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Evening with the Author: Sarah Penner
Spend an intimate evening with author Sarah Penner.
Doors will open to ticket holders at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2024. The event will start at 7 p.m. with a champagne reception to follow featuring light hors d’oeuvres and a book signing opportunity.
You must present a physical ticket to Library staff to enter the event.
How to Obtain Tickets:
The Sanibel Public Library will continue to utilize a “lottery system” ticketing procedure to meet high demand and to ensure as many as possible have the opportunity to attend an Author Series event. Tickets are distributed at no charge to Sanibel Public Library cardholders; one card per person; up to two tickets per card.
Registration for a chance to obtain Sarah Penner's Author Series Evening tickets open on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9 a.m. and close on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5 p.m. *Requests made before or after the date range listed above cannot be honored.*
You may register for a chance to obtain tickets here: Ticket Lottery Registration for Sarah Penner's Author Series Evening
Names of those requesting tickets will be placed in a lottery and selected at random. If you are selected to receive tickets you will be notified by email. Tickets must be picked up by Thursday, December 5. *Tickets not picked up by Library closure on Thursday, December 5 will automatically be redistributed to individuals on the waiting list.*
If you would like assistance using the online registration form or are unable to access it, please call the Sanibel Public Library at (239) 472- 2483.
About the Author:
Sarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary and The London Séance Society. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages and her debut, The Lost Apothecary, has sold over one million copies worldwide. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. In her free time, Sarah enjoys hiking, yoga, and cooking. She also sits on the Board of Directors at her local animal shelter Friends of Strays. Sarah and her husband, Marc, live in Florida.
About the Author Series:
For more than a decade, the Library, partnering with the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, has connected local readers to award-winning authors by bringing in high caliber writers for an intimate evening, followed by a champagne reception. Past guests include Joyce Carol Oates, Sue Monk Kidd, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Amor Towles, Erik Larson, Margaret Atwood and many more. Funding for the Author Series is provided by the Sanibel Public Library Foundation and its generous donors.
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Related Programing - Book Club Discussion:
On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 2 p.m. readers are invited to discuss "The Lost Apothecary" by Sarah Penner :
A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them - setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.
Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.
Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.
One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose - selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.
In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders” that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate - and not everyone will survive.
The Book Club Discussion is lead by Library staff
Penner's book is offered in a variety of formats:
Click here to place a hold or to borrow The Lost Apothecary
Click here to place a hold or borrow The Lost Apothecary on the Libby app
Click here to borrow other Sarah Penner books with no waiting on the hoopla digital app
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Photography During Programs
While attending library programs, visitors may be photographed by library staff. Photographs become library property and may be used in library promotions. Individuals who do not want to be photographed or recorded are responsible for removing themselves from the area or notifying the photographer of their opt-out status.