You&rsquo\;re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her l atest fantastical work\, \;The Astral Library\, which poses t he question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library\, where books are not just objects\, but doors to new worlds\, new lives\, and new futures.
\nAlexandria &ldquo\;Alix&rdqu o\; Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster- care system: unlike people\, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream\, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Publi c Library\, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far- off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless\, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the de sperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.
\nThe Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before she c an escape into the pages of her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to thre aten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashi ng costume-shop owner\, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency dr awing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the c hampagne-soaked parties of \;The Great Gatsby \;as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy& mdash\;Alix\, the Librarian\, or the Library itself?
\nRegister now to hear more about \;The Astral Library\, crafted for all bookworms an d lovers of literature. \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Kate Quinn \;is the \;New York Times \;and \;USA Tod ay \;bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of Southern Ca lifornia\, she attended Boston University\, where she earned bachelor&rsqu o\;s and master&rsquo\;s degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history bu ff\, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 20th centur y with \;The Alice Network\, \;The Huntress\, \;The Rose C ode\, \;The Diamond Eye\, and \;The Briar Club. \;The Astral \;Library \;is her first foray into magic re alism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their rescue dogs.
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