How to use this Page

This Wednesday, August 6, local author and renowned photographer, Tony Mendoza will join us as the last Literary Picnic of the 2014 season. He will talk about his new coming-of-age novel, A Cuban Summer. It is the story about a 13-year-old boy in 1950’s Havana, his love of girls, and desire for romance.

Join us anytime after 5:30 p.m. on the lawn of Thurber House, and the reading will begin at 7:00 p.m. Please remember to bring your own chairs, and while it’s too late to order a dinner through us, feel free to bring your own picnic (and alcohol, if you wish). Picnics are rain or shine. The rain site is the Columbus Museum of Art.

For more information or to purchase tickets, click here. We also have a full season of Evenings with Authors coming up! Be sure to check out our great lineup and get your tickets before they’re gone! Click here for the full lineup.

In author Nathan Englander’s latest short story collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, you’ll find eight stories dealing with modern life, spirituality, belief, and relationships. The stories have a common thread of Jewish life and Jewish faith, but they range in setting from a dinner party to an elder care facility to a Times Square peep show.

The stories are both thought provoking and irreverent, and Englander certainly has a knack for the short story form. His previous short story collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, was published in 1999 and won quite a few awards. Three of his short stories have also appeared in the annual Best American Short Stories collections.

We are looking forward to welcoming Nathan Englander as the next author in our Winter/Spring 2013 Evenings with Authors series. He will be here on Thursday, March 7, and will be chatting about his book at the Columbus Museum of Art at 7:30 p.m. More information and tickets are available by calling 614-464-1032 x.11 or by visiting our website.

You can also join us at The Author’s Table Dinner with Nathan Englander – it’s a chance for a limited number of people to get up close and personal with the author in an intimate setting. If you attend the dinner, you’ll also have reserved seating at the reading and chat, as well as the chance to get your book signed early. To order tickets for the dinner, call Anne at 614-464-1032 x.10. The deadline to order dinner tickets is Monday, March 4.

We can’t wait to hear Nathan Englander talk about this book – as the 2012 winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, it is one of the best short story collections of the modern era. Join us on March 7 to meet the author!

Unfortunately, the reception and reading we were planning with author Carla Buckley on Tuesday, February 12 has been canceled. If you’ve already bought tickets, we’ll be in touch to get you a refund on the purchase price.

Stay tuned to this blog and our website for announcements of future events and to keep up with what’s going on at Thurber House!

Chris Pavone worked for about two decades in the publishing industry, primarily working with cookbooks. Now, he’s turned his attention to writing – and his debut novel, The Expats, has received massive critical acclaim. After being released last year, the book quickly became a New York Times bestseller, and it has now been translated into 15 languages. Last week, it was announced that The Expats is a 2013 Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel!

The book is about Kate Moore, a working mother with a secret double life. When her husband is transferred to Luxembourg, she decides to start fresh and leave her secrets behind. However, when she meets another American couple who aren’t what they seem, Kate begins to uncover layers of deception surrounding her life.

Come hear Chris Pavone talk about his book on Wednesday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Museum of Art. Tickets are available online, by phone at 614-464-1032 x.11, or at the door on the night of the event. For more information, visit our website.

Start your new year off right with a fun event at Thurber House! Get ready for the first event in the 2013 Winter/Spring Evenings with Authors series. Call 614-464-1032 x11 or click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Mary Jane Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. She spent three decades at CBS News’ New York headquarters, beginning her career as a desk assistant and working her way through the ranks to become a producer and writer. Her experiences inspired her popular KEY News Media series of thrillers.

Her latest book, Footprints in the Sand, is the third in her Wedding Cake Mystery series, starring Piper Donovan, a struggling actress who works as a wedding cake decorator and an amateur sleuth. In this book, Piper is asked to be the maid of honor at her cousin’s wedding in sunny Florida, but when a bridesmaid disappears and a body is found on the beach, it seems like everyone is a suspect. It falls to Piper to find the killer before he makes her his next victim!

