Molly Ringwald

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The Mission Viejo Readers' Festival brings books to life and families and individuals together for a daylong spectacular event featuring celebrity and author readings, book signings, entertainment, food and much more. Those scheduled to attend include Molly Ringwald, actress and author of When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories; Jeri Westerson, author of Blood Lance: A Medieval Noir; Jim Abbott, the baseball player, and author of Imperfect; Marcia Clark, author of Guilt by degrees; Zov Karamardian, author of Simply Zov; Steven Raichlen, bestselling author and international TV host ; and T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Jaguar.

Signed copies of books by attending authors will be available after the event.

For more information on the Festival, visit their website.

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Molly Ringwald promotes When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories.

A Hollywood icon, Molly Ringwald defined the teenage experience in the eighties in such classic films as Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, and Sixteen Candles. She is now the star of ABC Family’s hit series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and the author of a bestselling memoir Getting the Pretty Back. Ringwald will read from and sign her new book When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories ($24.99 It Books), which brings the same compelling candor she displayed in her film roles to the unforgettable characters she has created in this series of linked stories about the particular challenges, joys, and disappointments of adult relationships. (jpmoore)… (more)

Molly Ringwald explores the complexities of modern relationships in When It Happens to You: A Novel in Nine Stories, a gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life--revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all.

In “The Harvest Moon,” a stay-at-home mom grapples with age, infertility and an increasingly distant husband. In “Ursa Minor,” a former children's television star tries to rebuild his life after being hospitalized for "exhaustion." An elderly woman mourns the loss of her husband and her estranged relationship with her daughter in “The Little One.” In “My Olivia,” a single mother finds untapped reserves of strength to protect her flamboyant six-year-old son who wishes only to wear dresses and be addressed as "Olivia." And in the devastating title story, a betrayed wife chronicles her pain and alienation, leading to an eviscerating denouement.

Molly Ringwald began her film career at the age of thirteen with her Golden Globe nominated performance in The Tempest. Her extensive film credits include The Pick-Up Artist, For Keeps, Fresh Horses, Betsy’s Wedding, Some People Call It a Sling Blade, Jean-Luc Godard’s King Lear, and the now iconic coming-of-age movies Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, and The Breakfast Club. Ringwald has starred in the Broadway production of Cabaret, the Tony-nominated production of Enchanted April, and can currently be seen starring in the breakout hit The Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family. The author of the bestseller Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family and Finding the Perfect Lipstick, Ringwald’s writing has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, Parade, Interview, and The Hartford Courant. When It Happens to You is her fiction debut. Molly Ringwald lives in Los Angeles with her family.

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John Reimringer’s novel Vestments is the Winner of the 2011 Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story. It tackles age-old and yet urgently contemporary issues in the Catholic Church, and infused throughout by a rich sense of the history and vibrant texture of Saint Paul. Originally drawn to the priesthood by the mystery, purity, and sensual fabric of the Church, as well as by its promise of a safe harbor from his violent father, James Dressler finds himself--just a few years after his ordination--attracted again to his first love, Betty García. Torn between these competing loves, and haunted by his heritage, James finds himself at a crossroads.

A former newspaper editor and a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Arkansas, John Reimringer lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his wife, the poet Katrina Vandenberg. Vestments is his first novel.

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