Jennifer Egan

LITWITS BOOK GROUP

Anderson’s welcomes the LitWits Book Group, designed for those who love to read, meet new people and like to have fun. Our new pick for discussion is A Visit From the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan. Please read the book, and join our lively discussion. New members are invited to participate, but are asked to please call and register: (630) 963-2665. TUESDAY, APRIL 16 at 7:30 p.m. Anderson’s Bookshop Downers Grove 5112 Main St., Downers Grove

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Join us at Smart Books for Smart Women, a female only book club that reads and discusses a wide range of books from popular fiction to interesting biographies. This is a free bookclub with no registration necessary. The club meets in the third Tuesday of every month. Hope to see you there. Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 19th at 6:30 pm

Discussing: A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Book Description:

One of the Best Books of the Year: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast, The Miami Herald, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Newsday, NPR's On Point, O, the Oprah Magazine, People, Publishers Weekly, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Slate, Time, The Washington Post, and Village Voice

Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit From the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption. Upcoming Smart Books Picks. . . Digg Facebook Google Technorati del.icio.us

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This month our book is A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. You may purchase your copy from Viva at a 15% book-club discount. You may buy your lunch from Vegeria Vegan Cuisine to enjoy while we discuss this book. Newcomers are always welcome!

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Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 PM Angela Davis-Gardner discusses her book, Butterfly’s Child, with novelist Jennifer Egan

In honor of the paperback launch, novelist Angela Davis-Gardner comes to Greenlight Bookstore to discuss Butterfly’s Child with Pultizer Prize-winning author and fan Jennifer Egan (A Visit From the Goon Squad). When three-year-old Benji is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois, the family conceals Benji's true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a geisha--and instead tells everyone that he is an orphan. When the truth surfaces, it will splinter this family's fragile dynamic and send Benji on the journey of a lifetime from Illinois to the Japanese settlements in Denver and San Francisco, then across the ocean to Nagasaki, where he will uncover the truth about his mother's tragic death. To celebrate the paperback release of Butterfly’s Child, Greenlight Bookstore will offer 30% off the retail price of this title on Tuesday, April 10th. A wine and cheese reception will follow the reading and discussion.

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Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employes, confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem. (DPLFictionRoom)… (more)