Womrath Book Club - May 2024

Hoping to find more incredible reads? Then welcome to the Womrath Book Club, a gathering of bookworms and literature enthusiasts! Each month we will be selecting one of our staff picks for you to read, and us to discuss together. This event will take place on the third Thursday of each month.

For our May 16th session, we will be reading Table for Two by Amor Towles. A must-read for fans of Towles and new readers alike, this book collects six short stories set in New York and a novella that takes place in Hollywood.

This in-person event will be held at Womrath Bookshop on Pondfield Road in Bronxville, NY, USA. We'll dive into captivating stories, exchange thoughts, and discover new literary gems together. Whether you're a seasoned reader or just starting your reading journey, this club is for you! Let's embark on an exciting literary adventure together at the Womrath Book Club!

This event is free, but registration is required.

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters.

Mlions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.

In Towles’s novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.

Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold more than five million copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.

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