Brunonia Barry

Please join us on Thursday, March 2 at 7pm, when Brunonia Barry presents her new novel, The Fifth Petal.

Brunonia Barry returns to her contemporary, otherworldly Salem with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction, and murder.

Salem’s chief of police, John Rafferty, now married to gifted lace reader Towner Whitney, investigates a 25-year-old triple homicide dubbed “The Goddess Murders,” in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed one Halloween night.

Were the women victims of an all-too-human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again?Please join us on Thursday, March 2 at 7pm, when Brunonia Barry presents her new novel, The Fifth Petal.

Brunonia Barry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader and The Map of True Places. She was the first American author to win the International Women’s Fiction Festival’s Baccante Award and was a past recipient of Ragdale Artists Colony’s Strand Invitational Fellowship, as well as the winner of New England Book Festival’s award for Best Fiction. Her reviews and articles on writing have appeared in the London Times and the Washington Post. Brunonia co-chairs the Salem Athenaeum Writers Committee. She lives in Salem with her husband, Gary Ward, and their dog, Angel. (TooFondOfBooks)… (mere)

"Family drama and cultural conflict are the twin engines that drive this atmospheric novel, in which a daughter returns to Greece to uncover her mother's secrets, and ends up discovering as much about herself as she learns about her inscrutable relatives. The Clover House is both an intriguing personal mystery and a compelling meditation on the ties that bind.” Eleni Gage, author of Other waters

“Layered and complex, The Clover House is a provocative examination of family secrets and the things we inherit. Henriette Lazaridis Power immerses the reader in a world of tradition and resilience, creating characters who linger long beyond their final pages. This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.” Brunonia Barry, author of The lace reader

Henriette Lazaridis Power is a first-generation Greek-American who has degrees in English literature from Middlebury College; Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar; and the University of Pennsylvania. She taught at Harvard for ten years, serving as an academic dean for four of those. She is the founding editor of The Drum, a literary magazine publishing exclusively in audio form. A competitive rower, Power trains regularly on the Charles River in Boston.

Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award, Dawn Tripp’s fiction has earned praise from critics for her “thrilling” storytelling (People Magazine), her “haunting, ethereal” prose (Booklist), and her “marvelous characters” (Orlando Sentinel). She is the author of the novels, Moon Tide, The Season of Open Water, and Game of Secrets, a Boston Globe bestseller. Her essays have appeared in The Rumpus, Psychology Today, and on NPR.

Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

Brunonia Barry læser fra The Map of True Places.

"It isn't down in any map; true places never are."--Herman Melville, Moby Dick The bestselling author of The Lace Reader is back with a emotionally compelling new novel about finding your true place in the world, in which a psychotherapist finds the strands of her own life in the death of a troubled patient. With themes drawn from 19th century literature and from 21st century life, this novel is sure to please a broad array of readers. (bookconscious)… (mere)

Brunonia Barry læser fra The Map of True Places.

The author of runaway bestseller The Lace Reader returns with a novel about a Boston psychotherapist who uncovers a trove of family secrets. When one of her patients commits suicide, Dr. Zee Finch comes face to face with the reality of her past. Stunningly written, The Map of True Places will surprise and enthrall. (lemontwist)… (mere)

Brunonia Barry signerer The Map of True Places.

The eagerly anticipated second novel from Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader, arrives Tuesday May 4th! Cornerstone Books hosts the book launch event for The Map of True Places (William Morrow, ISBN 9780061624780, May 2010, $25.99) at The House of The Seven Gables at 115 Derby Street, Salem. Tickets for the reading/talk/book signing are $5 and are worth $5 off of the price of the book at the event. Separate tickets for the wine and cheese reception following the reading are $15. Tickets can be purchased at Cornerstone Books. In an emotionally compelling novel about finding your true place in the world, Brunonia explores the meaning of family by blending beautiful storytelling and everyday magic in her inimitable way. Like The Lace Reader, this book is set in Salem, and features cameo appearance by some of your favorite Lace Reader characters! (CornerstoneBooks)… (mere)

Brunonia Barry læser fra The Lace Reader.

Local author Brunonia Barry reads from her bestselling (and set in Salem!) novel, The Lace Reader, which has been optioned for a thrilling Hollywood movie! Reading, followed by Q&A and book signing. ”Suspenseful and literary… surprisingly gritty for having ‘lace’ in the title…” New York Magazine ”Gripping. . .a marvelously bizarre cast of characters (living and dead) in a uniquely colorful town.” Washington Post Book World ”The Lace Reader is a page-turner, and the ending is almost as shocking as the film ‘The Sixth Sense.’” Salem Gazette (CornerstoneBooks)… (mere)

Brunonia Barry promoverer The Lace Reader.

Join Cornerstone on the Essex Street Mall for the Bizarre Bazaar, and meet author Brunonia Barry, who will be signing her bestselling book, The Lace Reader. This novel tells the haunting story of Towner Whitney, who comes from a line of women who can see the future in a piece of lace. Towner must unravel her family’s past as she strives to find her missing aunt, and must overcome her own history, which prevents her from embracing her future. (CornerstoneBooks)… (mere)