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BOOKPOST #79 -- MARCH 2007
 Dear
Friend of Rakestraw Books,
The books. The readers. Our
community.
Looking around the theater at the
Athenian School on February 6th, I
was struck again by the magic that
happens when everything comes
together just right. A warm and
responsive audience. A wonderful
event. A great book. A great cause.
With your help and support, we were
able to fund five grants of $500
each to several local teachers that
evening. Grants that will put more
books into the hands of students who
can benefit from them. Thank you for
everything you do to make what we do
possible and fun!
This month we have so much to offer
you -- author evenings with several
of today's most interesting writers,
lots of new books, and a great
evening co-presented with the
California Shakespeare Theater.
March is going to be such fun. Thank
you for being part of it.
The books. The readers. The
community.
This month's issue of "Bookpost" has
lots of reviews of new books as well
as a couple older one; news about
some fantastic author visits; and
the skinny on the current book group
picks.
Thanks for being a part of our
community here at Rakestraw Books.
Come see us soon and, until then,
Happy Reading!
Sincerely yours,
Michael Barnard and all your friends
at Rakestraw Books
Inside this issue of Bookpost:
- Calendar of Events for March (and
what a month it is!);
- Rakestraw's Readers Recommend the
Best New Books (plus a couple
advance reservations);
- Book Group News -- some great
changes;
- and Our Complete Schedule of
Upcoming Events.
A word to the wise,
to help ensure that you continue to
receive this newsletter, please
"white list" this address: "Rakestraw_Books___The_Bookstore_@mail.vresp.com"
to your address book. Thank you.
P.S. - The photograph was taken on
28 February 2007 from about halfway
up the Las Trampas Ridge. Snow and
cherry blossoms -- lovely. A perfect
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Nora Gallagher Visits on Wednesday,
7 March 2007 at 7:00 PM
 Nora
Gallagher's elegant debut novel,
Changing Light, is a love story
set in Los Alamos during the summer
of 1945, in the shadow of the
creation of the first atomic bomb.
During the last summer of the war,
in the beautiful New Mexico desert,
a man and a woman come together:
Eleanor Garrigue, a young painter
from New York, and Leo Kavan, a
neutron physicist. The story begins
when Eleanor finds a delirious man
lying by the river near her house.
She takes him in and cares for him.
In this novel of secrets, we learn
before Eleanor does that Leo is AWOL
from Los Alamos after witnessing a
fatal radiation accident that has
forced him to confront the moral
implications of his work on the
bomb. And we know, too, what Leo
does not know: Eleanor is married,
and has fled to New Mexico to escape
her husband. As Eleanor and Leo
slowly reveal themselves to each
other, their pasts and the present
unfold in tandem, taking us from the
heady art world in New York to
Einstein's Berlin, from the bomb
labs in the English countryside to
the hidden city of Los Alamos. Nora
Gallagher perfectly evokes the veil
of secrecy and tension surrounding
the Manhattan Project, the constant
hum of fear alongside the remarkable
fearlessness of the scientists in
the laboratories.
As Leo and Eleanor privately
struggle with the losses the war has
pitched into their lives, the two
find unexpected solace in each
other. Their story is all the more
poignant because it can only
flourish in a brief interlude -- an
interlude of brilliant madness and
irrevocable change. As the
scientists engage in literally
"changing light," Leo and Eleanor
are connected and changed in
unexpected ways by the brutal
radiance of the war and their fierce
love.
Nora Gallagher is the author of two
memoirs Things Seen and Unseen: A
Year Lived in Faith and
Practicing Resurrection. Her
essays, book reviews and journalism
have appeared in many publications
including The New York Times
Magazine, DoubleTake, The Washington
Post, The Los Angeles Times
Magazine, Utne Reader, The Village
Voice, Mother Jones, and The Los
Angeles Times. Ms. Gallagher has
received fellowships from the
Wesleyan Writers Conference, Blue
Mountain Center, New York, (twice);
the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough,
New Hampshire
(twice); and the Mesa Refuge,
Pt. Reyes, California.
It is our privilege to invite you to
a very special evening with Nora
Gallagher on Wednesday, 7 March 2007
at 7:00 PM. Groups reservations are
encouraged.
Visit Nora's lovely website by
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Sylvia
Long & Dianna Aston Visit on
Thursday, 8 March 2007 at 10:00 AM
 Award-winning
artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna
Hutts Aston have teamed up again to
create this gorgeous and informative
introduction to seeds. Poetic in
voice and elegant in design, A
Seed is Sleepy introduces
children to a fascinating array of
seed and plant facts, making it a
guide that is equally at home being
read on a parent's lap as in a
classroom reading circle.
