they reveal a woman far different than the cheerful wife and mother Kate thought she knew. The complicated portrait of Elizabeth—her troubled upbringing, and her route to marriage and motherhood—makes Kate question not just their friendship, but her own deepest beliefs about loyalty and honesty at a period of uncertainty in her own marriage. The more Kate reads, the more she learns the complicated truth of who Elizabeth really was, and rethinks her own choices as a wife, mother, and professional, and the legacy she herself would want to leave behind. When an unfamiliar man’s name appears in the pages, Kate realizes the extent of what she didn’t know about her friend, including where she was really going on the day she died. Set in the anxious summer after the September 11th attacks, this story of two women—their friendship, their marriages, private ambitions and fears—considers the aspects of ourselves we show and those we conceal, and the repercussions of our choices. Nichole Bernier is a writer for magazines including Elle, Self, Health, Men’s Journal and Boston Magazine, and a 14-year contributing editor with Conde Nast Traveler, where she was previously on staff as the golf and ski editor and a columnist. She is a founder of the literary website BeyondTheMargins.com, and lives outside of Boston with her husband and five children. (TooFondOfBooks)… (more)