Want to meet Anna Quindlen? Well guess what...

Want to meet Anna Quindlen? Well guess what...

One of my literary heroes has always been Anna Quindlen. She's not only an amazing columnist, Pulitzer Prize winning  journalist, hard working mom, and now incredible author, she's an all-around very cool, very inspiring woman.

Next Tuesday in NYC, I'll be hosting a reading and signing for her new book, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake which is a warm, humorous take on motherhood, marriage, girlfriends, our bodies--ya know. All the stuff we're talking about anyway. Only she'll say it better. Which is why you'll want to buy it, then have it signed.

If you're in the NYC area, I hope you'll join me at Talbot's in midtown--where by the way you'll get sweet 25% discount, should you have your eye on some of these shoes, like I do. Turns out, it's not your mother's Talbot's anymore.  -Liz



Join Liz Gumbinner and Anna Quindlen at Talbots on Tuesday 4/24, 6PM for a great reading. All the details are on the Facebook events page.

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