Dianna Hutts Aston's previous books
include An Egg Is Quiet,
When You Were Born, Loony
Little, and Bless This Mouse.
She lives in Texas Hill Country.
Sylvia Long is the illustrator of
many best-selling books for children
Her previous books include An Egg
Is Quiet, Sylvia Long's
Mother Goose, and Snug As a
Bug. She lives in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
Although we are presenting this
special event at a local elementary
school, I would encourage to order a
signed copy of A Seed is Sleepy.
This is one of the most beautiful
books for children that I have seen
in a long, long time. I know you
will want to add to your permanent
library. To reserve a signed copy,
please call us at (925) 837-7337.
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Kate Greenstreet Visits on
Wednesday, 14 March 2007 at 7 PM
 Kate
Greenstreet's highly original
case sensitive posits a female
central character who writes
chapbooks that become the sections
in this book. 'What happens in the
book I want to read?' Greenstreet
asked herself. 'And how would it
sound?' Everything the character is
reading, remembering, and dreaming
turns up in what she writes, duly
referenced with notes. Using natural
language charged with concision and
precise syntax, Greenstreet has
created a memorable and lasting
first collection.
Reviewer Juliana Spahr says "A
beautiful dwelling of ideas. case
sensitive suggests that there
need be no divide between the
associative connections of poetry
and the extended thinking of the
essay. This is a book full of
luminous footnotes, details, and
attentive readings. It strings
together a series of moments to
create something resonate, large,
and inclusive."
We invite you to an evening with
poet Kate Greenstreet --
daughter-in-law of Danville's own
Virginia Jouris -- on Wednesday, 18
March 2007 at 7:00 PM.
Hear poems from case sensitive
read by the author by clicking here.
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Alison Weir Visits on Thursday, 15
March 2007 at 6:00 PM in a Special
Event to Benefit the California
Shakespeare Theater
I
am now a condemned traitor . . . I
am to die when I have hardly begun
to live . . . .
Historical expertise marries
page-turning fiction in Alison
Weir's enthralling debut novel,
Innocent Traitorbreathing new
life into one of the most
significant and tumultuous periods
of the English monarchy. It is the
story of Lady Jane Grey -- "the Nine
Days' Queen" -- a fifteen-year-old
girl who unwittingly finds herself
at the center of the religious and
civil unrest that nearly toppled the
fabled House of Tudor during the
sixteenth century.
Alison Weir uses her unmatched
skills as a historian to enliven the
many dynamic characters of this
majestic drama. Along with Lady Jane
Grey, Weir vividly renders her
devious parents; her much-loved
nanny; the benevolent Queen
Katherine Parr; Jane's ambitious
cousins; the Catholic "Bloody" Mary,
who will stop at nothing to seize
the throne; and the protestant and
future queen Elizabeth. Readers
venture inside royal drawing rooms
and bedchambers to witness the
power-grabbing that swirls around
Lady Jane Grey from the day of her
birth to her unbearably poignant
death. Innocent Traitor
paints a complete and compelling
portrait of this captivating young
woman, a faithful servant of God
whose short reign and brief life
would make her a legend. It is our
pleasure to invite you to a very
special evening with Alison Weir on
Thursday, 15 March 2007 at 7:00 PM.
We are excited to be working with
the California Shakespeare Theater
to present this magical event. Two
actors -- the celebrated Andy Murray
and Nancy Carlin -- from Cal Shakes
will be presenting a scene from one
of the upcoming season's plays --
likely George Bernard Shaw's
powerful Man and Superman --
and we will be raffling off tickets
for one of the plays. We will be
serving wine and hors d'ouevres
starting at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $10
-- proceeds will benefit the Cal
Shakes School Residencies. Through
the School Residencies program, Cal
Shakes brings Teaching Artists into
the schools to teach with the aim of
developing students' creative and
academic minds and voices.
We are so excited about this
wonderful evening -- a great writer,
a wonderful book, a classic play,
and one of the best cultural arts
organizations in the Bay Area --
please join us!
[Pictured above from left: Alison
Weir; Andy Murray; and Nancy
Carlin.]
Visit the website of the California
Shakespeare Theater.
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Michael Buckley Visits on Thursday,
20 March 2007 at 10:00 AM
 On
the occasion of the publication of
the third installment in The
Sisters Grimm a
much-talked-about new series of
mysteries set in a modern-day
fairy-tale community, we are
exicited to be hosting an event with
author Michael Buckley.
The Sisters Grimm, intrepid
detectives of fairy-tale crime, come
face to face with their parents'
kidnappers, the mysterious
organization of Everafters who call
themselves the Scarlet Hand. One of
them turns out to be the world's
most famous fairy-tale character and
the other, the Jabberwocky, an
unstoppable killing machine. Without
Mr. Canis (aka the Big Bad Wolf)
fighting at their side, the girls
have little hope of rescuing their
mother and father. That is, until
their long-lost Uncle Jake returns
home with stories of a weapon, now
missing, that can kill the
Jabberwocky. Can the Sisters Grimm
save the day?
Michael Buckley will be visiting the
bookshop on Tuesday, 20 March 2007
at 10:00 AM. Please give us a call
if you are interested in bringing a
class group.
Check out the cool website for this
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Amy Stewart Visits on Friday, 23
March 2007 at 7:00 PM - CORRECTED
DATE!
 Award-winning
writer Amy Stewarts presents
Flower Confidential an
insightful examination of the flower
industry. From the greenhouses of
northern California to the customs
house in Florida, the flower
industry is both complex and also
little understood. Stewart presents
this now global industry through an
exciting and sometimes shocking tour
of its main outposts.
Billions of dollars are spent
researching, modifying, testing, and
perfecting, but these scientists
aren't looking for the next cancer
cure or searching for the key to
global warming. They're in a race to
engineer the next flower that will
transform the world's bouquets. Amy
Stewart asks if it's all right that
many roses have lost their scent,
that flowers delivered to your door
were halfway around the world a few
days ago, and that social
responsibility may have been lost in
the surge to provide for the demands
of our love for each other.
Amy Stewart will be visiting
Rakestraw Books on Friday, 23 March
2007 at 7:00 PM. She will be talking
about Flower Confidential and
signing books. As part of this
evening's event, our good friends at
East Bay Flowers will be creating a
beautiful flower arrangement in
front of your eyes, while providing
tips to help you create your own
arrangements.
And, best of all, every person in
the audience will go home with
flowers! To reserve a space at this
event, please call us at (925)
837-7337. Please join us!
Please note the corrected time.
Dare we say everything is coming up
roses on Amy Stewart's lovely
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Rakestraw's Readers Recommend -- the
Best in New Books
The Dead Father's Club by
Matt Haig (Viking, $23.95).
The Guardian review says it
best, "Matt Haig's extraordinary
second novel pushes and pulls at
Shakespeare's play, pokes and prods
at it in such a way that only half
the fun is to be found in spotting
the parallels. The story is so
surprising and strange that it
vaults into a realm all of its own .
. . most of all it allows Haig to
indulge his innocently acute eye for
detail and his delightfully weird
imagination. One's heart goes out to
a boy torn between a selfish ghost
("If you ever loved me . . . ") and
a foolish mother, and one naturally
fears for him, knowing the fate of
the first Hamlet. But Haig borrows
from Shakespeare in the same spirit
that Shakespeare borrowed from his
own sources. One is never sure where
the story is going next, and that's
what makes the book such sad fun."
We are already on our second full
shipment of this terrific novel and
we're getting such great responses
from the early readers. Very highly
recommended.
Innocent Traitor: A Novel of
Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
The child of a scheming father and a
ruthless mother, for whom she is
merely a pawn in a dynastic game
with the highest stakes, Jane Grey
was born during the harrowingly
turbulent period between Anne
Boleyn's beheading and the demise of
Jane's infamous great-uncle, King
Henry VIII. With the premature
passing of Jane's adolescent cousin,
and Henry's successor, King Edward
VI, comes a struggle for supremacy
fueled by political machinations and
lethal religious fervor. Unabashedly
honest and exceptionally
intelligent, Jane possesses a sound
strength of character beyond her
years that equips her to weather the
vicious storm. And though she has no
ambitions to rule, preferring to
immerse herself in books and
religious studies, she is forced to
accept the crown, and by so doing
sets off a firestorm of intrigue,
betrayal, and tragedy. Readers who
have enjoyed Weir's earlier work or
those who have read and loved
Philippa Gregory's The Other
Boleyn Girl will thrill to this
exciting tale. Join us for a special
evening with Alison Weir on
Thursday, 15 March 2007 --- see
above for more information.
