Coming Up

Friday 2/24  12pm- 1:30pm
Lisa See reads and signs the paperback release of her novel Dreams of Joy
In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls and now Dreams of Joy, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. In Dreams of Joy, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.

Fri 2/24 5:30pm

Wayne Pacelle discusses his book The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. Co- Sponsored by Orange County Animal Services

Wayne Pacelle, is the president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the world’s largest animal protection organization. 

Sat 2/25 3pm
Lauren Winner discusses her memoir Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
In the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner chronicled her sojourn from Judaism to Christianity. Now, in Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, Winnerlays bare her experience of what she calls the “middle” of the spiritual life.

Lauren F. Winner teaches at Duke Divinity School in Durham. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Books & Culture , and other periodicals.