The event is on Wednesday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m., and will be held at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad Street. A book signing and an informal coffee and cookie reception will follow the reading. Tickets are $20 general admission in advance, with discounts for students and seniors. All tickets at the door are $20. Tickets are available on our website, or by calling 614-464-1032 x11.

The shopping rush is upon us – time to think about what gifts to give to everyone on your list. If you have a book lover on that list, though, look no further. Here are a few suggestions for great gifts for the literary-minded in your life!

Tickets to any of our Evenings with Authors events would be a perfect gift for fans of mysteries, historical fiction, thrillers, and any general fiction. A season subscription includes tickets to seven great author events. We also offer a mini-series subscription – you pick the three authors to make your own ticket package! Check out the line-up for the upcoming season here.

We have some new t-shirts in the Thurber Country Bookstore, as well! Take a look at the new Thurber Signature t-shirt in the bookstore here. It’s an eye-catching blue shirt with Thurber’s signature and a great Thurber dog drawing. Any Thurber fan would be proud to display their love of humor and wit on this shirt.

Know a football fan? Our popular Dog with Football shirt, available previously on a chocolate brown shirt, is now available on a charcoal gray shirt as well. Take a look at the brown version here, or the new gray version here.

We have other t-shirts in the store – there’s a shirt for everyone. Check them out!

Don’t miss our collection of Thurber books, a variety of prints of hilarious Thurber cartoons, adorable Thurber dog notecards, and other Thurber-themed items in the bookstore. Shop online – make your purchase by December 18 to guarantee shipping by Christmas – or stop into the store; we’re open every day from 1 – 4 p.m.

You won’t want to miss the final event in the 2012 Fall Evenings with Authors series! Call 614-464-1032 x11 or CLICK HERE for more information and to purchase tickets.

“Epic…Heartfelt…An enormously satisfying story about a dog and the man who believed in him.” - USA Today

“Brilliant…If there were any book she was born to write, it’s this one. The product of years of dogged research, it’s her magnum opus, a work filled with fascinating stories…[and] stunning prose that is both compassionate and perceptive.” – NPR

The event is on Wednesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m., and will be held at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad Street. A book signing and an informal coffee and cookie reception will follow the reading. Tickets are $20 general admission in advance, with discounts for students and seniors. All tickets at the door are $20. Tickets are available on our website, or by calling 614-464-1032 x11. 

Chris Cleave’s debut novel, Incendiary, won a 2006 Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His second novel, Little Bee, is a #1 New York Times besteller with over 2 million copies in print. He lives in London, England.

Cleave’s newest novel, Gold, tells the story of two women competing in the high-speed sport of track cycling. These women must decide what is more important: their friendship, or winning an Olympic gold medal.

Praise for Chris Cleave and Gold:

By Susanne Jaffe, Thurber House Executive Director

Last night we wrapped up our 2012 Winter/Spring Evenings With Authors season with a visit from J. Courtney Sullivan, chatting about her bestseller, Maine – a novel about generations of women visiting a family beach house and dealing with problems both personal and familial. This was the perfect book to lead into our summer season.

Attendees sign up to win a copy of J. Courtney Sullivan’s latest book.

Sullivan spoke about her books, her writing practices, and how she researches the settings of her novels.

Audience members asked many thoughtful questions of Sullivan during the Q&A portion of the program.

Sullivan took the time to chat individually with attendees while signing their books.

This was quite a packed season of author events, including two Special Events, and all of us at Thurber House hope you enjoyed them. We want to say a big THANK YOU for your support. We love bringing the diversity of writers to you and are already starting to consider our Fall line-up.

Finish one season of author events, and just around the corner is another—this time the 27^th season of our Summer Literary Picnics. In years past, the picnics have always spotlighted Ohio authors, but this year, in honor of  the Columbus Bicentennial, all five picnics will focus on Columbus authors. Information about each author can be found on our website. All the picnics—weather angels permitting!—are on the side lawn of the House. Bring quarters for those pesky parking meters along Jefferson!

