{"id":5356,"date":"2013-10-12T08:08:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2013-10-12T08:08:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T13:08:48","slug":"plan-ahead-an-evening-with-author-ann-leary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=5356","title":{"rendered":"Plan Ahead: An Evening with Author Ann Leary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/annleary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5357\" alt=\"AnnLeary\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/annleary.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Thursday, November 14th &#8211; 7:00 pm<\/h3>\n<p>Ann Leary&#8217;s latest book is the <em>New York Times<\/em> and national bestselling novel <em>The Good House<\/em>. She is also the author of the memoir <em>An Innocent, A Broad<\/em> and the novel <em>Outtakes From a Marriage<\/em>. She has written fiction and nonfiction for various magazines and is a co-host of the NPR weekly radio show <em>Hash Hags<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you plan to attend this event, please register by calling the library at 978-774-0554 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/?page_id=4507&amp;ai1ec=\">online<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Good House<\/em> is soon to be a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro. About the book:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Good House tells the story of Hildy Good, who lives in a small town on Boston&#8217;s North Shore. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She&#8217;s also a raging alcoholic. Hildy&#8217;s family held an intervention for her about a y<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/good-house.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5363\" alt=\"good house\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/good-house.jpg?w=98\" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>ear before this story takes place&#8211;&#8220;if they invite you over for dinner, and it&#8217;s not a major holiday,&#8221; she advises &#8220;run for your life&#8221;&#8211;and now she\u00a0feels lonely and unjustly persecuted. She has also fooled herself into thinking that moderation is the key to her drinking problem. As if battling her demons wasn&#8217;t enough to keep her busy, Hildy soon finds herself embroiled in the underbelly of her New England town, a craggy little place that harbors secrets.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/3237749?locg=11\">Check the catalog for availability of <em>The Good House<\/em>.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 14th &#8211; 7:00 pm Ann Leary&#8217;s latest book is the New York Times and national bestselling novel The Good House. She is also the author of the memoir An Innocent, A Broad and the novel Outtakes From a Marriage. 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