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“All the News I Need” Book Talk & Signing | SF

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is appreciated.

The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Event Details

The Booksmith is excited to host the San Francisco launch party for Joan Frank’s fourth novel and winner of the Juniper Prize for Fiction, All The News I Need. Joan will be in conversation with Peg Alford Pursell.

Frances Ferguson is a lonely, sharp-tongued widow who lives in the wine country. Oliver Gaffney is a painfully shy gay man who guards a secret and lives out equally lonely days in San Francisco. Friends by default, Fran and Ollie nurse the deep anomie of loss and the creeping, animal betrayal of aging. Each loves routine but is anxious that life might be passing by. To crack open this stalemate, Fran insists the two travel together to Paris. The aftermath of their funny, bittersweet journey suggests those small changes, within our reach, that may help us save ourselves—somewhere toward the end.

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Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is appreciated.
Categories: Literature
Address: 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117