Our picnics offer the option of ordering a delicious boxed dinner from Party Panache catering, or you can bring your own picnic spread – and you are welcome to bring alcoholic beverages as well. Tickets for dinner and the reading are $30, and tickets for the reading only are $15 (or $5 for children under 12). You can order tickets online here or by calling 614-464-1032 x.11.

The first picnic is Wednesday, June 13 and then June 27, July 11, July 25 and August 8. We can’t wait to see you there!

But wait—there’s more from Thurber House this summer! Also in honor of the bicentennial, Thurber House in partnership with Ohio State University’s Rare Books Libraries will have a special exhibit in the Center, next door to the House. It’s all about Columbus and Thurber: Past and Present with fantastic archival photos and even copies of Thurber’s report cards! It’s free and you can visit anytime but it might be fun to come early to the picnic and take a look before you e

As kids head back to school and the leaves start to turn, that means one thing for Thurber House: our Fall Evenings with Authors series begins! Last night we kicked off the series with bestselling author Mona Simpson – a fantastic event! Simpson shared from her most recent novel My Hollywood. The story shares Hollywood from two perspectives – that of a family and that of the caretakers of those families, and the relationships and dynamics that form between the two.

During the event, Simpson talked about her writing process, character development and life experiences that inspired the story behind the book.

The storyline for this novel emerged from observations she made when taking her children to a nearby park. Simpson noticed several very different groups of women gathered. She would see the stay-at-home mothers together in one area, and then groups of nannies and caretakers grouped by ethnicity in another. Simpson explained how “… the voices of those women became imprinted on me.” It was from those observations and interactions that the idea for My Hollywood began to take shape.

The book took her 10+ years to develop and write as the characters evolved over time. Simpson shared that when she initially wrote the two main characters, Claire and Lola, she struggled with making each sound authentic. After many re-writes and collecting feedback from mothers and caretakers, Simpson felt more satisfied with how the characters had developed.

Simpson’s thoughtful words and quick wit had the audience relating to her and laughing throughout the evening. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the first Evenings with Authors event. If you missed it, don’t worry: We have four more authors joining us this fall. Hope to see you there!

As you may already know, we’re gearing up for a special event with Tess Gerritsen on Tuesday, July 12. Today, we’re announcing a last-minute ticket special for those of you who haven’t purchased your tickets yet:

The $15 tickets are now available buy one, get one free. To take advantage of this special offer, call 614-464-1032 ext. 11.

Tess is the international bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles police detective series, also a hit show on TNT. Her brand new novel, The Silent Girl, hit bookstores just a few days ago and we are thrilled that she will be with us in Columbus to share her latest edgy, murder mystery!

Summer Special Event details:

Tuesday, July 12, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art and Design
60 Cleveland Ave.
Columbus, OH 43215
For more information visit http://www.thurberhouse.org/tess-gerritsen.html

We hope to see you there!

It’s a welcomed side-effect of working at Thurber House that all of us here spend a lot of time reading – and thinking about – good books, especially in the summer, when we all need to unwind and relax after a day in the office.

Yesterday, we posted hundreds of choices for summer reading in lists from across the web. Today, we’re switching gears and making our own list. Each member of the Thurber House  team was asked to submit one suggestion – the absolute top of their summer reading list. Without further adieu, here’s the Thurber House Staff Summer Reading List.

The book: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
The staffer: Meg Brown, Children’s Programming
Meg says: “Just one?! Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! Our campers and Young Docents have been raving about it for years and I haven’t read it yet. It’s the top of my to-read list at the moment. “

The book: The Passage, Justin Cronin
The staffer: Pat Shannon, Director of Education
Pat says: “I am most looking forward to finishing The Passage by Justin Cronin.  I just

have short snips of time to read and it has been slow going for me but I am determined.”

