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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Katherine Scott Crawford
LOCATION:Duluth Branch\nDuluth Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning author Katherine Scott Crawford as she disc
 usses her historical fiction novel\, "The Miniaturist's Assistant.".\nhttp
 s://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/13517984
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>2004: In historic Charleston\, recently di
 vorced art conservator Gamble Vance throws herself into her career restori
 ng centuries-old miniature portraits. But one portrait haunts her: a woman
  in a fox stole\, with familiar hazel eyes. When Gamble meets a girl in an
  alley\, she's convinced it&rsquo\;s the same woman&mdash\; and it's not t
 he first time they&rsquo\;ve met. For help\, Gamble turns to African Ameri
 can Studies scholar Tolliver Jackson&mdash\; a former foster kid with secr
 ets of his own. But as Gamble&rsquo\;s memories resurface\, the pair disco
 ver a connection which may endanger more than one life&hellip\; in more th
 an one lifetime.</p>\n<p>1804: Miniature portraitist and fallen-away Quake
 r Daniel Petigru paints for Charleston&rsquo\;s high society. Daniel and h
 is sister live with a free Black family\, their connection long and compli
 cated. When Gamble arrives from the future and her presence puts them all 
 at risk\, Daniel must decide if he loves her enough to let her go.</p>\n<p
 ><em>The Miniaturist's Assistant</em> explores the mystery of time\, how o
 ur choices ripple throughout history\, and what it means to be a fully-rea
 lized woman&mdash\; in any century.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p style="text-align: ce
 nter\;">Books will be available for sale and signing from <a href="https:/
 /www.johnscreekbooks.com/">Johns Creek Books.</a>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="te
 xt-align: center\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/e
 ditor/gwinnettpl/JC-Books.jpg" width="158" height="67" alt="" /></p>\n<p s
 tyle="text-align: center\;"><strong>Registration is requested.</strong></p
 >\n<p style="text-align: center\;">*By registering\, you consent to signin
 g up for the monthly Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p sty
 le="text-align: left\;"><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
 end-images/events/gwinnettpl/KSCheadshot1.jpg" width="72" height="101" alt
 ="" /></strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><strong>Katherine Scott
  Crawford</strong> is the award-winning author of <em>The Miniaturist's As
 sistant</em> and <em>Keowee Valley.</em> A former backpacking guide\, news
 paper columnist\, and recovering academic\, she'd rather be in the woods w
 ith her dog than anywhere else. She enjoys curious people\, adventure\, an
 d snow-- and believes historical fiction is the best way to time travel. A
 n eleventh-generation Southerner\, she lives with her family in the North 
 Carolina mountains.</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><img src="https://s
 tatic.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/gwinnettpl/Jill_Cox-Cordova.png" 
 width="70" height="73" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;">Modera
 ting the talk will be <strong>Jill Cox-Cordova. </strong>She holds an MFA 
 from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing in Louisville\, Kentucky\
 , and a master&rsquo\;s degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern U
 niversity. She freelanced for <em>Essence</em> magazine and produced at su
 ch media outlets as CNN.com and MSNBC. Now she writes nonfiction and ficti
 on.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"></p>\n<p style="text-align: 
 left\;"><span style="color: #999999\;"><em>Presented by Adult Services</em
 ></span></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/13517984
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