Nashua, New Hampshire - Tickets are now on sale for "Beyond the Book: An Afternoon with Jane Hamilton," presented by the Friends of the Nashua Public Library at the Rivier College Dion Center on Sunday, October 21, at 2 p.m.
Jane Hamilton is the author of “When Madeline Was Young,” the selection for this year’s tenth annual Nashua Reads: One City, One Book program. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Nashua Public Library. Additional sponsors include Eaton and Berube Insurance and St. Joseph Hospital.
Toadstool Books will be on hand selling copies of “When Madeline Was Young” and other Jane Hamilton books. Bring your book group and enter a drawing for a bag of up to 12 copies of next year's Nashua Reads book. Other door prizes will also be awarded.
A private wine-and-cheese reception with the author, limited to 50 people, will be held before the presentation, at 1 p.m.
How to buy tickets
Tickets cost $7 for the presentation and book signing. Attendance at the private reception, which supports the work of the Friends of the Library, is $25 and includes admission to the presentation and book signing.
You can purchase tickets online at www.mktix.com/npl, at the Nashua Public Library, or by mail using the order form at
www.nashuareads.com.
About Jane Hamilton
The Atlantic Monthly has called Jane Hamilton "among the most graceful and thoughtful writers to work the fertile ground that is the Midwestern family."
Hamilton lives, works, and writes in an orchard farmhouse in Wisconsin. Her short stories have appeared in Harper's magazine. Hamilton's “The Book of Ruth” won the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel and was a selection of the Oprah Book Club, as was her second, “A Map of the World.”
Other works by Hamilton include “The Short History of a Prince,” “Disobedience,” and “Laura Ryder's Masterpiece.”
Get your copy now
The library has over 50 copies of “When Madeline Was Young,” including large-print and audio versions. A set of 12, including two large-print copies, is available for borrowing by book groups. Call the library at (603) 589-4600 or visit
nashualibrary.org to reserve the book. Copies are also available at local bookstores.
About the book
“When Aaron Maciver's beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers a head injury in a bicycle crash, she is left with the mental capabilities of a six-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own. This rich and loving novel offers an honest and exquisite portrait of how a family tragedy forever shapes the boundaries of love.”—From book jacket
Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Donna Seaman said that with this book “Hamilton affirms her status as one of our most magnetic and provocative novelists by creating a profound and enveloping matrix of moral dilemmas that revolve around a single crucial conundrum, how best to do good.”
Getting there
The Dion Center is located at 16 Clement Street on the campus of Rivier College in Nashua, N.H. Free parking will be available in nearby campus lots.
More information
Additional Nashua Reads: One City, One Book events that are scheduled this fall are listed at
nashuareads.com. For other information, call (603) 589-4610.
