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Melissa Rose Harris | Where Our Humanity Meets Our Destiny

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Author Melissa Rose Harris creates an open dialogue around what it means to be human and holy, and guides readers through ways to embrace it. Follow her journey, her struggles and triumphs, some of which may mirror your own, in Where Our Humanity Meets Our Divinity.

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Jamie Seitz | Weight of Water

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Author Jamie Seitz will introduce her debut novel, Weight of Water, in which teenager Quinn Keaton, who has been held back by her mother's grief her entire life, breaks out of her cocoon, develops the resolve to pave her path to a brighter future.

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Elodie Opstad | This Is The Place: Glimpses of Warren County, Iowa

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

The history of Iowa’s Warren County follows the same path as most Midwest places, making the people the only difference between this homeplace and another.

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Edward N. McConnell | Sisterhood of the Pines 

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Edward N. McConnell's is the author of three short story anthologies including Sisterhood of the Pines with stories running the gamut from horror and magical realism to fantasy, satire and tributes to family and friends.

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Lyle Simpson | Fully Human/Fully Alive 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Fully Human / Fully Alive is written to help the 70 percent of all Americans living today who are stuck on Maslow’s social level of living.

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Charles R. Kniker & Dianne Prichard | Raising America: Building A More Perfect Union

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

This book focuses on WHAT YOU and WE CAN DO for the common good. When natural disasters hit, communities work together; in the old days, when a barn burned down, the neighbors worked together to raise a new one. It's your turn. This is your handbook to help RAISE AMERICA.

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Traci Brimhall | Love Prodigal 

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

Told through various forms—aubades, a crown of prose sonnets, an admissions essay—Love Prodigal says yes to second (and third and fourth) chances. The heart gets bigger every time it heals.

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Curtis Sittenfeld | Show Don’t Tell

 

@Franklin Event Center — 4801 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition—including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld’s iconic novel Prep—from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy

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Jennifer Weiner | The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits

 

@Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Event Center 4801 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States

One of the most anticipated books of the year, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, a glimmering novel set in the world of pop music about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.

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Kaira Rouda | 

 

@Beaverdale Books

Beaverdale Books 2629 Beaver Avenue, Des Moines, IA, United States