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SUMMARY:Behind the Books: Allegra Goodman
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DESCRIPTION:Meet bestselling novelist Allegra Goodman!.\nhttps://wilmlibra
 ry.libnet.info/event/16370654
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Ms. Goodman's newest novel\, <em><a href="
 https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington/search/detailnonmodal/e
 nt:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1685283/one">This Is Not About Us</a>
 </em> (February 2026) is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American fam
 ily. Her other books include <em><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/clien
 t/en_US/wilmington/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD
 _ILS:1497351/one">Sam</a></em> (a Read With Jenna Book Club selection)\, <
 em><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/det
 ailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:332748/one">The Chalk Ar
 tist</a></em> (winner of the Massachusetts Book Award)\, <em><a href="http
 s://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/ent:
 $002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:4993/one">Intuition</a></em>\, <a href="
 https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/
 ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:23938/one">The Cookbook Collector</a
 >\, <em><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/searc
 h/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:125562/one">Paradis
 e Park</a></em>\, and <em><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US
 /wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:6
 24922/one">Kaaterskill Falls</a></em> (a National Book Award finalist) and
  <em><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/d
 etailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1618445/one">Isola</a>
 </em> (2025)\, is an epic saga about a French noblewoman deserted on an is
 land where her survival depends on the power of her faith and love. Her fi
 ction has appeared in The New Yorker\, Commentary\, and Ploughshares and h
 as been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Storie
 s. She has written two collections of short stories\, <em><a href="https:/
 /mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$00
 2f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:416180/one">The Family Markowitz</a></em> a
 nd Total Immersion and a novel for younger readers\, <em><a href="https://
 mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002
 f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:78426/one">The Other Side of the Island.</a>
 </em></p>\n<p><a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington/
 search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1685283/one"><
 img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/wilmlibrary/Thi
 s_Is_Not_About_Us.jpg" width="232" height="349" alt="" /></a>&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;<a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/wilmington/search/detail
 nonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1618445/one"><img src="http
 s://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/wilmlibrary/Isola.jpg" width
 ="233" height="349" alt="" /></a>&nbsp\;<a href="https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.ne
 t/client/en_US/wilmington1/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f
 0$002fSD_ILS:23938/one"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-imag
 es/editor/wilmlibrary/Cookbook-AGoodman_.jpeg" width="249" height="349" al
 t="" /></a></p>\n<p><br />Raised in Honolulu\, Goodman studied English and
  philosophy at Harvard and received a PhD in English literature from Stanf
 ord. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writer&rsquo\;s Award\, the Salon A
 ward for Fiction\, and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advan
 ced study. She lives with her family in Cambridge\, Mass\, where she is wr
 iting a new novel.</p>\n<p>On Thursday\, September 17\, 2026\, Ms. Goodman
  will discuss her work in a presentation at the Wilmington Senior Center. 
 Copies of her books will be available for purchase. This event is recommen
 ded for teens and adults.</p>\n<p><strong>Free. Registration required. Thi
 s event begins at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for book sales and a c
 ash bar.</strong></p>\n<p>Other details: This is an indoor event. There is
  no hybrid/Zoom component to this program.&nbsp\;There is no ticket needed
  on the day of the event. If you are registered to attend\, your name will
  be on a printed list at the check-in table. Library staff will check your
  name off the registrant list.</p>\n<p>For more information\, contact Nath
 alie Harty | nharty@wilmlibrary.org</p>\n<p><em>Funded by generous contrib
 utions from the Friends of Wilmington Memorial Library and a state aid gra
 nt administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.</em><
 /p>\nhttps://wilmlibrary.libnet.info/event/16370654
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