Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy

 

 
Jill McCorkle

Thursday, May 9, 2013



While Jill is not a debut author, Life After Life is her first book in 17 years and the #1 Indie Pick for April 2013. It is a heartfelt story about the residents and visitors to the Pine Haven Estates, a Retirement Community in Fulton, North Carolina. You will be completely drawn into the lives of each of the characters who inhabit this community and you will find this a book to be cherished.

Be sure to make time in your calendar to welcome Jill to the South Bay. We are trying a new local restaruant and all of the information about our lunch is just below.

In addtion to hearing from Jill at lunch, we will tell you about our 2013 non-profit beneficiary of Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy and how you can help the Kids at KIPP Empower. Here are the rest of the details:

WhereJackson's Food and Drink, 2041 Rosecrans avenue #190, El Segundo CAL. 90245-4788, 310.606.5500

When: Thursday, May 9 from 11:30am to 1:30pm

What: Registration begins at 11:30am. Lunch will be served promptly at noon.

The cost is $55 and includes lunch and a signed first edition of Life After Life. Please call the Redondo Beach store (310-542-6000) today to make your reservation.

For more information, please call or visit Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach!

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About Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy

Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy is an off-site event program that invites selected authors to lunch in a personalized setting. Join the Ladies, Lunch and Literacy email list (See join our Email list on the sidebar) if you are interested in:

  • Having lunch with new authors. Lunches are held in Los Angeles and San Diego
  • Meeting other readers and building a community that loves to learn about, and talk about new books
  • Receiving a signed first edition from a promising new writer and creating buzz and book group interest for a debut author
  • Supporting a non-profit literacy-based organization with part of the proceeds from our events
  • Eating lunch at local, independently owned venues

Our 2013 Non Profit Literacy Partner

The non-profit beneficiary of our Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy events in 2013 in KIPP LA. Come to any of our events and find out how you can make a difference!

Life After Life (Hardcover)

$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781565122550
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Shannon Ravenel Books, 3/2013

Let yourself be drawn into the world of Pine Haven Estates in Fulton, North Carolina and treat yourself to a cast of characters so rich that you will be bereft every time the point of view changes … only to find yourself enchanted anew. Pine Haven Estates is a retirement community where life and death are inevitable companions. Its inhabitants and some of the people who care for and about them are the center of this story which examines the cycle of life; what it means to be alive as well as facing the end of life.

Much of the novel revolves around Joanna who grew up in this town, left to make a mess of her life, and has returned to bring meaning to the residents of this facility. Pine Haven Estates is a community worth visiting and McCorkle has set just the right tone for an uncomfortable subject.  – Terry


Going Away Shoes (Paperback)

$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781616200145
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Shannon Ravenel Books, 9/2010

Ferris Beach (Paperback)

$13.95
ISBN-13: 9781565129313
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 9/2009