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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Author Sara Goodman Confino - In-person
LOCATION:Olney Library\nOlney Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon with Sara Goodman Confino\, bestselli
 ng author of "Behind Every Good Man" and 3 other novels!  .\nhttps://mcpl.
 libnet.info/event/13454713
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><span style="color: #000000\;"><em
 >Sara Goodman Confino is the bestselling author of humorous and heartfelt 
 women&rsquo\;s fiction.<br /></em></span></strong><strong><span style="col
 or: #000000\;"><em>&ldquo\;Behind Every Good Man&nbsp\;is the most satisfy
 ing story of personal reinvention imaginable. I absolutely loved it!&rdquo
 \;&nbsp\;</em>―Annabel Monaghan\,&nbsp\;<em>USA Today&nbsp\;</em>be
 stselling author of<em>&nbsp\;Summer Romance</em></span></strong><strong><
 span style="color: #000000\;"><em></em></span></strong></p>\n<p><span styl
 e="color: #000000\;">Join Olney Library for an exciting program with autho
 r Sara Goodman Confino\, who lives in our community! Ms. Confino published
  her first book\, <strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://
 mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/444969?searchId=25417120&amp\;recordIndex=1
 &amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" sty
 le="color: #0000ff\;"><em>For the Love of Friends</em></a></span></strong>
 \, in August 2002\, and hasn't stopped writing since. <span style="color: 
 #0000ff\;"><em><strong><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/444
 970?searchId=25417131&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultI
 ndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">She's Up to 
 No Good</a></strong></em></span> was published in 2022\, followed by <span
  style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org
 /Record/483500?searchId=25417143&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;refer
 red=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><
 em>Don't Forget to Write</em></a></strong></span> (2023) and <em><strong><
 span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Rec
 ord/536637?searchId=25417165&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=
 resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Behin
 d Every Good Man</a></span></strong></em> (2024). Each of her books has re
 ceived a 4+ rating on <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://www.
 goodreads.com/author/show/19349357.Sara_Goodman_Confino" target="_blank" r
 el="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Goodreads</a></span> (average numbe
 r of ratings: 36K). <em><strong>Behind Every Good Man</strong></em> was se
 lected as a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historica
 l Fiction (2024). How did she do it?</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #0
 00000\;">Ms. Confino\, who wanted to be a writer ever since her uncle sent
  her a typewriter at age 8\, is an English and journalism teacher with Mon
 tgomery County Public Schools and is currently on leave to pursue her writ
 ing career. She'll talk about how she got started\, her writing craft/proc
 ess\, and how she draws on her family for inspiration\, such as in <em><st
 rong>Behind Every Good Man</strong></em>\, which takes place in Montgomery
  County in the 1960s. When not writing\, she enjoys spending time with her
  husband and two young sons\, relaxing on the beach\, and <a href="https:/
 /www.instagram.com/saraconfino/reel/CyvlXAwLu5l/" target="_blank" rel="noo
 pener"><span style="color: #0000ff\;">dancing</span></a> with Bruce Spring
 steen. <em>Hope you can join us!</em><br /><br /></span><span style="color
 : #000000\;"></span><span style="color: #000000\;">Q&amp\;A and light refr
 eshments to follow. Copies of her books will be available for purchase/sig
 ning.&nbsp\; <br /><strong>In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Mont
 h.</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>NO REGIS
 TRATION IS REQUIRED BUT SEATING IS LIMITED.</strong></span><span style="co
 lor: #000000\;"><strong></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #0000
 00\;">Learn more about Confino from her <em>Bethesda Magazine&nbsp\;</em><
 strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://bethesdamagazine.co
 m/2024/08/01/mcps-high-school-teacher-to-publish-fourth-novel/?_gl=1*c0gdd
 5*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ4ODAxMjQ0Ni4xNzQ0MjIzMjYy*_ga_0ZSGW04M6Q*MTc0NDIyMzI2MS4
 xLjEuMTc0NDIyMzI3Ni4wLjAuNDQxMjA0MTcy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" styl
 e="color: #0000ff\;">profile</a></span></strong> (Ashlyn Campbell\; Aug 1 
 2024).</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>Want to take 
 a deeper dive in to <em>Don't Forget to Write</em>\, Confino's 2023 book\,
 </strong> with other like-minded readers? <strong><span style="color: #000
 0ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/12973929" target="_blank" r
 el="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Register</a></span></strong> to joi
 n Olney's Jewish Book Discussion Group\, meeting virtually on <strong>Tues
 day\, May 20\, from 3-4:30pm.&nbsp\;</strong>You'll receive an email with 
 the zoom link closer to the date.</span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style="col
 or: #000000\;">Learn more about Sara Goodman Confino by visiting her</span
 > <a href="https://saraconfino.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span 
 style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong>website</strong></span></a>&nbsp\;<span s
 tyle="color: #000000\;">and <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong><a href
 ="https://www.instagram.com/saraconfino/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noope
 ner" style="color: #0000ff\;">Instagram</a></strong></span><strong>. </str
 ong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><em>Sponsored by Friend
 s of the Library\, Montgomery County\, MD\, Inc.</em></span></p>\n<p><span
  style="color: #000000\;"><strong>Questions about this program?&nbsp\;</st
 rong>Contact the Olney branch at 240-773-9545.</span></p>\n<p><span style=
 "color: #000000\;">Take a look at MCPL's <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><s
 trong><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList" t
 arget="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">online resources</a
 ></strong></span>. Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; 
 Find out how to&nbsp\;</span><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><strong><a hre
 f="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/card.html" target="_bla
 nk" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Get a Library Card</a></strong
 ></span>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p
 >People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><a hr
 ef="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html"
 >English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></strong>&
 nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to
  attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manage
 r at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01
 /03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/13454713
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