Pamela Johnson-Bennett, “Catwise”
Noon March 5. Talk, signing. Free. Main cat room, Good Mews Animal Foundation, 3805 Robinson Road, Marietta, 770-499-2287, goodmews.org/
Cat-behavior expert and bestselling author Johnson-Barrett will discuss feline behavior and sign copies of two of her books, including “Think Like a Cat.” A portion of proceeds will benefit Good Mews.
Barbara Davis, “Love, Alice”
6:30 p.m. March 6. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/
A woman whose life is shattered when her fiancé commits suicide finds a trove of letters that enable her to begin a path toward healing.
Colleen Oakley, “Close Enough to Touch”
6:30 p.m. March 7. Book launch, refreshments. Free. Room and Board Furniture at Westside Provisions, 1170 Howell Mill Road NW, Atlanta, 404-682-5900, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/
Changes in her circumstances force a reclusive young woman allergic to other humans to leave home and face the world.
Chris Cleave, “Everyone Brave Is Forgiven”
7 p.m. March 7. Talk, signing. $10. RSVP. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/category/author-programs
Cleave (“Little Bee”) sets his latest novel, inspired by his grandparents’ love letters, in London during WWII, when citizens had slim hope of survival, much less victory; and on the island of Malta, under daily attack by the Axis barrage.
Michele Moore, “Cigar Factory”
7 p.m. March 7. Signing. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur, 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com
On the segregated floors of a Charleston cigar factory, two women—one black, one white—suffer the harsh working conditions until the Tobacco Workers Strike of 1945, when they learn how much they stand to gain by joining forces.
Marjorie Spruill, “Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics”
7 p.m. March 8. Reading, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events/
Spruill’s book reveals how, beginning in the 1970s, the critical battle between feminists and conservative women’s groups divided the nation as Democrats continued to support women’s rights and Republicans cast themselves as the party of family values.
Douglas Egerton, “Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America”
8 p.m. March 8. Talk, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/category/author-programs
Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry — regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.
Renee Rosen, “Windy City Blues”
7:15 p.m. March 9. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285, georgiacenterforthebook.org/Events/show.php?id=935
Rosen explores one woman’s journey of self-discovery during the time the music of the Mississippi Delta arrived in Chicago.
Also appearing: 1 p.m. March 11, FoxTale Book Shoppe, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/
Ruth Andrew Ellenson and Eric Robbins: Edgar M. Bronfman, “Why Be Jewish? A Testament”
7:30 p.m. March 9. Discussion. Free. Marcus Jewish Community Center, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 678-812-4000, atlantajcc.org/pldb-live/i-why-be-jewish-i-a-testament-by-edgar-m.-bronfman-33907/?back=pldb_active
Ellenson and Robbins will discuss the 12 tenets the late philanthropist identifies as having shaped his leadership in the Jewish community for more than 25 years.
Susan Meissner, “A Bridge Across the Ocean,” Renee Rosen, “Windy City Blues,” and Greer Macallister, “Girl in Disguise”
1 p.m. March 11. Signing. Free. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock, 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events/
Three authors team up to present their latest historical fiction. In Meissner’s novel, wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women past and present. Inspired by Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective, McCallister follows her as she comes into her own on the front lines of the Civil War.
Brad Parks, “Say Nothing”
7:30 p.m. March 11. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble, The Forum on Peachtree Parkway, 5141 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, 770-209-4244, Norcross, gwinnettpl.org/calendar/brad-parks-talk-and-signing/
A prominent judge’s near-perfect life is shattered when his two children are abducted, plunging him and his wife into an nightmarish ordeal of blackmail, deceit, and terror.
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