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\nYou&rs quo\;re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed autho r Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work\, "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.
\nAlexandria &ldquo\;Alix&rdq uo\; 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\, Ali x takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Publ ic 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 d esperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.\n
The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to thr eaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dash ing costume-shop owner\, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency d rawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of "The Great Gatsby" as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy &mdash\; Alix\, th e Librarian\, or the Library itself?
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\nAbout the Author: Kate Quinn is a New York Times an d USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of Southern California\, she attended Boston University\, where she earned bachelor&r squo\;s and master&rsquo\;s degrees in classical voice. A lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the "Empress of Rome" saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 20th century wi th "The Alice Network\," "The Huntress\," "The Rose Code\," "The Diamond E ye" and "The Briar Club." "The Astral Library" is her first foray into mag ic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their rescue dog s.
\nThis event is part of \;DBRL's \;Online Author Series\, supported by David Lile honorariu m funds. A recording will also be available for later viewing on the \ ;author series site.
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