Happy New Year!
HOLIDAY HOURS
This week, Mrs. Dalloway ‘s will close at 3pm on December 31 and re-open at 10am Monday, January 3 .
AUTHOR DROP-INS AT MRS DALLOWAY’S
not surprisingly, one of our most consistent sell books over the past year and half has been Berkeley Walks, so we were very pleased to welcome co-authors JANET BYRON and BOB JOHNSON to the storehouse. They autographed copies of the expanded and update version of their “ revealing rambles ” – 21 walks showcasing Berkeley ‘s neighborhoods, shopping districts, and academic areas .
Berkeley ‘s SHAENON GARRITY is an award-winning cartoonist and writer best known for the webcomics Narbonic and Skin Horse. She was normality the store to sign copies of her new YA graphic novel, The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor , a wickedly curious floor about a adolescent who is swept up in a foreign modern population and must save it from an all-consuming evil in regulate to return home .
AIDA SALAZAR was in the store to autograph copies of In the Spirit of a dream : 13 Stories of american Immigrants of Color . This lovely picture book celebrates 13 American immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes, politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists and more, written in poems by Salazar and illustrated by a baker’s dozen of first- and second-generation immigrant artists. In concurrence with her on-line script launch death week with Mrs. Dalloway ‘s, was in the shop to autograph copies ofThis adorable painting book celebrates 13 american immigrants of color, from world-famous to local heroes, politicians, surgeons, athletes, activists and more, written in poems by Salazar and illustrated by a baker ‘s twelve of first- and second-generation immigrant artists .
many thanks to DAVE EGGERS for visiting the bookshop and signing copies of The Every, the hardback edition of which is available only at autonomous bookstores. The book, which is a cautionary narrative about the power and sway of engineering, is a follow-up to The Circle. One of the great features of The Every is that dozens of uniquely designed covers were created and produced for the book, and we have respective to choose from when you come in to buy a imitate .
We were so pleased that one of our local favorites, MEG WAITE CLAYTON, came by to autograph copies of her newest novel, The Postmistress of Paris. The record revisits the dark early days of the german occupation in France ; it ‘s a love history and a narrative of high-stakes danger and noteworthy courage whose heroine is a young american english heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis miss from war-torn Europe .
STAFF PICKS
All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks. A funny-side-up enlistment of the show game life of an extraordinary amusing mind. From writing for Sid Caesar’s Show of Shows in the 1950s to a smash hit on Broadway, Brooks ‘ lead record is quite remarkable – a resume that includes Get Smart, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, two iterations of The Producers, and 2,000-Year-Old Man drollery albums. The tone is often self-congratulatory, but hey, he ‘s earned the correct to brag. – Hut
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. A novel about a male child who hears voices, with a sting of critical theory, a touch of Buddhist remember, ontological musings, and a wholly set of kernel. Plus stuff about books and libraries, perfect for bibliophiles ! – Alison
inactive Life by Sarah Winman : A bewitching, high tapestried floor of people brought together by beloved, war, artwork, flood, and the ghost of E.M. Forster, by the writer of Tin Man. From the Tuscan hills to London and back again, and over many decades, soldier Ulysses Temper, artwork historian Evelyn Skinner, a parrot named Claude, and a vomit of unforgettable characters form a bond that can not be broken. Delicioso ! – Marion
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart. This new fresh is among the first entries in what is expected to be a large literary subgenre before long : the COVID novel. Given how curious and absolute enjoyable this fresh is, I wo n’t be surprised if it turns out to be one of the finest books in the class. In March of 2020, a struggling writer with a bedraggled Hudson Valley compound invites old friends, colleagues and confidants to weather the pandemic lockdown. Old tensions and jealousies, along with newly romances and alliances, soon emerge in a delightful feat of old-school storytelling that recalls Chekov – despite the very modern circumstances. A fantastic read ! – dent
Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spottswood. This is the second book in one of my favorite new series – featuring Lillian Pentacost and Willowjean “ Will ” Parker, a pair of sharp detectives in 1940s New York first introduced in Fortune Favors the Dead. This time, the traveling circus that Will called home for 5 years hires the duet to investigate the mangle of the Amazing Tattooed Woman. Atmospheric and filled with dapper dialogue, this one ‘s a achiever. – Hut
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Fasten your seat belts for a rollicking cross-country gamble into the affection of 1950s America with this beautifully realized fib of syndicate, friendship, and the drive for connection and sympathize. As the Watson brothers set out on a bay from Nebraska to San Francisco ( via New York – yes, New York ! ) in search of their long-departed mother, they encounter a hurl of characters you will not soon forget. You ‘ll laugh, you ‘ll cry, and most of all you ‘ll be so felicitous you read this great american novel. – Marion
Memorial by Bryan Washington ( now in paperback ). I therefore loved this tender, curious, beautiful novel of an evolving relationship set in an evolving Houston, Texas. My elevator lurch : It ‘s a little like “ Love, actually, ” the movie, or would be, if “ Love, actually ” were multiracial, gay, and determined in Houston and Osaka ( alternatively of directly, white London ). What is beloved, actually, in this day and long time ? Washington has some ideas for us. Highly recommended ! – dent
