Here at GGP we're excited to be welcoming Cristina Algers\, author of The Darlings\, on Wednesday\, March 7th at 7\:00 p.m. We LOVE this book!
A sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences.
Now
that he's married to Merrill Darling\, daughter of billionaire
financier Carter Darling\, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to
New York society and all of its luxuries\: a Park Avenue apartment\,
weekends in the Hamptons\, bespoke suits. When Paul loses his job\,
Carter offers him the chance to head the legal team at his hedge fund.
Thrilled with his good fortune in the midst of the worst financial
downturn since the Great Depression\, Paul accepts the position.
But
Paul's luck is about to shift\: a tragic event catapults the Darling
family into the media spotlight\, a regulatory investigation\, and a
red-hot scandal with enormous implications for everyone involved.
Suddenly\, Paul must decide where his loyalties lie-will he save himself
while betraying his wife and in-laws or protect the family business at
all costs?
Cristina Alger's glittering debut novel interweaves
the narratives of the Darling family\, two eager SEC attorneys\, and a
team of journalists all racing to uncover-or cover up-the truth. With
echoes of a fictional Too Big to Fail and the novels of Dominick Dunne\, The Darlings
offers an irresistible glimpse into the highest echelons of New York
society-a world seldom seen by outsiders-and a fast-paced thriller of
epic proportions.
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Meredith Maran\,author of Class Dismissed\, will be reading from her debut novel\, A Theory of Small Earthquakes\, on Thursday\, March 8th at 7\:00 p.m.
In her ten previous nonfiction books\, Meredith Maran has trained her
journalistic eye on the subtle dance between the political and the
personal. Now Maran brings her provocative gaze to her debut novel – a
family story spanning two decades\, set against the social\, political\,
and geological upheavals of the Bay Area.
Eager to escape her damaging
past and chart her own future\, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe\, a
free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and a love outside
the norm. After many happy years together\, the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake deepens fissures in the two women’s relationship\, and Alison
leaves Zoe for a new\, “normal” life with a man. Alison’s son is the
outcome of both of these complicated relationships\, and the three
parents strive to create a life together that will test the boundaries
of love and family in changing times.
Meredith has proven it's never too late to write that book!!! Go Meredith\, we are SO proud of you!
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Aimée Leduc is happy her long-time business partner René has found a
girlfriend. Really\, she is. It’s not her fault if she can’t suppress her
doubts about the relationship\; René is moving way too fast\, and Aimée’s
instincts tell her Meizi\, this supposed love of René’s life\, isn’t
trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark\: Meizi
disappears during a Chinatown dinner to take a phone call and never
comes back to the restaurant. Minutes later\, the body of a young man\, a
science prodigy and volunteer at the nearby Musée\, is found
shrink-wrapped in an alleyway—with Meizi’s photo in his wallet.
Aimée
does not like this scenario one bit\, but she can’t figure out how the
murder is connected to Meizi’s disappearance. The dead genius was
sitting on a discovery that has France’s secret service keeping tabs on
him. Now they’re keeping tabs on Aimée. A missing young woman\, an
illegal immigrant raid in progress\, botched affairs of the heart\, dirty
policemen\, the French secret service\, cutting-edge science secrets and a
murderer on the loose—what has she gotten herself into? And can she get
herself—and her friends—back out of it all alive?
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