Tuesday, October 8th at 7pm, award-winning author Alice McDermott will be at MPC discussing her new book Someone. This book, her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-nominated After This, is a an extraordinary story detailing the joys and pains of an ordinary woman’s life. We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fascinating evening.
Alice McDermott’s previous works include Charming Billy (winner of the American Book Award and the National Book Award), At Weddings and Wakes (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and That Night (finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize). Learn more about her via this Google search, or on her page on the NPR website.
Street parking is available behind the church on Grisborne Avenue, further down Thornhill Avenue next to Thornhill Elementary School, or on nearby Mountain Blvd. More parking and directions information is available on MPC’s parking and directions page.
Other upcoming book talks of interest:
- Author Michael Chabon (Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Telegraph Avenue, among others) on October 16th
- Joshua DuBois, “Pastor in Chief” to President Obama (according to Time Magazine) on November 5th