Looking for the perfect holiday gift? How about a trip to a lush Caribbean resort full of mystery and class intrigue with The Grand Paloma Resort, or to the vibrant, award-winning world of Neruda on the Park. Both novels offer rich escapes for winter-weary readers, especially when paired with an evening of Cocktails & Conversation featuring Cleyvis Natera in conversation with Amy Bass, Ph.D., historian, author, and longtime NRPL Foundation Board Member.
Cocktails & Conversation with Cleyvis Natera will take place on January 21st at Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Tickets cost $70 and include delicious nibbles and two drinks.
Come for an evening of literary suspense and Caribbean dreams as the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation welcomes Cleyvis Natera to discuss her two acclaimed novels. Her newest, The Grand Paloma Resort, was praised by The New York Times for its “fast-paced suspense, class distinctions and colonial history” and as “one of those entertaining beach reads that also make you think,” while her debut, Neruda on the Park, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, earned a Silver Medal from the International Latino Book Awards, and was selected by Malala Yousafzai for her Literati Book Club.
Natera’s work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, TIME, The Washington Post, and The Kenyon Review, and she teaches creative writing at Barnard College and Montclair State University, where she is helping to develop a new Bilingual M.F.A. program.
Preorder your books from Anderson’s Next Chapter Bookstore (96 Chatsworth Avenue, Larchmont, NY; www.andersonsbooks.com) at https://www.jandersonsbooks.com/events. Preordered copies can be picked up at the Cocktails & Conversation event, and additional copies of Cleyvis Natera’s books will be available for sale and signing on site at the event.
About Cocktails & Conversation
Cocktails & Conversation is one of the NRPL Foundation’s signature events, designed to bring book lovers together for lively conversations. Each evening features an author discussion moderated by Amy Bass, Ph.D., NRPL Foundation Board Member, historian, and acclaimed author of One Goal: A Coach, A Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together.
Tickets can also be purchased by mail with a check payable to NRPLF sent to New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Proceeds from this event will benefit the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation.