Wellesley Books Newsletter 
  August 30th, 2017
Our events season is getting ready to start soon, beginning with the popular Young Adult author Marie Lu on September 14th.  Jane, our events manager extraordinaire, has been busy arranging for a terrific autumn list of author appearances and signings, featuring best-selling writers such as Celeste Ng, Joyce Maynard, and Claire Messud along with an astounding list of great writers of children's and young adult literature, including Avi, Ridley Pearson, E. Lockhart, Maggie Stiefvater, and Alexandra Bracken.  It's a great opportunity to learn about a new author or visit with a favorite and get a signed book.  You can see the forthcoming events just below this box, or you can click here to see a posting of the full season.  Check back every so often, as events may be added after the season begins!
Upcoming Events At Wellesley Books
 
All events are free to the public, unless otherwise noted.
 Purchase the lead title  from Wellesley Books to enter the signing line!  
 


Thursday, September 14th, 7:00 PM.  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu, author of Legend, comes Warcross, a new thriller for young adults.  When an immersive video game takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths and becomes a spy during the international championship.  Join the author as she reads from and discusses this new, exciting book, where choosing who to trust may be the biggest gamble of all.  Please note that this is a ticketed event. Your $5 ticket can be used as a coupon off the price of the book.



Monday, September 18th, 7:00 PM.  Join New York Times best-selling author Alexandra Bracken as she discusses and signs copies of her new book for middle-grade readers, The Dreadful Tale Of Prosper Redding.  This story of a broken contract with a demonic force and the resulting curse, which only one boy can break, is suspenseful and spooky with vivid characters.  Can you ever fully right a wrong, ever truly escape your history?  Find out when Alexandra Bracken visits our store! 



Thursday, September 28th, 7:00 PM.  Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork ( Marcelo In The Real World) presents and signs his thrilling new young adult novel, Disappeared.  A young reporter in Juarez searches for her best friend, a girl kidnapped by a cartel.  Her brother, a soccer star, finds himself supplementing the family income by running errands for a shady family.  The siblings will be forced to flee across the desert towards the United States, in a tale ripped from today's headlines.



Tuesday, October 3rd, 7:00 PM. In the follow-up to his bestseller Rescue Road, acclaimed journalist Peter Zheutlin offers a heartwarming and often humorous new look into the world of rescue dogs with his new book, Rescued. Sharing lessons from his own experiences adopting Labs with large personalities, as well as stories and advice from dozens of families and rescue advocates, Zheutlin will reveal the surprising and inspiring life lessons rescue dogs can teach us. As a special treat, we will have adoptable dogs from a local shelter at this event!


Thursday, October 5th, 7:00 PM.  Beloved chef and award-winning cookbook author Joanne Chang ( Flour) will discuss and sign the first cookbook from her acclaimed Boston restaurant, Myers+Chang, just in time for its tenth anniversary.  This new book, Myers+Chang At Home, pairs favorite recipes with colorful photography that perfectly captures the spirit of the restaurant.  Please note that this is a ticketed event. Your ticket includes a copy of Myers+Chang At Home, Joanne's presentation, and entry into the signing line.


Bill's Book Group For Guys
 
by Denis Johnson


 This National Book Award-winner scathingly riffs on the Vietnam War, disinformation programs, disillusion and atonement, and the many personalities of Americans as seen through the eyes of one CIA operative.  It is brilliant and epic in scope.   


Join Bill's Book Group for Guys for a relaxed evening in the store discussing a specially-chosen book while enjoying a beer, glass of wine, or select single-malt whiskey.  $25 buys the book and a ticket to the event.
Betty's Lunchtime Book Group
 
by Nathan Hill



Betty Sudarsky, unparalleled bookseller and experienced book club leader, chooses each book carefully and leads the discussion.  Bring your own lunch if you like; Betty supplies snacks, drinks, and insight.  No need to sign up; drop-ins are welcome.  
Bookseller Recommendations

Sally Recommends:

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Yejide and Akin are a modern Nigerian couple who are desperate to have a child, and they resort to desperate means to make that happen. The story of their lives together against the backdrop of their beloved Nigeria's political upheavals make this a fascinating, heartbreaking, and beautiful book.






Betty Recommends:

Glass Houses by Louise Penny
Ah, a new Louise Penny! This one is a real maze of intrigue, and I thought one of her better mysteries.  Gamache puts his reputation on the line when he hatches a plan to thwart and capture a drug cartel or two and stem the tide of opiates that are ruthlessly killing people in Canada and the US.  The usual cast mix with a group of millennials to confuse the reader in a most satisfying way.  A little darker and more psychological, this is one of my favorites in a very good series.




Gillian Recommends:

Hamlet Globe To Globe by Dominic Dromgoole
In honor of the 450th Anniversary of Shakespeare's birth , the Globe Theatre in London mounted a production of Hamlet and sent it to every country in the world. Some audiences rolled out the red carpet and others understood no English and had never heard of the Danish prince. This beautifully-written and irreverent account of an extraordinary two-year journey across this crazy globe of ours celebrates the universality of a timeless story that resonates from refugee camps to opera houses.



 
William Recommends :
 
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
If you loved the powerhouse novel A Little Life, you will probably love this new novel, the story of a young girl who has been raised off the map, cleaning guns and being horribly abused by her father.  When he shows up with a nine-year old girl one day, she must attempt to escape this possessive psychotic monster and save this other child from a life of fear and self-doubt.  This isn't a book for the faint of heart -- it is raw and visceral -- but it is beautifully written, featuring gorgeous descriptions of California seascapes and imbued with the resilience of humanity.   
New In Hardcover

Young Jane Young
 by
Gabrielle Zevin

Autumn
 by
 Karl Ove Knausgaard

The Red-Haired Woman
 by
 Orhan Pamuk

The Burning Girl
 by
 Claire Messud

The Heart's Invisible Furies
 by
John Boyne

Y Is For Yesterday
 by
Sue Grafton
New In Paperback

To The Bright Edge Of The World
 by
 Eowyn Ivey

Scrappy Little Nobody
 by
 Anna Kendrick

Rogue Heroes
 by
Ben Macintyre
New Books For Kids

Pablo And Birdy
 by
Alison McGhee

The First Rule Of Punk
 by
Celia C. Perez


The Mermaid
 by
 Jan Brett
New Books For Young Adults

The Dazzling Heights
 by
 Katharine McGee

Wonder Woman: Warbringer
 by
Leigh Bardugo

Zero Repeat Forever
by
 G.S. Prendergast


Time to Get Organized

We have all kinds of calendars to help you keep track of your activities and passions.  In addition, we have a full range of journals -- from bullet to lined, classic to trendy.
  Stop by and find the right one for you!


 

What We're Reading Now...

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Dog of the Week
 
Maya
 
Maya is a two and a half year old rescue, whose owner believes she is a border collie, hound, and shepherd mix.  She lives on Curve Street, and she loves her walks to the bookstore to get her treat.  She enjoys chasing squirrels (of course!) and running off the leash on the North Forty.  Welcome to Wellesley Books, Maya.
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-- Lena Dunham


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William D. Carl

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