Join the Palm Desert Library and UC Riverside Palm Desert for an engaging evening with Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book, which recounts how the Los Angeles Public Library overcame adversity after a fire devasted their building in 1986.
 

Program begins at 5:45 PM followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event through Barnes & Noble.

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Orlean’s instant New York Times bestseller, The Library Book, is an exploration of the history, power, and future of these endangered institutions, told through the lens of Orlean’s quest to solve a notorious cold case: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986, ultimately destroying 400,000 books? Writing in The Washington Post, Ron Charles urged “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book…. You can’t help but finish The Library Book and feel grateful that these marvelous places belong to us all.” It named one of both The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2018, The Washington Post’s Best Books of 2018, and was awarded the California Book Award and Marfield Prize for Arts Writing. Orlean will adapt The Library Book for a forthcoming series with Paramount TV.