After Hours at the Bookstore with Allison Epstein
Schedule
Thu Nov 16 2023 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Blue House Books | Kenosha, WI
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Join us for another After Hours at the Bookstore!On Thursday, November 16th, Blue House Books will be open late for a more exclusive shopping experience and enjoy 15% off your purchase!
**some exclusions apply**
This month's special guest is Chicago writer Allison Epstein, author of "A Tip for the Hangman" and "Let the Dead Bury the Dead," newly released in October 2023. Allison writes historical mysteries, and we're so excited to help her celebrate the release of "Let the Dead Bury the Dead" at Blue House Books!
ABOUT "LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD"
An urgent, immersive alternate history set in an imperial Russia on the brink of disaster, following a surprising cast of characters seeking a better future as Saint Petersburg struggles in the wake of Napoleon’s failed invasion.
Saint Petersburg, 1812. Russian forces have defeated Napoleon at great cost, and the tsar's empire is once again at peace. Sasha, a captain in the imperial army, returns home to Grand Duke Felix, the disgraced second son of the tsar and his irrepressibly charming lover, but their reunion is quickly interrupted by the arrival of Sofia, a mysteriously persuasive figure whose disruptive presence Sasha suspects to be something more than human. Felix, insisting that Sasha's old-fashioned superstitions are misplaced, takes Sofia into his confidence—a connection that quickly becomes both personal and political. On her incendiary advice, Felix confronts his father about the brutal conditions of the common people in the aftermath of the war, to disastrous results, separating him from Sasha and setting him on a collision course with a vocal group of dissidents: the Koalitsiya.
Meanwhile, the Koalitsiya plan to gridlock Saint Petersburg with a citywide strike in hopes of awakening the upper classes to the grim circumstances of the laboring people. Marya, a resourceful sometimes-thief and trusted lieutenant of the Koalitsiya, also falls under Sofia's spell and, allied with Felix and her fellow revolutionaries, she finds herself in the middle of a battle she could never have predicted. As Sofia’s influence grows and rising tensions threaten the tsar’s peace, Sasha, Felix, and Marya are forced to choose between the ideals they hold close and the people they love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ALLISON EPSTEIN earned her MFA in fiction from Northwestern University and a BA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. A Michigan native, she now lives in Chicago, where she works as an editor. When not writing, she enjoys good theater, bad puns, and fancy jackets.
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Where is it happening?
Blue House Books, 5915 6th Ave A,Kenosha,WI,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
