Inside the Pages Author Series: Lindsey Palmer & Nicola Kraus
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Tuesday August 23rd at 5pm
Location
Wellfleet Preservation Hall 335 Main Street Wellfleet, MA 02667
Fees/Admission
By donation
Contact Information
508-349-1800
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Description
Writer, educator, and Eastham resident Lindsey Palmer joins us to celebrate the launch of her newest novel, Reservations for Six. An entertaining and insightful page-turner about modern marriage and a tight-knit group of friends navigating their 30s and beyond, Reservations for Six follows three couples in western Massachusetts over the course of a year navigating the trials and tests of marriage. Palmer will read from the novel and be joined in conversation by Nicola Kraus, bestselling author of The Nanny Diaries and other novels, and co-founder of the creative consulting firm The Finished Thought. About Reservations for Six: The novel "reveals the challenges of marriage as well as the rewards, and offers a shrewd but affectionate portrayal of marriage in middle age" (Publishers Weekly); it offers "a realistic portrayal of couples facing emotional crisis" (Kirkus Reviews). We invite you to “pull up a chair and watch the drama unfold as these six friends manage the roller coaster of midlife” (Library Journal). Through a series of crises that push their relationships to the brink, Palmer's messy, acutely observed characters explore the phase of marriage when the fabric has started to fray, and reveal how couples cope, grow, and eventually thrive—together or apart. About the authors: Lindsey J. Palmer is a writer, editor, and educator. She is the author of four novels, RESERVATIONS FOR SIX, OTHERWISE ENGAGED, IF WE LIVED HERE, and PRETTY IN INK. She worked in the magazine industry for many years, most recently as Features Editor at Self, and previously at Redbook and Glamour. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she earned a Master of Arts in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and taught A.P. Literature and Creative Writing at a Manhattan public school for several years. Nowadays she’s a senior editor at BrainPOP, an animated educational site for kids, which means she spends her days researching topics as diverse as Alan Turing, Juneteenth, and Mindfulness, then translating what she’s learned into an engaging, narrative format. Lindsey lives in Eastham with her husband and daughter. Visit her at lindseyjpalmer.com