ABOUT THE BOOK: \;
\nWashington\, DC\, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House\, a down-at-the-heel s all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation&rsquo\;s capital whe re secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely\, mysterio us widow Grace March moves into the attic room\, she draws her oddball col lection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss \, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds\; po liceman&rsquo\;s daughter Nora\, who finds herself entangled with a shadow y gangster\; frustrated baseball star Beatrice\, whose career has come to an end along with the women&rsquo\;s baseball league of WWII\; and poisono us\, gung-ho Arlene\, who has thrown herself into McCarthy&rsquo\;s Red Sc are.
\nGrace&rsquo\;s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-br ewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives\, but she hides a te rrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears the house apart\, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?
\nCapturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America\, \;The Br iar Club \;is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty p ut to the test.
\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \;
\nKate Quinn \;is the& nbsp\;New York Times \;and \;USA Today \;bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California\, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor&rsquo\;s and Master&rsquo\;s degre e in Classical Voice. She has written four novels in the Empress of Rome S aga\, and two books in the Italian Renaissance\, before turning to the 20t h century with &ldquo\;The Alice Network&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;The Huntress\,& rdquo\; &ldquo\;The Rose Code\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;The Diamond Eye.&rdquo \; All have been translated into multiple languages. Kate and her husband now live in San Diego with three rescue dogs.
\nABOUT THE PRESENTATION: \;At each program\, authors speak for about forty-five minutes\, followed by a short question and answer session. A copy of the book is included wi th the purchase of your ticket.
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