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March 10, 2012
2:00PM
John Bushby
Meet John Bushby, author of Shadow Soldiers on Saturday, March 10,
2012 from 2:00-4:00 PM. In 1939, as war descends on Europe, a lone
American takes on the Nazis in a plan to save a group of engineers and
scientists who are seeking a new life in the United States. From steamy Havana and into the cauldron of Berlin, ship owner Rick Kasten outraces the Gestapo to get his passengers safely into American waters. Escorted from central Europe by an elusive Hungarian operative, the refugees struggle across the fringes of Nazi- dominated Europe to Lisbon. From Lisbon, across the Atlantic the drama plays out as Kasten, with the help of the newly formed OSS weaves his way through a tangled web of intrigue and danger finding love along the way. As the stakes grow higher Rick discovers that he and his group have become shadow soldiers in a new and frightening war.
John Bushby was born in Westfield and attended Grant, Roosevelt and Westfield High School. He graduated from Rider College in 1970 and has an MBA from the Wharton School. He is a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander with 67 airstrikes over North Vietnam. He is currently the COO of the NJ Center for Biomaterials at Rutgers. He lives in Flanders.
If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy of Shadow Soldiers.
March 24, 2012
2:00PM
Margie Gelbwasser
Meet Margie Gelbwasser, author of the teen novel, Pieces of Us, on
March 24, 2012 from 2-4 PM. Pieces of Us is told in four points of view
and hones in on the growing issue of cyber bullying, abuse, family relationships, and how one’s actions can affect the lives of others. Each summer, hidden away in the lakeside community in upstate New York, four teens leave behind their old identities and escape from their everyday lives. Yet, back in Philadelphia during the school year, Alex cannot suppress his anger at his father (who killed himself), his mother (whom he blames for it), and the girls who give it up too easily. His younger brother, Kyle, is angry too – at his abusive brother, and at their mother who doesn’t seem to care.
Meanwhile, in suburban New Jersey, Katie plays the role of Miss Perfect while trying to forget the nightmare that changed her life. But Julie, her younger sister, sees Katie only as everything she’s not – and their mother will never let Julie forget it. Up at the lake, they can be anything, anyone. Free. But then Katie’s secret gets out, forcing each of them to face reality – before it tears them to pieces.
Margie Gelbwasser is also the author of Inconvenient, which is a 2011 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for teens. She is a freelance writer who has written for Self, Ladies' Home Journal, and Girl's Life.
If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.