The book: The Land of Painted Caves, Jean Auel
The staffer: Anne Touvell, Deputy Executive Director
Anne says: “I’m looking forward to reading Jean Auel’s, The Land of Painted Caves. It’s the 6th in the Earth’s Children series, I’ve read them all – each is hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pages and she puts new books out so infrequently…. I need closure. I must finish Ayla’s journey!”

The book: The Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, Graham Robb
The staffer: Susanne Jaffe, Executive Director
Susanne says: “The first is: The Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb, a non-fiction look at this remarkable city from the perspectives of a variety of different people.”

What’s at the top of your summer list?

Prepare for a night of fascinating revelations into some of the biggest trials in recent American history.  Next week’s Evenings with Authors features Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart and his new book Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff, which focuses on the epidemic of perjury that is sweeping the national justice system.

With many prosecutors, investigators, and participants speaking for the first time, Tangled Webs goes behind the scene of the trials of media and homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart; top White House political adviser Lewis “Scooter” Libby; home-run king Barry Bonds; and Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff.

Stewart is a former Page-One editor at The Wall Street Journal, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider trading. He is a regular contributor to SmartMoney and The New Yorker. He lives in New York.

In a change of format for this Evenings with Authors, Sharon Davies will host a conversation with Stewart. Davies is the John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law at OSU’s Moritz College of Law, and author of the critically acclaimed historical book, Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America.

This event will take place on Tuesday, May 3 at the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad Street, at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $20 general admission, with discounts for students and seniors. Click here to purchase tickets online, or call 614-464-1032 x. 11 to order by phone.

There are still tickets available for the Author’s Table Dinner for this event.  For more information, please call Anne Touvell at Thurber House, 614-464-1032 ext. 10.

You won’t want to miss next week’s Evenings with Authors, an author who comes highly recommended by past guest Lisa Gardner!  New York Times bestseller, Kristin Hannah will be here with her latest, Night Road.

Night Road is an emotionally complex novel about a mother of twins and one reckless night that promises to shatter the family, seemingly forever. It is a story that raises profound questions about motherhood, loss, identity, and forgiveness.  An exquisite novel, Night Road showcases Hannah at the top of her form.

Hannah is the author of 18 novels including the mega-hits Firefly Lane, True Colors, and Winter Garden.  She is a former lawyer, and lives with her son and husband in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

This event will take place on Tuesday, April 12 at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $20 general admission, with discounts for students and seniors. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or by calling 614-464-1032 x. 11.

“[A] rich, multilayered reading experience,

and…and easy recommendation for book clubs.”

-Library Journal starred review

A dead husband, an abused wife, a missing child… only Detective D.D. Warren can unravel the mystery in time! Join Thurber House for the next 2011 Winter/Spring Evenings with Authors with Lisa Gardner and her new book, Love You More.

The fifth installment of Gardner’s New York Times bestselling D.D. Warren series continues with Love You More. In what should be an open-and-shut case, an abused woman pushed to the brink shoots her husband in self-defense. But she isn’t talking to the police about her dead husband, or her missing 6-year-old daughter. In a race against the clock, Detective Warren must unearth family secrets to solve a murder, and save a child.

Gardner has written 14 other books, and was recently awarded The International Thriller Writers award for Best Hardcover of the Year for The Neighbor.

Gardner will be reading on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are $20 general admission and $18 students and seniors, in advance and at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thurberhouse.org, or by phone at 614-464-1032 ext.11.

Whether you’re a fan of her mysteries, legal thrillers, or her “Chick Wit” column – you won’t want to miss Thurber House’s final Evenings with Authors of the 2010 season when New York Times bestselling author, Lisa Scottoline (along with her daughter Francesca), share tales from their latest anthology of sweet and kooky essays, My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space.

Perhaps best known for her Rosato & Associates legal thrillers, Scottoline’s novels are wildly popular with over 9 millions copies in print. She is an Edgar Award winner for her second novel, Final Appeal.  She also writes for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where her “Chick Wit” column runs on Sundays, and is occasionally written by her daughter, Francesca. These columns have served as fodder for her two bestselling books of nonfiction, Why My Third Husband Will Be A Dog, and the latest, My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space – which is a clever compilation from two generations of women reflecting on family, love, dessert, and everything in between!

