About the author:
\nKate Quinn \;is the \;New York Times \;and& nbsp\;USA Today \;bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of Southern California\, she attended Boston University\, where sh e earned bachelor&rsquo\;s and master&rsquo\;s degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the Empress of R ome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to th e 20th century with \;The Alice Network\, \;The Huntr ess\, \;The Rose Code\, and The Diamond Eye.&nb sp\;
\n
Capturing 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 put to the test.
Washington\, DC\, 1950. Everyone kee ps to themselves at Briarwood House\, a down-at-the-heels all-female board inghouse in the heart of the nation&rsquo\;s capital where secrets hide be hind white picket fences. But when the lovely\, mysterious widow Grace Mar ch moves into the attic room\, she draws her oddball collection of neighbo rs into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss\, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds\; policeman&rsquo\;s d aughter Nora\, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster\; frust rated baseball star Beatrice\, whose career has come to an end along with the women&rsquo\;s baseball league of WWII\; and poisonous\, gung-ho Arlen e\, who has thrown herself into McCarthy&rsquo\;s Red Scare.
\nGrace
&rsquo\;s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea becom
e a healing balm on all their lives\, but she hides a terrible secret of h
er 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 mi
dst?
Kate Quinn will be in conversation with Claire McM
illan\, \;the author of The Necklace\, Gilded Ag
e\, and Alchemy of a Blackbird\, which was&
nbsp\;named a Best Book of 2023 by BookRiot and received starred reviews i
n \;Publisher&rsquo\;s Weekly \;and \;Library Jou
rnal.
Registration for this event is \;FR EE. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.
\nEach VIP ticket ($20 +fees) includes:
\nFAQs
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