Anne Fortier discusses Juliet: A Novel

Anne Fortier discusses her debut work Juliet: A Novel

Time:  Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 6:30 PM
Location:  Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Phone:  913-384-3126 to order books in advance, 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.

Author:  A native of Denmark, Anne Fortier has shared a lifelong love of Shakespeare and Italy with her mother.   For years, they traveled to Verona to visit Romeo and Juliet’s balcony—until a whim took them to Siena instead.   When they discovered it was the real setting of the original story that inspired Romeo and Juliet, the novel was born—and so was an unusual collaboration. While Anne wrote in the U.S., her mother did research in Italy, serving as her “eyes” in Siena.  In their hands, this medieval city comes to life as a vibrant, passionate, and richly imagined character in its own right.

Title:  Juliet: A Novel, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9780345516107, On Sale Date: August 24, 2010

What:  Anne Fortier will discuss her debut work and answer audience questions.  A limited number of pre-autographed copies of Juliet: A Novel will be available for purchase from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event.

When:  Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 6:30 PM

Where:  A Rainy Day Books Author Event at The Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

Admission Package:  This event is open to the general public. Please call The Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 to make reservations to attend.

All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.

Book List

Juliet (Hardcover)

By Anne Fortier

$25.00

ISBN-13: 9780345516107
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Ballantine Books, 8/2010

Other Editions of this Title

“Being Juliet, I suppose I should have seen it coming. I so wanted to believe that, this time around, it would not be the same old lamentable tragedy ... but you can’t fool the Bard.” So begins Anne Fortier’s captivating U.S. debut JULIET (Ballantine Hardcover; August 17, 2010), a beautifully written novel about a young woman who discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers. “Boldly imagined, brilliantly plotted, beautifully described, JULIET will carry you spellbound until the gripping end. An astonishing achievement.” ––Susan Vreeland, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue “A feast of myth, history, and tantalizing indulgences—I was swept away, blown away, and taken for ransom. Anne Fortier breathes new life into the Shakespearean tragedy we thought we knew. I fell in love with JULIET all over again.” ––Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

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