Anne Lamott:
Imperfect Birds
Friday, April 9th
7 pm at First Baptist Church, Decatur

Anne Lamott, the renowned author of many bestselling fiction and nonfiction books including Traveling Mercies, Bird by Bird, and Grace: Thoughts on Faith , visits us with a tough and touching new novel, Imperfect Birds. "Heartbreaking and delightful, moving and hopeful, the novel reminds us how our children are connected to and independent of us, and that no matter how difficult our struggle is with them, love underlies it all and saves us. This novel captures the deepest, purest, most terrifying experience of parents fearing for their children. With great insight and humor, Anne Lamott shows us what it means these dangerous days to be a parent, what it means to be a child, and what it means to be a family.” Lamott’s graceful prose is sure to inspire the child, parent, and sibling in all of us.

Patricia Sprinkle:
Hold Up the Sky
Monday, April 12th
7:15 pm at Decatur Library Auditorium
Patricia Sprinkle is one of Atlanta's favorite mystery writers. Her titles include Death of a Dunwoody Matron, A Mystery Bred in Buckhead, Death on the Family Tree, and Who Let the Killer in the House?, and countless others. She shows us a different side of her artistry with her eagerly anticipated novel, Hold Up the Sky . It's a moving story of four women facing difficult challenges who come together on a drought-stricken Georgia farm to find strength and insights with each other. As they share their stories and their troubles, they discover that their true strength comes not in independence but in interdependence. “[A] portrait of friendship, love, and Southern gumption,” declares Birmingham magazine.

Lisa Tracy
Objects of Our Affection
Wednesday, April 7th
7:15 pm at Decatur Library Auditorium

Why do Americans have so much "stuff," and why do we hang on to it forever and ever? asks Lisa Tracy, author of fascinating titles such as Muddy Waters: The Legacy of Katrina and Rita , and The Gradual Vegetarian . She reveals the delightful answers in her compelling and surprisingly tender new book, Objects of Our Affection: Uncovering My Family's Past, One Chair, Pistol, and Pickle Fork at a Time . It's all about those things we keep, the heirlooms, and how we form stories about our things and what that means for generations of our family yet to come. “Plush stories of love, war, life and death are lovingly tucked inside the drawers and chair springs of a remarkable family’s furnishings. Lisa Tracy brings them to life with tender humor and due respect,” hails Tanya Maria Barrientos. You'll thoroughly enjoy this presentation about a subject close to all of us.