Author event with Paula McClain

Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Paula McClain for her new book, Skylark, in conversation with Rae Ann Parker.

This ticketed event will begin at 6:30 PM and will take place at Montgomery Bell Academy's Dead Poets Society Room, located in the Mary Helen Lowry Building (close to the South Wilson entrance). Doors will open at 5:30 PM.

Tickets:

$35.50 - which includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of Skylark.

Additional copies of Skylark, along with limited backlist titles, will be available for purchase at the event.

There will be a signing line following the event where guests may have their copy of Skylark personalized. Paula will also sign/personalize any other books purchased at the event.

Parking:

Parking is free on the MBA campus. There is a garage located at 205 South Wilson Boulevard (East side of MBA's campus, which is closest to the Dead Poets Room). You may also park in the Vine Street Church parking lot or in any of the surface lots on campus.

About the book:

The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a mesmerizing tale of Paris above and below--where a woman's quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor's dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a story of courage and resistance that transcends time.

1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at the famed Gobelin Tapestry Works, who secretly dreams of escaping her circumstances and creating her own masterpiece. When her father is unjustly imprisoned, Alouette's efforts to save him lead to her own confinement in the notorious Salpêtrière asylum, where thousands of women are held captive and cruelly treated. But within its grim walls, she discovers a small group of brave allies, and the possibility of a life bigger than she ever imagined.

1939: Kristof Larson is a medical student beginning his psychiatric residency in Paris, whose neighbors on the Rue de Gobelins are a Jewish family who have fled Poland. When Nazi forces descend on the city, Kristof becomes their only hope for survival, even as his work as a doctor is jeopardized.

A spellbinding and transportive look at a side of Paris known to very few--the underground city that is a mirror reflection of the glories above--Paula McLain's unforgettable new novel chronicles two parallel journeys of defiance and rescue that connect in ways both surprising and deeply moving.

About the author:

Paula McLain is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including The Paris Wife, Circling the Sun, and Love and Ruin, as well as two collections of poetry and a memoir. Her work has been published in over thirty-five countries, and featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Town & Country, Real Simple, and elsewhere.

About Rae Ann Parker:

Rae Ann Parker is the Director of Books and Events for Young Readers at Parnassus Books. She is a former licensed clinical social worker and loves her second career at an indie bookstore. She appears weekly on the Laydown Diaries presenting the latest children's and young adult titles to Parnassus readers.