Ellen Barker, Nothing North of Delmar with Rainy Day Books

Rainy Day Books

Enjoy an evening with Missouri native author, Ellen Barker, in Kansas City!

<h3>Join Rainy Day Books in-store to celebrate Nothing North of Delmar with author Ellen Barker.</h3>This event includes a talk from Ellen, along with an opportunity to get your book signed and personalized. <h3>The Book</h3><h4>Nothing North of Delmar</h4>For fans of Catherine Ryan Hyde and Laurie Frankel, a novel of one young woman’s post-college foray into the adult realities of landlords, economics, and urban politics, set against the Bicentennial summer of 1976.It’s 1976, the Bicentennial year and a watershed moment in America. The draft, the Vietnam war, Woodstock, and the Summer of Love are long gone. Tie-dye is out, and everyone has cut their hair. The Civil Rights Act has passed, the Equal Rights Amendment is just a few states from ratification, Roe v. Wade is firmly enshrined, and closet doors are creaking open. The sixties have changed the world.Only they haven’t, as Novelle is about to find out.At this moment, she arrives in St. Louis to start graduate school in economics, a clear-cut field of mathematic problem sets with answers. Except, it’s not. Almost immediately, she discovers that Delmar Boulevard is a Great Wall of China separating St. Louis into Black North and white South, and that economics is the mortar between the bricks. She gets caught up in unraveling a plan to “take back” a Black neighborhood that has leaked over the divide. By the time she finishes her degree, she is getting hate mail and death threats. But she’s also come into her own as a force for change. A satirical, witty look at a slice of history that still resonates today. <h3>The Author</h3>Ellen Barker grew up in Kansas City during a period of demographic upheaval, and she returns to Missouri in her novels. She has a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from Washington University in Saint Louis, where she developed a passion for how cities work, and don’t. She began her career as an urban planner, then spent many years working for large consulting firms, first as a writer-editor and later managing large data systems. She is the author of East of Troost and two sequels (Still Needs Work and The Breaks), which take place in Kansas City. She now lives in California with her husband, who briefly appears in Nothing North of Delmar. Please Note: There are no refunds for this event. If you are unable to attend, your book will be available for pickup at Rainy Day Books starting the following day. If you are not local, we'll be happy to mail it to you upon request. Thank you for your support!We will hold your event book in-store for a maximum of 6 months following the event. If you have not retrieved your book in that time period, it will be donated.

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