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Book events this week: Alice Hoffman, Kate Walbert, crossword puzzles and the Met
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Tuesday June 23, 7 PM: Appropriately choosing the crossword-loving Upper West Side for this event, Dean Olsher, author of From Square One: A Meditation, with Digressions, on Crosswords will read at the Barnes and Noble on 82nd and Broadway. In recent years we've found new passion for spelling bees and scrabble, so who's to say crosswords won't be next?
Wednesday June 24, 7 PM: Michael Gross's last book, 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building, pulled back the curtain on this famous den of Upper East Side wealth and intrigue. In his new effort, Rogues' Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money that Made the Metropolitan Museum, he turns that gossipy, whispering tone to the Met's many acquisitions and scandals. Hear him read from Rogues' Gallery at the Park Avenue Borders on Wednesday.
Wednesday June 24, 7 PM: Kate Walbert, author of A Short History of Women, will appear at McNally Jackson this week. The new book spans 100 years and five generations of women, each struggling with her own ethical questions and challenges. This has been one of the surprise critical darlings of the summer - don't miss this event.
Thursday June 25, 7 PM: The very prolific and popular Alice Hoffman has a new novel out, The Story Sisters. It follows the lives of three sisters as they struggle to adjust to a brutal abuse in their past. Booklist says the story is "brimming with magic and despair, atonement and redemption." Ms. Hoffman will read from her new book at 192 Books.
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