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Chris Offutt | The Reluctant Sheriff

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

The Reluctant Sheriff is Chris Offutt's fourth book featuring Mick Hardin.  Back in the familiar setting of the Kentucky hills, Mick Hardin returns standing in as the sheriff while the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recuperates from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty.

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Helen Miller | I Don’t Swim

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

Retired state representative Helen Miller shares the events of her life in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, during the times when Blacks were finding and projecting their voices onto the tapestry that was and is America.

AViD presents – Amina Luqman-Dawson

Amina Luqman-Dawson | Freewater & Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg

@Central Library

Central Library 1000 Grand, Des Moines, IA, United States

Amina Luqman-Dawson is the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning and bestselling author of Freewater and the pictorial history book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg.

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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.
Tickets at: https://www.eventcombo.com/e/meet-the-author----jennifer-weiner-74032

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Donald Quist, Kali White VanBaale, & Bailey Gaylin Moore | The Past Ten & Thank You for Staying With Me

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

Join us for an evening of anthologies featuring three fascinating authors, Dr. Donald Quist, Kali VanBaale, and Bailey Gaylin Moore, as they share their new writings featured in The Past Ten. 

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Kurt Burmeister | Twilight of the Gods

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

Twilight of the Gods is satire and alternate history on an operatic, cinematic, and cosmic scale, with a cast that transcends time and space.

AViD presents – David Baldacci

David Baldacci | Strangers in Time

 

@Franklin Event Center 

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

David Baldacci's newest book, Strangers in Time, is a historical fiction novel set during the London Blitz. The book follows two recently orphaned teenagers and a book store owner that must learn to trust each other to survive each day. It is being published on Tuesday, April 15.

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Amy Wilson | Happy to Help: Adventures of a People-Pleaser – Essays

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

Happy to Help is a collection of essays about how you can be the one everyone else depends on and still be struggling―how you can be “happy to help,” even when, for your own sake, you shouldn’t.

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Michelle Herman | If You Say So 

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

“Funny, self-effacing, heartbreaking, and wise, Herman shows us that life, in all of its choreography and improvisation, really is like ballet: Press down and rise at the same time. Descend and lift.”  —Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place
Beautiful and Good Bones

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Bill R. Douglas | The People Are Kind: A Religious History of Iowa

 

@Beaverdale Books

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

What religion would the newly opened, recently indigenous, territory of Iowa become? German Lutherans, Austrian and French Catholics, and New England Congregationalists all funded projects that proved no match for the myriad of choices Iowans had.

AViD presents – Abby Jiminez

Abby Jimenez | Say You’ll Remember Me

 

@Central Library

Central Library 1000 Grand, Des Moines, IA, United States

Abby Jimenez's newest novel, Say You'll Remember Me, comes out on Tuesday, April 1. It follows a woman named Samantha, who attempts to balance caring for her sick mother with trying to find love.

AViD presents – Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson | Run for the Hills

 

@Central Library

Central Library 1000 Grand, Des Moines, IA, United States

Kevin Wilson's new book, Run for the Hills, is being released on May 13. was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by Time, People, BookRiot, and others. The novel tells a raucous and moving story of an unexpected road trip across America that brings a family together.