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SUMMARY:Brewster Ladies' Library Association presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Geraldine Brooks To Speak in Brewster September 16
DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Geraldine Brooks To Speak in Brewster September 16\n\nNickerson Memorial Lecture Sponsored by Brewster Ladies' Library Association\n\n \n\nBREWSTER\, MA\, August 3\, 2023  The Brewster Ladies'  Library Association has announced that acclaimed author and journalist Geraldine Brooks will be the featured speaker for the Frances Mapes Nickerson Memorial Lecture\, set for September 16\, 2023 at the Brewster Baptist Church\, 7:30 PM with a book signing to follow the lecture. \n\n \n\nGeraldine Brooks is known for her immersive\, character-driven historical novels. Her most recent novel\, Horse (published in 2022)\, is a current New York Times bestseller.  Her fiction debut\, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague\, was published in ten countries.  Her second novel\, March\, was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, and her third book\, People of the Book\, became an instant New York Times bestseller. Her fourth book\, Caleb's Crossing\, was the winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction.  The Secret Chord\, a novel about the life of King David\, was released in 2015\, also to critical acclaim.\n\n \n\nAustralian-born Geraldine Brooks moved to the United States to attend the journalism master's program at Columbia University in New York City. She then spent 11 years as correspondent at The Wall Street Journal\, where she covered some of the world's most troubled areas\, including Bosnia\, Somalia\, and the Middle East.\n\n \n\n \n\nGeraldine Brooks is also the author of two works of nonfiction:  Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women\, and Foreign Correspondence: A Penpal's Journey from Down Under to All Over.  She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University in fall 2005 and was the recipient of the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.\n\n \n\nThe annual Nickerson event is sponsored by the Brewster Ladies'  Library Association in memory and honor of Frances Mapes Nickerson\, a long-time Brewster resident and library benefactor. \n\n \n\nMembers who join the Association before August 1st for the membership period July 1\, 2023 to June 30\, 2024 will be eligible for early member registration for two (2) tickets per household starting August 8.  Registration for the general public will begin August 22 at www.brewsterladieslibrary.org.\n\n \n\nJoin the Association at www.brewsterladieslibrary.org or by completing the membership form available at the library.\n\n \n\nFor more information on the speaker\, please visit www.prhspeakers.com.\n\n \n\nFor questions regarding this event\, please contact:\n\nCindy Kadzik                                    \n\nBrewster Ladies' Library Association\n\nBLLAEvents@BrewsterLadiesLibrary.org\n\n \n\nOr\n\n \n\nPat Meservey\n\n978-998-9363
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Geraldine Brooks To Speak in Brewster September 16</span></span></strong><br />\n<em><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nickerson Memorial Lecture Sponsored by Brewster Ladies&rsquo\; Library Association</span></span></em><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">BREWSTER\, MA\, August 3\, 2023&mdash\; The Brewster Ladies&rsquo\; &nbsp\;Library Association has announced that acclaimed author and journalist Geraldine Brooks will be the featured speaker for the Frances Mapes Nickerson Memorial Lecture\, set for September 16\, 2023 at the Brewster Baptist Church\, 7:30 PM with a book signing to follow the lecture. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">Geraldine Brooks is known for her immersive\, character-driven historical novels. Her most recent novel\, <em>Horse </em>(published in 2022)\, is a current <em>New York Times</em> bestseller.&nbsp\; Her fiction debut\,&nbsp\;<em>Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague</em>\, was published in ten countries.&nbsp\; Her second novel\,&nbsp\;<em>March</em>\, was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, and her third book\,&nbsp\;<em>People of the Book</em>\, became an instant&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller. Her fourth book\,&nbsp\;<em>Caleb<span dir="RTL">&rsquo\;</span></em></span></span><em><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">s Crossing</span></span></em><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">\, was the winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction.&nbsp\; <em>The Secret Chord\,</em> a novel about the life of King David\, was released&nbsp\;in 2015\, also to critical acclaim.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">Australian-born Geraldine </span></span><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">Brooks moved to the United States to attend the journalism master<span dir="RTL">&rsquo\;</span>s program at Columbia University in New York City. She then spent 11 years as correspondent at<em>&nbsp\;The Wall Street Journal</em>\, where she covered some of the world<span dir="RTL">&rsquo\;</span>s most troubled areas\, including Bosnia\, Somalia\, and the Middle East.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">Geraldine </span></span><span style="color:#191919"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">Brooks is also the author of two works of nonfiction:&nbsp\; <em>Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Foreign Correspondence: A Penpal<span dir="RTL">&rsquo\;</span>s Journey from Down Under to All Over.</em>&nbsp\; She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University in fall 2005 and was the recipient of the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The annual Nickerson event is sponsored by the </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brewster Ladies&rsquo\; </span></span>&nbsp\;<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Library Association in memory and honor of Frances Mapes Nickerson\, a long-time Brewster resident and library benefactor. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Members who join the Association before August 1st for the membership period July 1\, 2023 to June 30\, 2024 will be eligible for early member registration for two (2) tickets per household starting August 8.&nbsp\; Registration for the general public will begin August 22 at </span></span><a href="about:blank"><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">www.brewsterladieslibrary.org</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Join the Association at </span></span><a href="about:blank"><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">www.brewsterladieslibrary.org</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> or by completing the membership form available at the library.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">For more information on the speaker\, please visit </span><a href="about:blank"><span style="color:#3333CC"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">www.prhspeakers.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For questions regarding this event\, please contact:</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cindy Kadzik</span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Brewster Ladies&rsquo\;</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Library Association</span></span><br />\n<a href="about:blank"><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">BLLAEvents@BrewsterLadiesLibrary.org</span></span></a><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Or</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pat Meservey</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif">978-998-9363</span>
LOCATION:Brewster Baptist Church\, 1848 Main St\, Brewster\, MA 02631
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