Lisa and Francesca will be reading on Wednesday, November 10^th at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door, with discounts for students and seniors. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or by calling 614-464-1032 x. 11.

“A haunting masterpiece.”

–The New York Times

Join Thurber House for an evening of murder, suspense, fallen leaders, and cross-country chases at our next Evenings with Authors featuring James L. Swanson. New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt, Swanson comes to Thurber House to read from his latest book, Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant of Lincoln’s Corpse.

Bloody Crimes follows the journeys of two fallen leaders –one vilified and marked for vengeance; one revered and mourned. In April of 1865 Abraham Lincoln is assassinated, and Jefferson Davis –president of the Confederacy– is accused of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth on the murder. As Lincoln’s corpse makes its way from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, the hunt is on for Davis.  In Bloody Crimes, Swanson intertwines the story of Davis’s capture and the journey to Lincoln’s final resting place.

Born on Lincoln’s birthday, Swanson has studied and collected artifacts about the 16^th President since he was ten years old. Along with Bloody Crimes and Manhunt Swanson has authored two illustrative history books for young adults.

An Author’s Table Dinner is available with Swanson before the event. Deadline for dinner is Friday, October 8 by 4:00 p.m. For more information visit www.thurberhouse.org or call Anne Touvell at 614-464-1032 x 10.

Swanson will be reading on Tuesday, October 12^th at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are $18 presale and $20 at the door with discounts available for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or call 614-464-1032 x11

Bloody Crimes was just chosen as the #4 best book of the season by Entertainment Weekly!

Don’t miss the next Thurber House Evenings with Authors event with David Rakoff! Author of the New York Times bestseller Don’t Get Too Comfortable, Rakoff will discuss his latest book, Half Empty, a collection of anecdotal life stories, which cleverly criticize our contemporary culture.

As the front cover warns you, there are no “inspirational life lessons” in the pages of Half Empty. Instead, you will find Rakoff’s wry Oscar Wilde-like wit making funny and insightful cultural criticisms on the absurdities of life. Rakoff will take you on a journey through the flaws of the musical Rent, the Jewish love affair with pork, and defend the notion that you should always assume the worst, because you’ll never be disappointed –among many other hilarious topics.

David Rakoff is a frequent contributor to Public Radio International’s American Life, as well as The New York Times, Newsweek, Wired, and Salon.

Rakoff will be reading on Monday, September 27^th at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are $18 presale and $20 at the door with discounts available for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or call 614-464-1032 x11

An Author’s Table Dinner is available with Rakoff before the event. The deadline to order dinner is Friday, September 24 by 4:00 p.m. For more information visit www.thurberhouse.org or call Anne Touvell at 614-464-1032 x 10.

Thurber House brings you another great season of Evenings with Authors starting September 10! This author series will play with your emotions as you feel the hardship of moving to a new place, laugh about life’s absurdities, and contemplate a president’s assassination. Come hear this stellar line up of award-winning and bestselling authors!

Friday, September 10

Thrity Umrigar

Weight of Heaven

Monday, September 27

David Rakoff

Half Empty

Tuesday, October 12

James L. Swanson

Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and

the Dead Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse

Wednesday, November 10

Lisa Scottoline (and her daughter Francesca)

My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space

The events start at 7:30 p.m. All Evenings with Authors are at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets purchased in advance are $18 general admission, $15 students and senior citizens. Season Subscriptions and Mini-Series (3 dates of your choice) are also available. Tickets can be purchased either online or by calling (614) 464-1032. Tickets will be available at the door, $20 general admission, $18 students and senior citizens.

The Author’s Table Dinner

The Author’s Table Dinners are a terrific way for a limited number of people to get up close and personal with an author. This is an opportunity to share a great meal with your favorite author; talk about their work in a more intimate setting;  get reserved seating at the event; and to get your book signed ahead of time.  Price for dinner is $40 and includes the reading and reserved seating at the event. Dinner is available for all authors this season! For more information, please call Anne Touvell at Thurber House, 614-464-1032 ext. 10.

For more information about the Fall 2010 Evenings with Authors, visit our website at www.thurberhouse.org.

The 2010 Winter/Spring Evening with Authors has been a record-breaking season at Thurber House, with seven fantastic authors, and several standing room only crowds.

The season concludes on Tuesday, May 25^th with New York Times bestselling author and famed mystery writer Lee Child. Child’s Jack Reacher mystery series sell globally at the rate of one every five seconds, about 6 million copies a year! Child comes to Columbus to talk about his brand new, just published 14^th novel in the series, 61 Hours. Set in a small town in South Dakota during a blizzard, Reacher finds himself invaluable to local law enforcement who are trying to protect a key witness in a federal case.  Though Reacher is a drifter and intends to move on from this small town as soon as possible, he can’t walk away, because the next 61 hours will change everything.

Child will be reading on May 25^th at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or call 614-464-1032 x11.

Thurber Prize for American Humor finalist Laurie Notaro comes to Thurber House on April 15! She will be reading from her latest novel, Spooky Little Girl. She was a finalist for the 2009 Thurber Prize for her collection of essays, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death. Notaro is the author of several hilarious books including The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club, I Love Everyone (And Other Atrocious Lies) and There’s a Slight Chance I Might Be Going to Hell. You’ll be sure to laugh out loud reading her books!

Spooky Little Girl is the story of Lucy Fisher who, after a vacation with her girlfriends in Hawaii, comes home to be tossed out by her fiancé, her job, and then her life! After an unplanned meeting with a bus, Lucy finds herself in the afterlife and taking Haunting 101. Lucy must haunt her friends, family and coworkers in order to move on to the next State of the afterlife.  It’s Thurber to a tee – ghosts and humor!!!

Notaro will be reading on April 15^th at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue. Tickets are available online at www.thurberhouse.org, or call 614-464-1032 x11.

Thurber House is a proud supporter of Feeding Body & Mind. For the Laurie Notaro event, Thurber House will have a donation box available for you to donate your new or gently used books. For more information, please visit the Feeding Body & Mind website. Thank you for your support.

“Sex and the City meets Moonstruck… sly, sensual and dripping in style.” – People Magazine

What a combination: sex and romance and humor–all wrapped up in everything that bestselling author Adriana Trigiani writes. And she’s coming to Columbus as one of Thurber House’s Evenings with Authors event.

You won’t want to miss hearing and meeting Adriana on Wednesday, February 17 when she reads from her brand new novel, Brava, Valentine, the second in a trilogy that began with the huge New York Times bestseller, Very Valentine.

Brava, Valentine’s leading lady, Valentine Roncalli, is now president and designer of her grandmother’s Angelini Show Company. Though Valentine is a strong businesswoman, family and romantic relationships knock her off stride.  A trip from New York City to Buenos Aires unearths a family scandal, and places Valentine torn between a past love that nurtured her, and a new one that promises to sustain her.

Trigiani is the author of the bestselling Big Stone Gap series and New York Times bestselling novels Lucia, Lucia, The Queen of the Big Time, Rococo and Very Valentine. She has also written a young adult novel, Viola in Reel Life, the first in a series about a 14-year-old filmmaker, Viola Chesterton.

She will speak at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, Wednesday, February 17^th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are going fast so order yours today! You can order tickets online at www.thurberhouse.org, or call (614) 464-1032 ext. 11.

Adriana Trigiani is a proud supporter of Feeding Body & Mind. For her event on Wednesday, February 17th, Thurber House will have a donation box available for you to donate your new or gently used books. For more information, please visit the Feeding Body & Mind website. Thank you for your support.

Love Adriana Trigiani? Share your favorite book, story, or recipe below!