Meg’s next novel, The Last Train to London, will be published by Harper Books September 10, 2019! You can read a bit about it in Publishers Weekly’s Book Deals of the Week column. It’s also a Publisher’s Marketplace Buzz Book for Fall/Winter 2019 (which means you can download the first few chapters to read), one of Library Journal‘s most anticipated Historical Fiction titles, and on Publisher’s Weekly’s BookExpo hottest galleys!
“An absolutely fascinating, beautifully rendered story of love, loss, and heroism … A glowing portrait of women rising up against impossible odds.” – Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Great Alone and The Nightingale
“Unforgettable … Recommend this book to anyone who thinks no single person can make a difference.” – Karen Fowler, author of the PEN/Faulkner winner and Booker finalist We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club
“A brilliant telling of the Kindertransport … threaded with compassion, hope and love.” – Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
It’s also coming in translated editions in 17 other languages!
And Beautiful Exiles made O, The Oprah Magazine‘s short list of “Juicy Novels Based on True Stories”!
Meet Meg in Person (or see her again) at …
Books Inc., Palo Alto, CA, Monday, 9.9.19 (an auspicious-looking date for a launch party!) at 7 pm
Mrs. Dalloway’s Books, Berkeley, CA, Tuesday, 9.10.19 at 7:30 pm
Copperfield’s, Santa Rosa, CA, Wednesday, 9.11.19
Bookpassage, Corte Madera, CA, Thursday, 9.12.19
Vroman’s, Pasadena, CA, Monday, 9.16.19
Warwick’s, La Jolla, CA, Tuesday, 9.17.19 at 7:30 pm
Pages, Manhattan Beach, CA, Thursday, 9.19.19
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, CA, Tuesday, 9.24.19
We’re just setting up events, so please check back
photo by Slade Kemmet, compliments of ClubBook.org
Some of Meg’s Past Events:
CAP RADIO READS, Sacramento, CA
MEET THE COMMUNITY, Sacramento, CA,a fundraiser I’m supporting the Squaw Valley Community of Writers
LAGUNA BEACH LITERARY LUNCHEON, Laguna Beach, CA, a fundraiser to support women’s education
CALM CELEBRITY AUTHOR’S LUNCHEON, Santa Barbara, CA, a fundraiser for CALM, which fights child abuse by providing prevention and treatment services
GAITHERSBURG BOOK FESTIVAL, Gaithersburg, MD
DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL, Atlanta, GA
CLOSE THE GAP LITERATURE, LEADERSHIP, AND LUNCH, Palo Alto, CA, a fundraiser for this great organization which helps recruit talented women to run for public office
CLUB BOOK at the CHANHASSEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, Minneapolis, MN
VERNON AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY, Lincolnshire, IL
MONTAVLO ARTS CENTER, Saratoga, CA
LITQUAKE: CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PAST: A Night of Historical Fiction, San Francisco, CA
THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, Nashville, TN
NATIONAL READING GROUP MONTH CELEBRATION at DIESEL, Santa Monica, CA – a celebration of the joy of reading and the power of book groups and book clubs, in my old LA neighborhood
ALACHUA COUNTY LIBRARY, Gainesville, FL
and events at some of my favorite bookstores, including KEPLER’S BOOKS, Menlo Park, CA, MRS. DALLOWAY’S, Berkeley, CA, BOOKS INC., San Francisco, CA, TOWNE CENTER BOOKS, Pleasanton, CA, VROMAN’S BOOKSTORE Pasadena, CA, WARWICK’S La Jolla, CA, LAGUNA BEACH BOOKS, Laguna Beach, CA, PAGES BOOKSTORE, Manhattan Beach, CA,
CHAUCER’S BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, BOOK PASSAGE, Corte Madera, CA, COPPERFIELD’S BOOKS, Healdsburg, CA, BOOKSHOP WEST PORTAL, San Francisco, CA, and FOXTALE BOOK SHOPPE, Woodstock, GA.
