Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - 5:30pm
Join us on April 19th at our launch party of Eliza Knight's new book
THE MAYFAIR BOOKSHOP: A NOVEL OF NANCY MITFORD AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Eliza will be joined by Madeline Martin, author of THE LAST BOOKSHOP IN LONDON.
This is a ticketed event held at E. W. Beck's.
Tickets are $28.00 and include a copy of THE MAYFAIR BOOKSHOP and appetizers.
The event begins at 5:30 with Happy Hour followed by the author talk at 6:30.
Enjoy E.W. Beck's hospitality with Happy Hour price drinks and their complete menu.
Food will not be served during the talk so plan on enjoying dinner before or after the event.
Books by both authors will be available for purchase at the event.
No outside books permitted.
THE MAYFAIR BOOKSHOP -
1938: She was one of the six sparkling Mitford sisters, known for her stinging quips, stylish dress, and bright green eyes. But Nancy Mitford’s seemingly dazzling life was really one of turmoil: with a perpetually unfaithful and broke husband, two Nazi sympathizer sisters, and her hopes of motherhood dashed forever. With war imminent, Nancy finds respite by taking a job at the Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair, hoping to make ends meet, and discovers a new life.
Present Day: When book curator Lucy St. Clair lands a gig working at Heywood Hill she can’t get on the plane fast enough. Not only can she start the healing process from the loss of her mother, it’s a dream come true to set foot in the legendary store. Doubly exciting: she brings with her a first edition of Nancy’s work, one with a somewhat mysterious inscription from the author. Soon, she discovers her life and Nancy’s are intertwined, and it all comes back to the little London bookshop—a place that changes the lives of two women from different eras in the most surprising ways.
THE LAST BOOKSHOP OF LONDON -
August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London.
Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed—a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war.
Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed—a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war.
Event address:
E.W. BECK'S
7564 Main Street
Sykesville, MD 21784
Books: