Please note: this event is now canceled.
New Canaan Library welcomes New York Times bestselling author Jessica Shattuck will speak about her latest novel, "The Women in the Castle," at New Canaan Library on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Copies of the book will be available for purchase, courtesy of Elm Street Books. Please register online at newcanaanlibrary.org.
The horrors of World War II, three resilient women, and their haunted pasts and closely held secrets form the nucleus of this mesmerizing and profound novel. Set at the end of WWII, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband's family, now in ruins after years of war. The widow of a resister who was murdered in the failed plot to assassinate Hitler, Marianne 's quest is to uphold her pledge to her husband's co-conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows. The twists and turns involved in assembling the group, the misconceptions that arise and the rifts that appear in this dramatic and nuanced picture of war illustrate the power of the human spirit to survive, love, and ultimately forgive.
New Canaan Library is located at 151 Main Street in New Canaan, Conn. For more information, phone (203) 594-5000.