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SUMMARY:Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic
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DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation wi
 th acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work\, The Ast
 ral Library..\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/15596754
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>**Questions for the speaker can be
  submitted on the Registration page.**</strong></p>\n<p>You&rsquo\;re invi
 ted to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn
  about her latest fantastical work\,&nbsp\;The Astral Library\, which pose
 s the 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 n
 ew worlds\, new lives\, and new futures.</p>\n<p>Alexandria &ldquo\;Alix&r
 dquo\; Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the fost
 er-care system: unlike people\, books will never let you down. Working thr
 ee dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream\, A
 lix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Pu
 blic Library\, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of f
 ar-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets t
 he Librarian: the ageless\, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the
  desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.
 </p>\n<p>The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before sh
 e can escape into the pages of her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to t
 hreaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a da
 shing costume-shop owner\, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency
  drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and th
 e champagne-soaked parties of&nbsp\;The Great Gatsby&nbsp\;as danger draws
  inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy&mdash\
 ;Alix\, the Librarian\, or the Library itself?</p>\n<p>Register now to hea
 r more about&nbsp\;The Astral Library\, crafted for all bookworms and love
 rs of literature.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>About the Author:&nbsp\;Kate Quinn&nbsp\;
 is the&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;USA Today&nbsp\;bestselling au
 thor of historical fiction. A native of Southern California\, she attended
  Boston University\, where she earned bachelor&rsquo\;s and master&rsquo\;
 s degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written fo
 ur novels in the Empress of Rome Saga and two books set in the Italian Ren
 aissance before turning to the 20th century with&nbsp\;The Alice Network\,
 &nbsp\;The Huntress\,&nbsp\;The Rose Code\,&nbsp\;The Diamond Eye\, and&nb
 sp\;The Briar Club.&nbsp\;The Astral&nbsp\;Library&nbsp\;is her first fora
 y into magic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their 
 rescue dogs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.inf
 o/event/15596754
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