BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151119T000000Z DTEND:20151119T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Rebecca Makkai at Lake Forest Book Store DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Makkai\, author of Music for Wartime: Stories (Viking $26.95) Wednesday November 18 at 6:00 p.m. Reservations suggested but not required at Lake Forest Book Store 847-234-4420 Refreshments will be served Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Hundred-Year House\, winner of the Chicago Writers Association?s Novel of the Year award\, and The Borrower\, a Booklist Top Ten Debut which has been translated into eight languages. Named one of the must-read books of the summer by the"Chicago Tribune\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\," "BuzzFeed\," "The Huffington Post\," "Minneapolis Star-Tribune\, "and"The L Magazine "Rebecca Makkai s first two novels\, "The Borrower" and "The Hundred-Year House\," have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now\, the award-winning writer\, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of "The Best American Short Stories\, " returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence\, wit\, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love\, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall\, a young boy has a revelation about his father's past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead\, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. These transporting\, deeply moving stories some inspired by her own family history amply demonstrate Makkai s extraordinary range as a storyteller\, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Rebecca Makkai\, author of Music for Wartime: Stories (Viking $26.95) Wednesday November 18 at 6:00 p.m. Reservations suggested but not required at Lake Forest Book Store 847-234-4420 Refreshments will be served Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Hundred-Year House\, winner of the Chicago Writers Association?s Novel of the Year award\, and The Borrower\, a Booklist Top Ten Debut which has been translated into eight languages. Named one of the must-read books of the summer by the"\;Chicago Tribune\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\,"\; "\;BuzzFeed\,"\; "\;The Huffington Post\,"\; "\;Minneapolis Star-Tribune\, "\;and"\;The L Magazine "\;Rebecca Makkai s first two novels\, "\;The Borrower"\; and "\;The Hundred-Year House\,"\; have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now\, the award-winning writer\, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of "\;The Best American Short Stories\, "\; returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence\, wit\, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love\, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall\, a young boy has a revelation about his father'\;s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead\, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. These transporting\, deeply moving stories some inspired by her own family history amply demonstrate Makkai s extraordinary range as a storyteller\, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. LOCATION:680 N. Western Ave. Lake Forest\, IL 60045 UID:e.1126.7907 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260428T210013Z URL:https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/rebecca-makkai-at-lake-forest-book-store-11-18-2015-7907 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR