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SUMMARY:Sarah McCoy in conversation with Sophia Griesenauer
DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $29.50.\n                            \n                    Tickets\n                \n                    \n\n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Member. $23.50.\n                            \n                    Login\n                \n                    \n\n                    \n                \n					\n						\n\n                        \n					\n                \n                            \n            \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n            Insider. $17.50.\n                            \n                    Login\n                \n                    \n\n                    \n                \n					\n						\n\n                        \n					\n                \n                            \n            \n\n\n\n\nAll tickets include a copy of Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?. \n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on the day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the event start time. \n\n\n\nFrom New York Times bestselling author Sarah McCoy—a spellbinding novel based on a true story: a beautiful young movie star of Hollywood’s Golden Age gives up her bright career to become a nun. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nIn 1969\, twenty-three-year-old starlet Lori Lovely\, the apple of Hollywood’s eye\, shocks the world by ditching a promising film career to take vows of poverty\, chastity\, and obedience as a Benedictine nun. Gossip columnists and scandal sheets can’t get enough of the story. Why would such a beautiful girl take the veil? Was she hiding from someone? Did it have anything to do with her costar\, heartthrob singer Lucas Wesley? \n\n\n\nIn 1990\, Lu Tibbott is under the gun to complete her senior thesis in modern American history. Instead of spending weeks in dusty archives\, Lu decides to dig into a true twentieth-century mystery and write about her aunt Lori\, now the Mother Abbess at a cloistered convent in rural New England. Biographers\, journalists\, and media types have long speculated about her aunt Lori’s sudden departure from Hollywood. Mother Lori\, however\, has refused all requests for interviews—until Lu arrives at the abbey with a tape recorder in hand. To her delight\, Mother Lori announces she’s finally ready to talk…but only if Lu is truly ready to listen. \n\n\n\nLu is shocked to discover that the story of Lori Lovely’s rise in Hollywood was far more tumultuous than she’d ever expected\, a fairy tale twisting with ambition\, unforeseen alliances\, forbidden love\, and secrets. What began as a history thesis now threatens to upend all their lives with its unexpected truths\, especially as the media gets wind of Lu’s project and begins to ask… \n\n\n\nWhatever happened to Lori Lovely? \n\n\n\nLanguage provided by publisher. \n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			About the Author\n\n			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nSarah McCoy is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the novels Whatever Happened To Lori Lovely?\, Mustique Island\, Marilla of Green Gables\, The Mapmaker’s Children\, The Baker’s Daughter\, a 2012 Goodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee\, the novella “The Branch of Hazel” in Grand Central\, and The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico. Her work has been featured in Newsweek\, Lit Hub\, Write or Die Tribe\, Real Simple\, The Millions\, Your Health Monthly\, Huffington Post\, Read It Forward\, Writer Unboxed\, and other publications. She hosted the NPR WSNC Radio monthly program “Bookmarked with Sarah McCoy” and is the founder of The McCoy Grant. Sarah previously taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El Paso. She lives with her husband Doc B\, dog Gilly\, and cat Tutu in Winston-Salem\, North Carolina. \n\n\n\nConnect with Sarah on Instagram at @SarahMMcCoy\, on her Facebook Fan Page\, Goodreads\, or via her website\, www.sarahmccoy.com. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Atlanta chapter of the Silent Book Club.
URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/sarah-mccoy-in-conversation-with-sophia-griesenauer/
LOCATION:Margaret Mitchell House\, 979 Crescent Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30309
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Margaret Mitchell House
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