Margaret Mandell and Z.J. Czupor Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove

Tattered Cover is excited to welcome Margaret Mandell and Z.J. Czupor to our Aspen Grove location on July 27th, 2024 at 5:30PM!

They will be presenting their new books:

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The Big Weird: Haikus in Times of Pandemic and Chaos

Join us as we hear from two highly reviewed and award winning authors!

Registration includes a signed copy of this book and opportunity to meet the author.

If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 30 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.

ABOUT AND ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME:

Every year, more than a million women find themselves grappling with the devastating loss of a life partner-a loss that shatters their present and leaves their future in doubt. At 65, Margaret Mandell faces this heart-wrenching reality when she loses her husband of 45 years to a fast-moving disease. The bed is now half-empty, her body betrays her, and laughter seems elusive.

In the depths of longing and haunted by memories, Mandell embarks on a journey of healing through the written word. She begins to write letters to the man she loved in a poignant process of retracing their shared history. But when a tender-hearted college professor steps quietly into her life and listens attentively as Mandell reads her accumulating stack of letters out loud, her world is transformed in profound and unexpected ways.

And Always One More Time is a story that delves deep into the human experience, reminiscent of C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed in its wisdom and Joyce Carol Oates's A Widow's Story in its suspense. It offers universal truths about love, loss, and resilience, much like Steve Leder's The Beauty of What Remains. With potent and swift-moving words, this book can be devoured in a single sitting. It is a beacon of hope for those navigating the aftermath of the greatest loss.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darwin once wrote survival of the fittest means survival of the most adaptable. Margaret Mandell's life story is one of adaptation to changing circumstances. She has been a college teacher and doctoral candidate, a mother of two, an entrepreneur, an independent school admissions director, a triathlete, and a certified yoga instructor. When her husband of many years passed away, she became a widow, a woman still in the midst of becoming. Her debut memoir, And Always One More Time, tells the story of her next act and new, sustaining love. Excerpts have appeared in The Metaworker Literary Magazine, Brevity Blog, NextTribe, Oldster Magazine, and the Daring to Tell podcast.

ABOUT THE BIG WEIRD:

The Big Weird: Haikus in Times of Pandemic and Chaos is a new collection of haiku poetry by Z.J. Czupor. Inspired by the stress and fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, Czupor's wry observations and short, hot poetry captures how our world quickly went from what we thought was usual to the weird.
Anyone who has lived through this time, estranged, lost a loved one, lost their job, forced to find a new way to work and get through the day, and watched as our world erupted in peaceful and violent protests, will appreciate how this weird year has forever changed our lives.
Czupor's poetry is calming, funny, sublime, serious, and will cause you to think deeply about what's important. Reading while drinking your favorite libation is highly recommended.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Z.J. Czupor is an award-winning writer with two mystery novels currently seeking representation. He is vice president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America and writes a monthly column, "The Mystery Minute." Plus, he writes "The Mystery Minute" as a monthly column for Rogue Women Writers. He also co-chairs Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' annual literary competition. In 1990, he and his wife, Marta, co-founded The InterPro Group, one of Denver's leading marketing and public relations firms. They are proud to be owned by two beautiful, and way-too-smart, rescue collies.

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