37th Annual Books-on-Review
Event Details
09:15AM - 12:00PM
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Refreshments: 9:15 – 10:00 AM Program: 10:00 AM - Noon
DISTINGUISHED STANFORD AUTHORS SHOWCASE
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh - Stanford '00, MA '03
When Oprah, Elle, and the Wall Street Journal all go crazy for a book about a girl who has nothing but a gift for understanding what flowers really mean, you know there’s something there for all of us.
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Gowda - Stanford MBA '96
What happens when one child is linked, invisibly, to families in Mumbai and San Francisco? What do we owe our mothers – and our daughters? This international bestseller enchants and inspires.
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante - Stegner Fellow and Stanford Faculty
Sometimes literature can do what science cannot. This literary thriller takes us into the mind of a brilliant surgeon as Alzheimer’s has its wicked way.
The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb by Philip Taubman - Stanford '70
Five men with one improbable, post-modern goal – a nuclear weapon-free planet. Award-winning journalist and former New York Times Moscow bureau chief Phil Taubman writes high-stakes history.
Admission:
$25 SWCEB Members
$30 Guests/non-members
