BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250212T003000Z DTEND:20250212T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The Snowbirds: Christina Clancy In-Conversation with Christie Tate at The Book Stall DESCRIPTION:The Book Stall welcomes author Christina Clancy on Tuesday\, February 11 at 6:30 pm for an in-store discussion featuring her new book\, The Snowbirds! The Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs\, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Ms. Clancy will be in-conversation with Book Stall friend\, bestselling author Christie Tate!\n\n\n\nThis event is free with registration. To register\, please CLICK HERE.\n\n\n\nMore About the Book: Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years\, their "separate but together" partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant's mother has died\, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered\, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face.\n\n\n\nWhen they arrive at Le Desert\, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone's business\, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile\, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape\, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains\, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost\, or this time\, he's really left her.\n\n\n\nIs it ever too late to become the person we wanted to be and is there still time to change into someone better? The exhilarating\, but often confusing transitions of midlife are pitched against the promise and glamour of Palm Springs in this tender\, honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime. With compassion and humor\, Clancy explores the redemptive power of finding ourselves\, and of being found.\n\n\n\nChloe Benjamin\, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists\, says\, "The Snowbirds is an insightful\, propulsive exploration of modern marriage in middle age\, equal parts sharp-eyed and heartwarming." \n\n\n\nMore About the Author: Christina Clancy is the author of The Second Home and Shoulder Season. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times\, The Washington Post\, the Chicago Tribune\, The Sun magazine\, and in various literary journals. She splits her time between Madison and Palm Springs.\n\n\n\nMore About Our Conversation Partner: Christie Tate is the author of the New York Times bestseller Group\, which was a Reese's Book Club selection. Her follow-up book\, BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found is a poignant\, funny\, and emotionally satisfying memoir about Christie Tate's lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship\, and the extraordinary friend who changed everything. She has been published in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Chicago Tribune\, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\, and elsewhere\, and she lives in Chicago with her family. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Book Stall \;welcomes author \;Christina Clancy \;on Tuesday\, February 11 at 6:30 pm for an in-store discussion featuring her new book\, \;The Snowbirds! \;The Last Thing He Told Me \;meets \;Fleishman Is in Trouble \;in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs\, where they find their relationship at a crossroads. Ms. Clancy will be in-conversation with Book Stall friend\, bestselling author \;Christie Tate!
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\nThis event is free with registration. To register\, please \;CLICK HERE.
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\nMore About the Book: \;Kim and Grant are at a turning point. A couple for thirty years\, their "\;separate but together"\; partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant&rsquo\;s mother has died\, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered\, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face.
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\nWhen they arrive at Le Desert\, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone&rsquo\;s business\, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile\, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape\, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains\, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost\, or this time\, he&rsquo\;s really left her.
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\nIs it ever too late to become the person we wanted to be&mdash\;and is there still time to change into someone better? The exhilarating\, but often confusing transitions of midlife are pitched against the promise and glamour of Palm Springs in this tender\, honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime. With compassion and humor\, Clancy explores the redemptive power of finding ourselves\, and of being found.
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\nChloe Benjamin\, \;New York Times \;bestselling author of \;The Immortalists\, \;says\, \;"\;The Snowbirds \;is an insightful\, propulsive exploration of modern marriage in middle age\, equal parts sharp-eyed and heartwarming."\; \;
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\nMore About the Author: Christina Clancy \;is the author of \;The Second Home \;and \;Shoulder Season. Her work has also appeared in the \;New York Times\, The Washington Post\, the \;Chicago Tribune\, The Sun \;magazine\, and in various literary journals. She splits her time between Madison and Palm Springs.
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\nMore About Our Conversation Partner: \;Christie Tate \;is the author of the \;New York Times \;bestseller \;Group\, which was a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club selection. Her follow-up book\, \;BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found \;is a poignant\, funny\, and emotionally satisfying memoir about Christie Tate&rsquo\;s lifelong struggle to sustain female friendship\, and the extraordinary friend who changed everything. She has been published in \;The New York Times\, \;The Washington Post\, \;Chicago Tribune\, \;McSweeney&rsquo\;s Internet Tendency\, and elsewhere\, and she lives in Chicago with her family.
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