Andrew Sean Greer

"We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery in the heart of every relationship, how we can ever truly know another person. It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, ... (more)caring not only for her husband’s fragile health but also for her son who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of $100,000? THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE has been one of our favorite book group choices this year: a great read and a phenomenal discussion, how can you can go wrong? We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Andrew Sean Greer back to Rakestraw Books. Please join us (and bring your book group!).

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Next Meeting: Thursday, 11/20 at 7pm in Rhinebeck Please join us for a meeting of the Oblong Book Group! Our book group will be held on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm in our Rhinebeck store.

At our November meeting, we will discuss The Story of a Marriage ... (more)by Andrew Sean Greer.

Our book group is open to everyone. All members will receive 25% off all book group selections. For more information, you can email Tracy or give her a call: (845) 876-0500.
Read an excerpt of The Story of a Marriage!

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Literary Sojourn is an annual gathering of authors and book lovers set in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Each year, 500 readers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs to meet the creators of their favorite books and to celebrate, first and foremost, the joy and inspiration of books ... (more)and reading.

ANDREW SEAN GREER
reading & booksigning for "The Story of a Marriage"
Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 pm

As he demonstrated in "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," Andrew Sean Greer can spin a touching narrative based on an intriguing premise. His new book - set in San Francisco in the early ... (more)1950’s - is "The Story of a Marriage." “This is a haunting book of breathtaking beauty and restraint. Greer’s tone-perfect prose conjures an unforgettable woman who exists both within and somehow above the stifling class, racial and sexual constraints of 1950s America.” - Dave Eggers

Andrew Sean Greer is the acclaimed, best-selling author of "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," the story collection "How It Was for Me," and the novel "The Path of Minor Planets." He lives in San Francisco, California – not far from The Booksmith.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store.

In conversation with Barbara Lane, JCCSF Director of Lectures & Literature

John Updike compared Andrew Sean Greer's second novel, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, to Proust and Nabokov in The New Yorker, and he was received the New York Public Library Young Lions Award for writers under 35. ... (more)Michael Chabon calls Greer's new novel, about love and war and set in San Francisco's Sunset district in the 1950s, a narrative tour de force that confirms him as on