Lionel Shriver Book Tour
One of my favorite books of last year was Lionel Shriver’s Post-Birthday World, which was also EW reviewer Jennifer Reese’s top book of the year, though not everyone liked the diverging tale of a woman’s fateful decision to stay or go. Shriver is touring select US cities to promote the paperback publication of the book, and will be at the University of Minnesota Bookstore next Thursday March 13, 2008 at 4 pm for a reading and signing.
If you’re fortunate enough to live in Philadelphia, you can see Shriver on Tuesday March 11, along with Laura Lippman, whose What the Dead Know is one of The Morning News’s Sweet Sixteen for their 2008 Tournament of Books, and which I just checked out of the library. You can get the books from Joseph Fox Bookshop at 17th and Sansom Streets, where I used to get books for my book group of sacred memory. Then visit Genji Japanese Restaurant, and you’ll have me awash in nostalgia, and burning with jealousy.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Ok… since you raved about it, I purchased this book in hardcover back in November. Since I rarely have time to read other than when flying, this hefty book has travelled from ATL to LAX round trip, twice. Also, two RTs from ATL to SJU (San Juan) and 4 RTs from ATL to BOS. I LOVE this book and really look forward to flying so I can actually plow through. It is so beautifully written, with fantastic vocabulary and believable, sympathetic characters. There are parts that resonate with me so deeply, I almost could have written them. Thanks for the recommendation. I will let you know when I finish it, likely in October.