What Is the What by Dave
Eggers (McSweeney's, $26).
Separated from his family, Valentino
Achak Deng becomes a refugee in
war-ravaged southern Sudan. His
travels bring him in contact with
enemy soldiers, with liberation
rebels, with hyenas and lions, with
disease and starvation, and with
deadly murahaleen (militias on
horseback) -- the same sort who
currently terrorize Darfur. Based
closely on actual experiences,
What Is the What is heartrending
and astonishing, filled with
adventure, suspense, tragedy and,
finally, triumph.
No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire
and Pursuit of Venice by Judith
Martin (W. W. Norton, $24.95).
Love of Venice can strike anyone,
not just romantic wusses. Among the
toughies with serious cases were
Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra
Pound, and Ernest Hemingway.
Symptoms include:
wishing that the movie stars in
films set in Venice would move aside
so that you can get a better view of
the scenery; wondering why people
ask if you had good weather when you
were there -- as if rain could
dampen your love; thinking that
people who go to Tuscany or Provence
must be nuts; believing that the
"Per San Marco" street sign with
arrows pointing in opposite
directions makes perfect sense; and
consoling yourself when you leave by
remembering the generations of
Venetian merchants who, as they were
borne away from Venice, vowed to be
back as soon as they had more money.
There is no cure for this
affliction. This is a guide to
managing it.
Water for Elephants by
Sara Gruen (Algonquin Book of
Chapel Hill, $23.95). Since it's
publication last Spring, this fine
novel has hit every bestseller list,
most best books of the year lists,
and won the hearts of readers across
the country. All of us here on staff
agreed on this one -- it's something
special. The tale of Jacob Jankowski
and the summer he joined the circus,
fell in love, and grew up is one
that belongs in your permanent
collection. If you haven't picked up
before now, take a look at it today!
Black Swan Green by David
Mitchell (Random House, $13.95).
Black Swan tracks a single year in
what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason
Taylor, the sleepiest village in
muddiest Worcestershire in a dying
Cold War England, 1982. But the
thirteen chapters, each a short
story in its own right, create an
exquisitely observed world that is
anything but sleepy. A world of
Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted
in boys' games on a frozen lake; of
"nightcreeping" through the summer
backyards of strangers; of the
tabloid-fueled thrills of the
Falklands War and its human toll; of
the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and
her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross
Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van
Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly
bohemian emigre who is both more and
less than she appears; of Jason's
search to replace his dead
grandfather's irreplaceable smashed
watch before the crime is
discovered; of first cigarettes,
first kisses, first Duran Duran Lps,
and first deaths; of Margaret
Thatcher's recession; of Gypsies
camping in the woods and the
hysteria they inspire; and, even
closer to home, of a slow-motion
divorce in four seasons.
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion (Vintage,
$13.95). Lev Grossman's review of
The Year of Magical Thinking
says it better than I ever could,
"An act of consummate literary
bravery, a writer known for her
clarity allowing us to watch her
mind as it becomes clouded with
grief. . . . It also skips backward
in time [to] call up a shimmering
portrait of her unique marriage. . .
. To make her grief real, Didion
shows us what she has lost." This is
a book that can teach you how to
live by teaching you how to die.
Astrid & Veronika by Linda
Olsson (Penguin, $14). With
extraordinary emotional power, Linda
Olsson's stunningly well-crafted
debut novel recounts the unusual and
unexpected friendship that develops
between two women. Veronika, a young
writer from New Zealand, rents a
house in a small Swedish village as
she tries to come to terms with a
recent tragedy while also finishing
a novel. Her arrival is silently
observed by Astrid, an older,
reclusive neighbor who slowly
becomes a presence in Veronika's
life, offering comfort in the form
of companionship and lovingly
prepared home-cooked meals. Set
against a haunting Swedish
landscape, Astrid & Veronika
is a lyrical and meditative novel of
love and loss, and a story that will
remain with readers long after the
characters' secrets are revealed.
African Visas by Maria
Thomas (Soho, $12). "The sort of
book friends press in your hands and
say, 'You must read this.'" --
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Isak
Dinesen . . . Rebecca West . . .
Gertrude Stein and Edith Wharton. To
this company, in the tradition of
Hemingway and others, and in many
ways as brilliant as the best of
them, we must now add Maria Thomas."
-- Marianne Wiggins, The New York
Times Book Review. Chosen as a
New York Times Notable Book
when it was first published in 1991,
this book collects a novella and six
stories about Africa, particularly
Ethiopia, and the lives of different
women there.
We are also now taking reservations
for three of the most eagerly
anticipated pubications of the next
few months: Barbara Kingsolver's
Animal Vegetable Miracle; Khaled
Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid
Suns; and J. K. Rowling's
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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Book Group News at Rakestraw
 The
Morning Group will meet on Friday,
23 March 2007 at 10:30 AM to discuss
Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of
Loss, winner of the 2006 Man
Booker Prize. If you miss the
daytime meeting, please come to The
Evening Group discussion on
Wednesday, 28 March 2007 at 7:00 PM.
From this month on, we plan for both
groups to read the same book that
way if you cannot attend one
meeting, you can come to the other!
Julie says, "We try to read good
books you might not pick out for
yourself. And we talk about it, and
talk about it, bringing our own
lives and that of the author to bear
on the subject at hand. Join us!"
Our new group for high school
students will meet late in the month
-- date and time to be determined.
We are encouraging kids to read one
of Max Barry's terrifically funny
novels and then come meet him on
Monday, 2 April 2007 at 7:00 PM.
Marissa Bell and Todd Toffoli will
be facilitating this new group.
Please call the shop at (925)
837-7337 for more information.
Also, remember that either Julie or
Michael are happy to talk to your
book group about books. Visits last
about an hour and your group will
come away with a couple dozen great
suggestions for future reading. Let
us know if you are interested in
arranging for one of these special
programs!
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Complete Schedule of Upcoming Events
(plus the latest addition!)
Bestselling children's novelist
Frank Beddor returns to Rakestraw
Books on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 at
1:30 PM. He will be presenting his
book The Looking Glass Wars
to an audience of school children.
Please note that this event will
take place at a local school. Please
contact the shop for more
information or if you would like to
order a signed book. -- POSTPONED!
Essayist Nora Gallagher visits
Rakestraw Books on Wednesday, 7
March 2007 at 7:00 PM as we
celebrate the publication of her
debut novel Changing Light.
Many of you have loved her earlier
books Practicing Resurrection : A
Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment,
and Moments of Grace and
Things Seen and Unseen : A Year
Lived in Faith. We are delighted
to bring her to Danville.
Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long present
their latest collaboration A Seed
is Sleepy on Thursday, 8 March
2007 at 10:00 AM. Please note that
this event will take place at a
local school. Contact the shop if
you would like more information or
to order a signed copy.
Award-winning poet Kate Greenstreet
(daughter-in-law of Danville's own
Virginia Jouris) visits Rakestraw
Books on Wednesday, 14 March 2007 at
7:00 PM. Ms Greenstreet will be
presenting her collection Case
Sensitive. Please join us.
Bestselling historian Alison Weir
makes her fiction debut with a tale
that vividly recreates the life Lady
Jane Grey, Innocent Traitor.
We are excited to host an evening
with her on Thursday, 15 March 2007
at 7:00 PM. As mentioned in the
above article, we are delighted to
present this evening's event with
the California Shakespeare Theater.
Refreshments will be served. Tickets
are $10. Advance reservations ---
call us at (925) 837-7337 --- are
strongly recommended.
Bestselling children's novelist
Michael Buckley visits on Tuesday,
20 March 2007 in the morning to
present the latest installment in
his wildly popular Sisters Grimm
series. We would love to set up a
school visit with him. Please let us
know if you are interested by
phoning the shop at (925) 837-7337.
North coast writer Amy Stewart
presents Flower Confidential: The
Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in
the Business of Flowers, a
penetrating and captivating
examination of the commerical flower
industry, on Friday, 23 March 2007
at 7:00 PM. Kris Simpson from East
Bay Flowers in Danville will be
demonstrating how to create a
beautiful arrangement of flowers.
More details to come.
Australian novelist Max Barry visits
Rakestraw Books on Monday, 2 April
2007 at 7:00 PM to present his
hysterical new novel, The Company.
Barry's work has been a favorite
here since the publication of
Syrup several years ago. It's a
treat to bring him to Rakestraw.
We are honored to invite you to an
evening with Kiran Desai, winner of
the 2006 Man Booker Prize for her
fine novel The Inheritance of
Loss. This event will take place
on Wednesday, 4 April 2007 at 7:00
PM. Desai's first visit to Rakestraw
is one we still look back on with
particular fondness. We are thrilled
that so many more of you will have a
chance to meet her. This will be a
special evening. Advance
reservations are necessary. Book
groups are particularly invited to
attend.
