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Wally Lamb to appear at Bookworks July 10 at 7 p.m.

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Bestselling author Wally Lamb to appear at Bookworks at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 10

ALBUQUERQUE - Bookworks, one of Albuquerque's last independent local bookstores, has announced it will host a booksigning with prominent author Wally Lamb on July 10.

Lamb is the author of several bestselling books, most notably his three novels She's Come Undone, I Know This Much is True and 2008's The Hour I First Believed.

She's Come Undone was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a pick for Oprah's Book Club. I Know This Much is True repeated those same accomplishments. The Hour I First Believed, which a fictionalized account of the school shooting at Columbine High School, spent many weeks in 2008 and 2009 at the number-one position on the New York Times bestseller list.

Lamb was the director of the Writing Center at Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut from 1989-1998, and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Connecticut's English Department. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Education from the University of Connecticut and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College. Lamb lives in Mansfield, Connecticut with his wife and three sons.

Bookworks will sell copies of all Lamb's books and will allow line-ups for the signing to begin at 5:30 p.m. on July 10. Numbers will be given out to those in line to ensure an orderly process for the signing.

"We're thrilled Wally Lamb was able to make time to stop by Bookworks this summer, and encourage his many fans to see him in this appearance in Albuquerque," said Bookworks Events and Marketing Coordinator Amy Lahti. "Wally is a rare talent and we're so happy to bring an author of his caliber to the store."

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Title of Event: Local favorite Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez returns to Bookworks!
When: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: Bookworks
Phone: 505-344-8139
Description: Alisa's new book is The Husband Habit ($24.99, St. Martin's Press) and we are having the official Albuquerque release party for her book! Come chat with Alisa, get a copy of her BRAND NEW book, have some snacks and virgin cocktails, and have a great time! Here's a description of the book: Why does Vanessa keep falling for married men? Not that she knows she does. At least not at first. But every man who seems like he might be the one turns out to be someone else's. So maybe the right thing to do is take a vow to stay single, to keep away from all men, until she can figure things out. At least work is a bright spot: It's an anchor to be so good at something, to lose yourself in your job, and Vanessa is a whiz of a chef, so good she makes her grandstanding boss, Hawk -of Albuquerque's chic Nuevo American restaurant hawk -look good. After all, it's his name on the awning above the door. If only her friends and family would get on board with Vanessa's plan and stop trying to fix her up. If she can't fix her life, nobody else is going to get the chance to try-not her parents, not her friends, and certainly not her ultra-well-meaning but just-not-getting-it sister, Larissa. And nothing could be more with the plan than helping out at her parents' house-gardening, keeping them fed, getting them organized with her loyal pet Red Dog by her side. Red Dog is all the companionship she needs. Until Vanessa meets Paul, her parents' neighbor-he's all wrong on paper, but he's got great manners and certainly seems safe. Not bad in the kissing department, either. But just when Vanessa's guard goes down, the red flag goes up: Could Paul be yet another married man? Bursting with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's trademark wit and originality, The Husband Habit introduces a rich and complex heroine in chef Vanessa. You're not going to want to leave her world when the novel comes to an end.

More Great New Books!

Please join the Bookworks Reading Group at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month for lively discussion of these wonderful books.

July's Book Club meeting: July 8 at 7 p.m.
Selection: The Outlander by Gil Adamson

The Outlander
by Adamson, Gil

In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow--and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness--and into the wilds of her own mind--encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.

With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.

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