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Book Launch!

Mark Daley | Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family

@ Beaverdale Books

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

A candid, unforgettable, and often hilarious memoir of two dads daunting quest for fatherhood.

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Sidney Thompson | The Bass Reeves Trilogy

@ Beaverdale Books

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

Thompson’s award-winning trilogy of historical fiction: Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book One and Hell on the Border: The Bass Reeves Trilogy, Book Two will be the basis for the Paramount+ miniseries "Lawmen: Bass Reeves."

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Joseph LeValley | Three Weeks of Winter

@ Beaverdale Books

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

Joseph LeValley is the author of a series of award-winning mystery/thriller novels. Featuring a young newspaper reporter based in Iowa, the six published novels have won a dozen awards and honors from competitions in the U.S. and Canada.

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Dr. Bonne Doron  | Welcome Home: Narratives of Hope, Cat Tales of Clanton Creek, Dianna’s Daring Journey: A Cat’s Search for Home, & The Circle of Gifts

@ Beaverdale Books

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

Meet local author Bonne Doron, a retired literature professor, animal lover, and author of four books, including her newest work, Welcome Home: Narratives of Hope.

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Lyz Lenz | This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

@ Beaverdale Books

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

A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz

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Austin Frerick | Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry

@ Franklin Avenue Library

Franklin Avenue Library 5000 Franklin Avenue

Join CCI member Austin Frerick for a talk and Q & A based on his new book "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry."

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Tracey Garvis Graves | The Trail of Lost Hearts

@ Beaverdale Books

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

In The Trail of Lost Hearts, author Tracey Garvis Graves tells the “breathtaking and endlessly romantic” story of two lost souls who grow from strangers to lovers on an accidentally shared hiking trip.

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Angela Hume | Deep Care: The Radical ActivistsWho Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open

@ Beaverdale Books

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

Deep Care follows generations of activists and clinicians who orbited Women’s Choice Clinic in Oakland from the early 1970s until 2010, many of whom share details of their work for the first time. Angela Hume reveals this under-recognized story of the abortion movement, with its lessons more pertinent than ever following the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision’s devastation to abortion access nationwide.

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Victor Santos | What Makes Us Human?

@ Beaverdale Books

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

A poetic riddle about language, history, and culture, released in partnership with UNESCO in honor of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032).

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Heather Gudenkauf | Everyone is Watching

@ Beaverdale Books

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

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest comes a twisty locked-room thriller about a mysterious high-stakes game that proves life-threatening.

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Kelsey Bigelow | Far From Broken

@ Beaverdale Books

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

As an expansion of her spoken word album, "Depression Holders and Secret Keepers," Kelsey Bigelow takes readers through the nuances of healing in an effort to show us that healing is not linear, but it is possible.

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Janet Horvath | The Cello Still Sings—A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music

 

NOTE: @Caspe Terrace | 33158 Ute Avenue | Waukee, IA

Caspe Terrace 33158 Ute Avenue, Waukee, IA

A sweeping history of generations darkened by the shadow of the Shoah, this is a story of secrets and the healing power of music.