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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic with Kate Quinn
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with 
 acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work\, The Astral 
 Library\, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live 
 inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library\, where books are not just 
 objects\, but doors to new worlds\, new lives\, and new 
 futures.\n\nAlexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her 
 barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people\, books will 
 never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and 
 knowing college is a pipe dream\, Alix takes nightly refuge in the 
 high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library\, escaping into her 
 favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she 
 stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless\, 
 acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost 
 escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.\n\nThe Librarian takes a 
 dazzled Alix under her wing\, but before she can escape into the pages of 
 her new life\, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral 
 Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner\, 
 Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane 
 Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked 
 parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does 
 their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix\, the Librarian\, or the Library 
 itself?\n\nRegister now to hear more about The Astral Library\, crafted for 
 all bookworms and lovers of literature. \n\nAbout the Author: Kate Quinn is 
 the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. 
 A native of Southern California\, she attended Boston University\, where 
 she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classical voice. A 
 lifelong history buff\, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome 
 Saga and two books set in the Italian Renaissance before turning to the 
 20th century with The Alice Network\, The Huntress\, The Rose Code\, The 
 Diamond Eye\, and The Briar Club. The Astral Library is her first foray 
 into magic realism. She and her husband now live in Maryland with their 
 rescue dogs.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://libraryc.org/eldredgelibrary/114183/register
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