SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION
The Best Beach Reads Of Summer 2012
This Spotlight Program is offered at a reduced price thanks to the sponsorship of a generous Lifelong Learning patron and fellow student.
Start summer with an impressive reading list! Join our trio of authors as they speak about their work and the intriguing ways works of fiction connect to our lives.
Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times bestselling and USA Today bestselling author of Pictures of You, and eight other novels. Pictures of You was on the Best Books of 2011 List for the San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Reviews, which also named it one of the Top Five Books of 2011 on the Family and Love. Caroline is a senior writing instructor at UCLA’s Writing Program online, and she reviews for The Boston Globe, People Magazine, and has a column at Shoptopia.com and Dame Magazine.
Pictures of You examines the questions… How do we really know the ones we love? Can we forgive the unforgivable and should we?
Dorothea Benton Frank is the New York Times bestselling author of Folly Beach, Lowcountry Summer, Return to Sullivan Island and many more titles. Mrs. Frank has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Parker Ladd’s Book Talk and many local network affiliated television stations. She is a frequent speaker on creative writing and the creative process for students of all ages. Her new novel, Porch Lights, will be released on June 12th.
Exploring life, love and family… with a Southern accent!
Pamela Redmond Satran’s newest novel is The Possibility of You, the story of three women at three key moments of the past century grappling with changing pressures and timeless choices. Her previous novels include The Man I Should Have Married and Younger, optioned by ABC as a television series. Satran is also the author of the New York Times bestselling humor book How Not To Act Old and a creator of Nameberry.com. She co-writes The Glamour List column for Glamour and Back to the Ranch for Park Place, a New Jersey Monthly publication, and also writes for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and More.
The Possibility of You explores the choices our mothers and grandmothers have made. What makes someone a mother? Is it blood, love, genes, time, or some combination?
Join us. Connect to the printed page in a whole new way. Fee includes coffee/continental breakfast.
Fri, Jun 1, 9:30-11:30 am
Fee and Code: $29, XHUML 061 W
Register online or call 732-224-2315 Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm
