About Let The Great World Spin 2009 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the […]
Archives for January 14, 2010
David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl, on tour May 2010
About The Danish Girl Loosely inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon […]