Jeanne Bogino, "Rock Angel." 3 p.m. April 19. Talk, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. The book follows the rise to stardom of a young musician addicted to heroin.
E.J. Simon, "Death Logs In." 3 p.m. April 19. Talk, signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com/index.html. The artificial intelligence designed by a murdered man helps his brother find his killer in Simon's latest technological thriller.
Jim Grimsley, "How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood," with Pearl Cleage. 7:30 p.m. April 20. Discussion, signing. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com. Grimsley's memoir takes readers inside his rural North Carolina school system during the early years of desegregation.
Abigail Thomas, "What Comes Next and How to Like It." 8 p.m. April 20. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. Thomas ("A Three Dog Life") wrestles with some of life's big questions: mortality, dating after 70, mending a friendship, and the importance of laughter.
Joe Samuel Starnes, "Red Dirt: A Tennis Novel." 6:30 p.m. April 20. Talk, signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In Starnes' third novel (after "Fall Line"), a Southern country boy rises to the top of professional tennis, falls hard, then slowly climbs back.
Cokie Roberts, "Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848-1868." 8 p.m. April 22. Talk, signing. $10. Reservations required. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. Roberts ("We Are Our Mothers' Daughters") reconstructs a remarkable period of conflict and change.
Jennifer Teege, "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me." 7:15 p.m. April 22. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=771. Teege takes readers on a search for the truth after a shocking discovery: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the Nazi commandant chillingly depicted in "Schindler's List."
David Baldacci, "Memory Man." 7 p.m. April 23. Talk, signing. $40, includes the book. Reservations required. Margaret Mitchell House & Museum, 990 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. A police detective who's unable to forget anything must use his gift to find the murderer of his wife, daughter and brother-in-law.
Steve Berry, "The Patriot Threat." 7 p.m. April 24. Talk, signing. Free. Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center, 10 College St., Norcross. 770-978-5154, gwinnettpl.org/event/steve-berry-bestselling-author. Also appearing: noon April 25. Talk, signing. Free. RSVP required. Book Exchange, bookexchangemarietta.com. 3 p.m. April 25. Signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, eagleeyebooks.com/index.html. In Berry's new thriller, Cotton Malone tracks a North Korean spy from Venice to Croatia.
Jessica Handler, Nina Gaby and Susan Cushman, "Dumped: Stories of Women Unfriending Women: An Anthology." 7:30 p.m. April 24. Reading, signing. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com. Women talk about being ditched by a close female friend.
Sandra Berman, "Klara with a K." 2 p.m. April 25. Talk, signing. Free. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell. 770-640-3075, afplweb.com/roswell-branch6. A woman who was liberated from Nazi Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp begins a new life in civil rights-era Atlanta.
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