English writer Virginia Ironside
joins to share her new book No! I
Don't Want to Join a Book Club:
Diary of a Sixtieth Year on
Wednesday, 11 April 2007 at 7:00 PM.
Book groups will love this witty and
acerbic look at life. A great read.
All y'all are invited to join us for
lunch on Friday, 13 April 2007 at
noon to meet Sara Foster of Foster's
Market of North Carolina. We will be
celebrating the publication of
Casual Cooking from Foster's Market
with a menu of southern favorites.
Reservations will be necessary.
Writer A. M. Homes visits Rakestraw
on Monday, 16 April 2007 at noon to
present her new memoir The
Mistress's Daughter. Lunch will
be served.
Bestselling teen novelist Lauren
Myracle visits Rakestraw Books to
present her new novels L8r G8r
and Kissing Kate on Thursday,
19 April 2007 at 10:00 AM. Please
let us know if you are interested in
arranging a school visit.
Tim Gunn, from the Emmy
Award-winning "Project Runway," will
be visiting on Friday, 4 May 2007 at
7:00 PM to discuss and sign his new
book Tim Gunn: A Guide to
Quality, Taste and Style. We are
still working on the format for this
exciting event but we know two
things already: it will be ticketed
and ticket proceeds will benefit The
Princess Project. Stay tuned for
more details. JUST ADDED TO THE
SCHEDULE!
Marjorie Hart visits Rakestraw Books
to present her newly published
memoir Summer at Tiffany on
Saturday, 12 May 2007 late in the
afternoon. We will be hosting a
special reception for her -- watch
this space for more details. All
Kappas -- past and present -- will
want to save this date.
Award-winning children's
author-illustrator Peter McCarty
visits Rakestraw Books on Monday, 14
May 2007 at 10:00 AM. He will
presenting his latest picture book
Fabian Escapes. Please let us
know if you are interested in
arranging a class visit by phoning
the shop at (925) 837-7337.
Best buddies and bestselling
novelists Tom Dolby and Melissa de
la Cruz present an anthology of
pieces that they have edited,
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.
This event will be on Friday, 18 May
2007, time to be determined. A
portion of the proceeds will benefit
the Trevor Project. Please phone the
shop at (925) 837-7337.
Bestselling novelist, and longtime
Rakestraw favorite, Susan Vreeland
returns to the bookshop as we
celebrate the publication of her new
novel, Luncheon of the Boating
Party. We are planning a special
garden party and picnic lunch for
this event on Saturday, 19 May 2007
at 2:00 PM. Please save the date!
More details will be available soon.
Award-winning writer of the West Ron
Carlson presents his first novel in
more than thirty years, Five
Skies on Friday, 25 May 2007 at
7:00 PM. We are still determining
the format for this event, please
watch this space for more details.
What happens when a busy New York
City lawyer decides to make fixing
and eating dinner with his family a
top priority? Find out on Thursday,
7 June 2007 at 7:00 PM when Cameron
Stracher presents Dinner With
Dad: One Man's Epic Struggle to Make
It Home, Make a Meal, and Sit Down
With His Family. We will be
serving dinner and the whole family
is invited!
It is our honor to invite you to an
evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning
novelist Michael Chabon on
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 at 7:00 PM.
Michael will be reading from and
signing copies of his new novel
The Yiddish Policeman's Union.
We will be producing one of our
special broadsides in commemoration
of this memorable event.
Reservations will be necessary.
Please note that these events are
subject to change but that as of
this writing all details are
correct. We encourage you to call us
at (925) 837-7337 to confirm. In
addition, you should remember that
more events will be added to this
calendar so be sure to check each
newsletter for additions.
[Pictured from left: Tim Gunn; Tom
Dolby; and Susan Vreeland.]
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And, that's Bookpost #79! We hope you
found it interesting, useful, and
enjoyable. Of course, if you need more
information, please feel free to contact
us by telephone at (925) 837-7337. Or,
if you are in the lovely San Ramon
Valley, stop by the real
books-and-mortar shop at 409 Railroad
Avenue, Danville, California 94526. Or,
if you prefer not to leave your
computer, simply email us at
rakestraw_books@yahoo.com.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Happy Reading!
Sincerely,
Michael Barnard
and the Staff of Rakestraw Books "The
Bookstore in Danville"
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