Teens are going to love this event!  Ginger Rue, advice columnist for Sweet 16 magazine, will introduce her new novel, Brand New Emily.  Emily is a teen whose biggest problem was meeting people, until last week.  Now, however, it’s avoiding “The Daisies,” the uber-cool clique that’s intent on making her the Target of its jokes and schemes.  She stumbles onto some secret gossip and finds herself with leverage over a top New York PR firm.  Now she has her very own publicist—and a new makeover.  Make way for Brand Em: she’s got style, she’s got attitude and her troubles at school seem like a distant memory.  However, it’s not long before she discovers the limits of brand loyalty and the dangers of buying the brand and losing herself.  TRICYCLE PRESS

Attendees can enter a drawing to win a free make-over from Sephora at The Greene. 

BOOKS & CO CLUB; Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner

DAYTIME KNITTERS knit and discuss knitting books.

FAITHPOINT; A Gift of Grace by Amy Clipston

LITERARY CLUB; Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts

RICK & HILLARY WAGNER entertain with Celtic music.

We’ll feature a Beach theme, with fun activities and games.

TEEN CLUB; City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

PAUL GRINER will introduce his novel, The German Woman, which Kirkus says is “Complex, authentic, compelling.” Spanning both world wars, we meet beautiful Kate Zweig, the English widow of a German surgeon, and Claus Murphy, an exiled American with German roots.  That year is 1944.  Going back in history to 1918, we find that Kate and her husband, Horst, had been taken for spies by Russian soldiers and forced to flee their field hospital on the eastern front, barely escaping with their lives.  

Years later, in London during the Nazis’ V-1 reign of terror, Claus spends his days making propaganda films and his nights as a British spy, worn down by the war and his own many secrets.  When Claus meets the widow Kate, he finds himself powerfully drawn to her—even after evidence surfaces that she might not be exactly who she seems.  As the war hurtles to a violent end, Claus must define where his own loyalties lie, whether he can make a difference in the war—and what might be gained by taking a leap of faith with Kate.  Reminiscent of the haunting romance of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, The German Woman takes us inside the two world wars that defined the twentieth century and the hidden histories of two characters whose love story will haunt readers’ hearts and minds.  HOUGHTIN MIFFLIN 

Paul Griner has also written Collectors and the story collection, Follow Me.  He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

DAYTIME KNITTERS knit and discuss knitting books.

RICK FANNIN entertains with World Folk Music.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon, we’ll decorate a balloon moon and put 2 astronauts on it; learn about the space shuttle and the features of a space suit; and read moon exploration books.

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ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN will discuss his book, Magnificent Desolation.  Forty years ago, he became the second human being, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth.  The event remains one of mankind’s greatest achievements and was witnessed by the largest worldwide television audience in history. Few people have not seen the iconic photograph of Aldrin standing on the surface of the moon with the blackness of space behind him and the lunar module reflected in his visor. It has forever changed the way we view both the moon and the earth.  

That flight made Buzz Aldrin one of the most famous persons in the world. While we knew a great deal about his life as an astronaut, he has never shared much of his personal life, until now. Following his career in the Air Force and as a public relations representative for NASA, he experienced the twin demons of depression and alcoholism. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety and gained the love of the women who became his wife, Lois. He has now dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space exploration, not only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise. 

Magnificent Desolation, which are the words Aldrin used to describe the moon, is not only an adventure story, but a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal.  CROWN PUBLISHING

On July 20, 1969,  Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their lunar module on the Sea of Tranquility and became the first humans to walk on the Moon.  He has founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, Inc. and the ShareSpace Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to opening the doors to space tourism for all people. Joining him at this event will be 
Ron Kaplan, Executive Director of the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

ROMANCE CLUB; Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

DAYTIME KNITTERS knit and discuss knitting books.