BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b09658be-3d3d-4b54-867f-26f261d42209 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260726T173403Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T200000 SUMMARY:Meet author Chris Bohjalian LOCATION:South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch\nSouth Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=South Euclid-Lyndhurst Bra nch;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch:geo:41.509031, -81.520355 GEO:41.509031;-81.520355 DESCRIPTION:Join us when authors Chris Bohjalian and Paula McLain visit to discuss Bohjalian's latest historical thriller\, The Lioness..\nht tps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/6255373 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the author:

Chris Bohjalian is the #1 \;New York Times \;be stselling author of twenty-three books\, including \;Hour of the W itch\, \;The Red Lotus\, Midwives\, \;and \;The Flight Attendant\, \;was the basis for the hit HBO M ax television series \;starring Kaley Cuoco. His other books include&n bsp\;The Guest Room\; Close Your Eyes\, Hold Hands\; The Sandcastle Girls\; Skeletons at the Feast\; \;and&n bsp\;The Double Bind. \;His novels \;Secrets of Eden< /em>\, Midwives\, \;and \;Past the Bleachers&nbs p\;were made into movies\, and his work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. He is also a playwright (Wingspan \;a nd \;Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook\, Instagram\, Twitter\, Litsy\, and Goodreads @chrisbohjalian.

In < em>The Lioness\, Bohjalian turns his adrenaline-pump ing pen to the Serengeti in 1964\, where A-list actress Katie Barstow has taken her new husband and glittering entourage of co-stars\, managers\, an d publicists for a safari adventure. Lulled by visions of candlelit dinner s and capturing wildlife on film\, Katie&rsquo\;s dream honeymoon suddenly turns into a nightmare when a team of Russian mercenaries descends upon t he party. As the botched kidnapping sees the plains run red with blood and violent uncertainty spirals into the night\, Katie and her entourage must confront which they fear more: nature or man.

Chris Bohjalian wil l be in conversation with Paula McLain\, \;the \; New York Times \;bestselling author of the novels \;L ove and Ruin\, \;Circling the Sun\, The Paris Wife\, \;and \;A Ticket to Ride\, \;the memoir \;< em>Like Family: Growing Up in Other People&rsquo\;s Houses\, \;an d \;two collections of poetry. Her writing has appeared in \;T he New York Times\, Good Housekeeping\, O: The Oprah Mag azine\, Town &\; Country\, The Guardian\, Th e Huffington Post\, \;and elsewhere. She lives in Ohio with her f amily.

Books will be available for purchase c ourtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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