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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Emily Carpenter
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DESCRIPTION:Join bestselling author Emily Carpenter in discussing her newe
 st psychological thriller\, "Gothictown.".\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Welcome to gentle Juliana\, where you can 
 have it all&hellip\;if you pay the price.</p>\n<p>The email that lands in 
 Billie Hope&rsquo\;s inbox seems like a gift from the universe. For $100\,
  she can purchase a spacious Victorian home in Juliana\, Georgia\, a small
  town eager to boost its economy in the wake of the pandemic. She can leav
 e behind her cramped New York City rental and the painful memories of shut
 tering her once thriving restaurant and start over with her husband and he
 r daughter. Plus\, she&rsquo\;ll get a business grant to open a new restau
 rant in a charming riverside community laden with opportunity. It seems li
 ke a dream come true&hellip\;or a devil&rsquo\;s bargain.</p>\n<p>A few ph
 one calls and one hurried visit later\, and Billie\, Peter\, and six-year-
 old Meredith are officially part of the Juliana Initiative. The town is ev
 erything promised&mdash\;two hours northwest of Atlanta but a world away f
 rom city living\, a &ldquo\;gentle jewel&rdquo\; with weather as warm as i
 ts people. Between settling into their lavish home and starting her new re
 staurant\, Billie is busy enough to dismiss any troubling signs&hellip\;</
 p>\n<p>But Billie&rsquo\;s sleep is marred by haunting dreams\, and her ma
 rriage with Peter is growing increasingly strained. Meanwhile the town eld
 ers\, all descended from Juliana&rsquo\;s founding families\, exert a leve
 l of influence that feels less benevolent and more stifling day by day.</p
 >\n<p>There&rsquo\;s something about &ldquo\;Gentle Juliana&rdquo\;&mdash\
 ;something off-kilter and menacing beneath that famous Southern hospitalit
 y. And no matter how much Billie longed for her family to come here\, she&
 rsquo\;s starting to wonder how\, and if\, they&rsquo\;ll ever leave.</p>\
 n<p></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Books will be available 
 for sale and signing.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"
 ><strong>Registration is requested.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-al
 ign: center\;">* By registering\, you consent to signing up for the monthl
 y Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><str
 ong>Emily Carpenter</strong> is the bestselling author of four thrillers: 
 <em>Until the Day I Die\, Every Single Secret\, The Weight of Lies\, </em>
 and <em>Burying the Honeysuckle Girls</em>. A graduate of Auburn Universit
 y\, Emily has worked as an actor\, producer\, screenwriter\, and behind-th
 e-scenes soap opera assistant for CBS television. Raised in Birmingham\, A
 labama\, she moved to New York City before returning to the South\, where 
 she now lives in Atlanta\, Georgia\, with her family.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img 
 src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/WandaMor
 ris.jpeg" width="85" height="128" alt="" /></p>\n<p>Moderating the talk wi
 ll be <strong>Wanda M. Morris</strong>. Wanda is the award-winning author 
 of <em>All Her Little Secrets</em>\, <em>Anywhere You Run</em>\, and&nbsp\
 ;<em>What You Leave Behind. </em>Wanda is a former corporate lawyer. She i
 s a member of Crime Writers of Color and serves on the Board of Internatio
 nal Thriller Writers. She is married\, the mother of three and lives in At
 lanta\, Georgia.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Presented by Adult Services.&nbsp\;</p>\
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