Anna Quindlen Comes To The Music Hall Loft

On Friday, March 30, The Music Hall's Writers in the Loft series presents #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen with her new novel, ALTERNATE SIDE. The book follows Nora Nolan, who, most days, thinks she and her husband Charlie live a charmed life in a tranquil village amid urban craziness. The owners watch one another's children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the block's small parking lot. Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has occurred, shaking the community and opening the fault lines among Nora's neighbors, at her job, and in her marriage.

With crisp relief and sharp humor, Anna Quindlen rips the cover off of an idealistic façade and explores what it means to be a mother, wife, and woman at a moment of reckoning - all while showcasing her fiction prowess at its most brave, most heartbreaking, and most satisfying. The hour-long event will include an author presentation and Q&A moderated by Margaret Talcott, producer of Writers in the Loft.

The ticket package for Writers in the Loft: Anna Quindlen on Friday, March 30, at 7pm, is $42 ($40). In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of ALTERNATE SIDE ($28, hardcover), a bar beverage, author presentation, Q+A, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, over the phone at 603.436.2400 or in person at the B2W Box Office at the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street.

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of many novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller's Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.

For further information, or to request an author interview, please contact: Margaret Talcott, Producer, The Music Hall, at mtalcott@themusichall.org or Patricia Lynch, Executive Producer, at plynch@themusichall.org.

Akin to The Music Hall's anchor literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, Writers in the Loft features bestselling authors in a smaller, more intimate space. The series brings audiences today's top authors, the best of fiction and nonfiction, and award-winners across categories. The evening package includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.

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