Shellie Tomlinson, "Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy." 7 p.m. May 9. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, www.foxtalebookshoppe.com.
The latest from the host of “All Things Southern” and author of “Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color On” offers down-home advice on everything from dieting to Bubba whispering (aka the Southern art of handling your man).
Katie Crouch, "Magnolia League." 7 p.m. May 9. Talk and signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Mansell Crossings SC, 7660 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta. 770-993-8340, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1955.
In this young-adult novel from Crouch (“Girls in Trucks”), a teenager uncovers deadly secrets behind the polished facade of Savannah’s debutante society.
Alan Axelrod, "Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered." 6 p.m. May 11. Talk and signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Emory, 1390 Oxford Road, Decatur. 404-727-6222, http://emory.bncollege.com.
Jennie Helderman, "As the Sycamore Grows." 6:30 p.m. May 11. Discussion. Free, reservation required. Friends of Sandy Springs Library Meet the Author Series, Sandy Springs Library, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs. 404-303-6130, www.fossl.eventbrite.com.
Authors from the Atlanta Writer's Club join Helderman in this series.
Lauren Myracle, "Shine." 7 p.m. May 11. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Mansell Crossings SC, 7660 Northpoint Parkway, Alpharetta. 770-993-8340, http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/1955.
In the latest young-adult novel by Myracle (“Kissing Kate"), a teen’s best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, leaving her to discover the culprit.
Erik Larson, "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin." 8 p.m. May 11. Talk and signing. $10 nonmembers; $5 members. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta. 404-814-4150, www.atlantahistorycenter.com/Page.asp?id=97&eventid=309.
Larson (“Devil in the White City”) tells the true story of the Dodds from Chicago, living in 1933 Berlin during Hitler's rise to power.
Pearl Cleage, "Just Wanna Testify." 2 p.m. May 14. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Camp Creek Parkway, Camp Creek Market Place, 3685 Market Place Blvd, East Point. 404-349-0359.
In her latest, Cleage returns to her fictional Atlanta neighborhood, West End, where the arrival of five Amazonian supermodel “vamps” spells trouble with a capital V.
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