Celebrate the Release of Lynda Loigman's New Novel at Athena Books! | Athena Books
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Athena Books is thrilled to welcome author Lynda Cohen Loigman, bestselling author of The Matchmaker's Gift, to celebrate the release of her new novel, The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. Lynda will be joined in conversation by fellow author Brooke Lea Foster (All The Summers In Between). Join us for an evening of conversation and togetherness to celebrate this very special novel! Your ticket includes wine and light dessert. About The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern: A masterful blend of historical fiction and second chance romance with a whisp of magic, The Love Elixier of Augusta Stern follows a plucky octogenarian who proves it’s never too late for new beginnings. On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs―an active senior community in southern Florida―she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy―and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier. Sixty years later, the mistakes of her past not only haunt her, but greet her every morning at the community pool. Did Irving ever truly love her or was he just playing a part? How can he act as if nothing happened all those years ago? How did her plan go so spectacularly wrong? And, can she reclaim the magic of her youth before it’s too late? To answer these questions, Lynda Cohen Loigman masterfully alternates between Brooklyn in the 1920s and southern Florida in the late 1980s, unfurling Augusta and Irving’s story with deeply moving prose, old-world charm, tremendous heart, and humor. About Lynda Cohen Loigman: Lynda Cohen Loigman graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School. Her debut novel, The Two-Family House, was a USA Today best seller and a nominee for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards in Historical Fiction. Her second novel, The Wartime Sisters, was selected as a Woman's World Book Club pick and a Best Book of 2019 by Real Simple Magazine. The Matchmaker’s Gift was named a Best New Book by People Magazine and a Best Book of Fall by the New York Post, Parade Magazine, Buzzfeed, and Good Morning America.com. About Brooke Lea Foster: Brooke Lea Foster is an award-winning author and journalist who has worked as a writer and editor at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Huffington Post, and the Washingtonian magazine. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Parents, PARADE, The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, and Psychology Today among others. Her novels, Summer Darlings and On Gin Lane, were featured as top summer reads in People Magazine, named a top summer pick by Entertainment Weekly and named one of PARADE’s best books of summer. She writes the popular Dear Fiction newsletter and she's the author of three nonfiction books. All the Summers in Between is her third novel.
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