Christina Schwartz

Diane Leslie's Book Group with Author meets to discuss Christina Schwarz's novel, The Edge of the Earth, on Thursday, May 9th at 5pm.

The best part? Christina Schwarz will be joining in the discussion!In 1898, a woman forsakes the comfort of home and family for a love that takes her to a remote lighthouse on the wild coast of California. What she finds at The Edge of the Earth, hidden between the sea and the fog, will change her life irrevocably.

Trudy, who can argue Kant over dinner and play a respectable portion of Mozart's Serenade in G major, has been raised to marry her childhood friend and assume a life of bourgeois comfort in Milwaukee. She knows she should be pleased, but she's restless instead, yearning for something she lacks even the vocabulary to articulate. When she falls in love with enigmatic and ambitious Oskar, she believes she's found her escape from the banality of her preordained life.

Gorgeously detailed, swiftly paced, and anchored in the dramatic geography of the remote and eternally mesmerizing Big Sur, The Edge of the Earth is a magical story of secrets and self-transformation, ruses and rebirths. Christina Schwarz, celebrated for her rich evocation of place and vivid, unpredictable characters, has spun another haunting and unforgettable tale.

Christina Schwarz is the author of three previous novels, including Oprah Book Club pick Drowning Ruth. Born and raised in rural Wisconsin, she lives in Southern California.

There is a $20 fee for this event.

Location: Street: Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood Additional: Brentwood Country Mart - 225 26th Street, Suite 33 City: Brentwood, Province: California Postal Code: 90402 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Anchored in the lush geography of the remote and mesmerizing Big Sur, The Edge of the Earth is a haunting, atmospheric novel set at the closing of the frontier about a young wife who moves to a far-flung and forbidding lighthouse where she uncovers a life-changing secret. From the author of Drowning Ruth.

Join us for tea and cookies! (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Women Writers Series

CHRISTINA SCHWARZ The Edge of the Earth

A couple moves across the country from Milwaukee to take a job at an eerily isolated lighthouse on Big Sur. Its only other inhabitants are a family whose plain appearance is no indication of what lies below the surface.

Location: Street: Avli Restaurant, 566 Chestnut St. City: Winnetka, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60093-2236 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Christina Schwarz, author of The Edge of the Earth Tuesday April 9, at 7:00 pm

This event is being co-sponsored by Paperwork.

From the author of the Oprah Book Club selected Drowning Ruth, comes The Edge of the Earth, a haunting, atmospheric novel set at the closing of the frontier about a young wife who moves from Milwaukee to a far-flung and forbidding lighthouse where she uncovers a life-changing secret.

In 1898, a woman forsakes the comfort of home and family for a love that takes her to a remote lighthouse on the wild coast of California. What she finds at The Edge of the Earth, hidden between the sea and the fog, will change her life irrevocably. Well-educated and raised to marry her childhood friend and assume a life of bourgeois comfort in Milwaukee, Trudy instead falls in love with Oskar, an enigmatic and ambitious man she believes can give her an escape. The couple moves across the country to take a job at a lighthouse at Point Lucia, California—an unnervingly isolated outcropping, trapped between the ocean and hundreds of miles of inaccessible wilderness. There they meet the light station's only inhabitants—the formidable and guarded Crawleys. In this unfamiliar place, Trudy will find that nothing is as she might have predicted, especially after she discovers what hides among the rocks.

About the Author: Christina Schwarz is the author of three previous novels, including Drowning Ruth. Born and raised in rural Wisconsin, she lives in Southern California.

Location: Street: 2559 N Downer Ave City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53211-4242 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Christina Schwarz reads from So Long at the Fair.

Meet Wisconsin’s own Christina Schwarz, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novel Drowning Ruth. Her latest novel weaves past and present into a portrait of a marriage on the brink of collapse and is set mainly in Madison, Wisconsin, (with scenes in other locations throughout the state including a trip to Summerfest). In 1963 a plot for revenge destroys a career, a friendship and a family. The consequences of the scandalous event reverberate and touch the next generation when, thirty years later, one of the now-adult children struggles to decide whether to end his affair or his marriage. Meanwhile, his wife is harboring a secret of her own. (alphaorder)… (more)