Jim Grimsley, "How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood." 7:15 p.m. June 15. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=789. Grimsley was 11 years old in 1966 when the schools in his small North Carolina town were forced to integrate. His memoir looks back at how new alliances and friendships changed his ideas about racism and the "good people" who taught it to him.
Dorothea Benton Frank, "All the Single Ladies." 12:30 p.m. June 17. Luncheon, talk, signing. $60, includes lunch and signed copy of the book. Magnolia Hall, 108 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock. 770-517-6788, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. Also appearing: 7 p.m. June 17. Talk, Q&A, signing. Free. Books A Million, 258 City Circle, Peachtree City. 770-632-1296, booksamillion.com. Frank ("The Last Original Wife") returns with a novel set in the Carolina Lowcountry.
Frye Gaillard, "Journey to the Wilderness: War, Memory and a Southern Family's Civil War Letters." 8 p.m. Jun 17. Lecture, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. Gaillard ("Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America") reflects on the Civil War through letters written by his family members, including two Confederate officers.
Scott Hawkins, "The Library at Mount Char." 7 p.m. June 17. Talk, signing, refreshments. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. In Hawkins' debut fantasy novel, a female member of a cult fights to save its leader's secret teachings when he goes missing.
Jo Ivester, "The Outskirts of Hope," Shary Hauer, "Insatiable," Gina Folk, "People Leadership" and Kelley Clink, "A Different Kind of Same." 7:30 p.m. June 17. Readings, Q&A. $5 suggested donation. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com/event/she-writes-press-author-tour-learn-about-publishing-independent-feminist-press. Four authors will share their experiences with the new independent, woman-owned She Writes Press.
Kimberla Roby, "The Ultimate Betrayal." 7 p.m. June 18. Talk, signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Edgewood, 1217 Caroline St., Atlanta. 404-522-0212, store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/86763. Four years after a woman divorces her second husband, her first husband asks her to marry him again — and she couldn't be happier. Twelfth in the Reverend Curtis Black Series.
Jefferson Bass, "The Breaking Point." 6:30 p.m. June 18. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. In this latest Body Farm mystery, past, present and future collide to throw forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's life into turmoil.
Marja Mills, "The Mockingbird Next Door." 7 p.m. June 18. Reading, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. Before the news that Harper Lee would publish a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," the world had little access to the very private author. But, in 2001, Lee and her sister Alice opened their door to journalist Mills, whose memoir tells of their friendship.
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