Events

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

 

Special Ticketed Event

Thursday, Nov 12, 7pm

Location: Marcos De Niza High School Auditorium

6000 S Lakeshore Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283

Doors open at 6pm

Purchase your tickets early at Changing Hands Bookstore. Save yourself some time -- call 480.730.0205 or come into Changing Hands and get your ticket(s) and book(s) before the event. Barbara Kingsolver will also sign copies of her previously published books, so don't miss your chance to have her autograph copies of your favorites.

1 Ticket: $34.18 includes one copy of The Lacuna ($26.99 + tax) and one $5 admission ticket.

2 Tickets: $39.18 includes one copy of The Lacuna ($26.99 + tax) and two $5 admission tickets.

Signed books make great holiday gifts.

 

Barbara Kingsolver, the bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, visits with The Lacuna, her first novel in nine years. Kingsolver tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, born in the United States but reared in Mexico, who finds precarious shelter but no sense of home in America. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and, one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed muralist Diego Rivera. When he goes to work for Rivera, his wife Frida Kahlo, and exiled leader Lev Trotsky, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.

CAN'T MAKE IT? If you'd like an autographed copy of The Lacuna from Barbara Kingsolver, or signed copies of any of her other books, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

 

 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY MUSIC NIGHT      6:30-8:30PM

Please join us for an exciting evening of community music.

Approximate schedule of presenters for Friday night:

• 6:30pm    Matt Rider - voice & guitar
• 6:42pm    Alma Varon - violin / classical, mariachi, fiddling
• 6:55pm    Robby Roberson - tricone resonator, etc.
• 7:08pm    Sule Greg Wilson - percussion, etc.
• 7:20pm    Jonathan Thwaits - singer / songwriter - voice & guitar
• 7:32pm    Pinna - Nazim - Sule - voice / saxalo / percussion
• 7:45pm    Michael McBeath - harmonicas
• 7:57pm    Jenny Turner & Dave Anderson - voices & guitars
• 8:10pm    Rob / Les Izmore - guitar & voice / blues
• 8:22pm    Improv

HANDMADE AZ: MOXIE JEWELRY      10AM-4PM

Handwrought rings and handforged hoops by Sue Holstein. More info: moxilla@cox.net.

Did you know that cranberries can dance? Most of them can, that is -- but one little cranberry has a little trouble. Cynthia Giroux from
Storybook Kitchen reads Clarence, the Cranberry Who Couldn’t Dance by Jim Coogan, demonstrates how cranberries dance, then leads
kids in a cooking activity, making cranberry pancakes with cranberry syrup!

FAMILY EVENT - STORIES AND SONGS ON FOOD AND FEASTING      1-2PM

Join musician and storyteller Sule Greg Wilson for a time of interactive fun and festivity as we herald in the harvest and the holidays with Stories and Songs on Food and Feasting. Percussion and banjo -- and your heart, hands and feet -- bring to life stories of native and imported foods, as old-time songs help us along.

The author and illustrator of the bestselling Imaginarium Geographica series returns with the fourth book in the saga, The Shadow Dragons. All the legendary Caretakers, past and present, come together to save two worlds, and their only hope lies with a small group of companions who are on the quest for the broken sword Caliburn: the Grail Child, Rose Dyson; her clockwork companion, the owl Archie; a dead professor of ancient literature; and the mythical knight Don Quixote.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line. Seating opens to the general public fifteen minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

CAN'T MAKE IT? If you'd like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

TAROT READINGS 5:30-8:30PM

Susanna Astarte provides guidance along life’s journey. Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 480.969.2522.

HANDMADE AZ: IVY JEWELS      10AM-5PM

Jewelry by Nancy Zangari.

SPANISH CONVERSATION      3-5:45PM

Beginners: 3-4:15pm. Intermediate: 4:30-5:45pm. More info:
martha@languagesynergy.com.

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      6PM

“Getting Involved 101.” Volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

GREG PETERSON & RACHEL BESS: THE URBAN FARM SIMPLE SUSTAINABILITY SERIES 7PM

Author and Urban Farm founder Greg Peterson is dedicated to exploring the diverse aspects of living green and sustainably. Tonight he kicks off the Urban Farm’s six-title Simple Sustainability series: My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard, Fowl Play, How Green Am I?, Plastic Shmastic, and two others, still unnamed. Rachel Bess, author of Fowl Play, will also speak. More info: UrbanFarm.org and YourGuideToGreen.com.

  

PHOENIX NOIR READING      7PM

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with its latest edition, Phoenix, where sunshine is the new noir.
Join editor Patrick Millikin and fellow contributors Laura Tohe, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Robert Anglen, and American Book Award-winner Stella Pope
Duarte for readings from their short stories in Phoenix Noir. Q&A and booksigning follows. More info:
Akashicbooks.com.

JANET SMITH WARFIELD: SHIFT      7PM

Author Janet Smith Warfield visits with her book, Shift: Change Your Words, Change Your World, to discuss how language
alters our experience of the world. Warfield’s interactive presentation features optical illusions from the book, giving the audience an
enlightening experience of shifting perspectives. More info: wordsculptures.com/shift.

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

ATTRACTING SUCCESS AND RUNNING COMPANIES COOPERATIVELY      7PM

Ling Bundgaard and Ho Wing Sit, authors of the Lateral Approach Series, discuss the process of lateral thinking and
innovation aimed at taking charge, managing projects and creating success. They will highlight techniques and exercises from their
three books to create success through effective and enlightening values-based management principles. More info:
LateralApproach.com.

“GRAMMAR GIRL” MIGNON FOGARTY: THE GRAMMAR DEVOTIONAL      7PM

Perhaps Oprah put it best: “Mignon has comeup with clever ideas to help even the most grammatically challenged person remember the rules.” Mignon Fogarty began her “Grammar Girl” podcasts to address the frequently asked grammar questions she came across while working as a copyeditor. Providing simple, smart tips in five minutes or less, her “Quick and Dirty” Grammar Tips became an iTunes sensation, and her last book, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, a bestseller. In her new book of 365 grammar tips for every day of the year, The Grammar Devotional, Mignon uses her signature kicky, authoritative and warm style to give you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line. Seating opens to the general public fifteen minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

HANDMADE AZ - AZ HOPE FOR HAITI      10AM-4PM

Sidewalk sale of Haitian crafts to benefit the Haitian Health Foundation.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE      10AM-2PM

KIDS
EVENT -
PHOENIX ZOO ANIMAL TAILS      11AM

Eeeew, icky, blah, and yuck -- if you like gross things then you’re in luck! The tale to be read is not for the queasy, but learning
all about these tails by the end will be easy. Join animal experts from the Phoenix Zoo for storytelling and live critters based on
Nature’s Yucky! The Desert Southwest by Lee Ann Landstrom. FREE!

ADULT &
TEEN
EVENT -
MARGE PELLEGRINO: THE JOURNEY OF DREAMS      4PM

Marge Pellegrino visits with her novel, The Journey of Dreams, the story of how one family survives the Guatemalan
army’s “scorched earth” campaign in the 1980s and how, in the midst of tragedy, suspicion and fear, their resilient love and loyalty
-- and Papa’s storytelling -- keeps them going. On their harrowing journey as refugees to the United States, the dramatic ebb and
flow of events are mirrored in the tapestries of one daughter’s dreams.

INSIGHTS      5:30-8:30PM

Tarot reader James R. Betz offers advice on life, relationships, and career choices. COST: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 602.840.2222.

HANDMADE AZ: SOUTHWEST DESIGNS JEWELRY      10AM-6PM

Silver, copper, and brass earrings, bracelets, and pins.

SIGN LANGUAGE FOR ADULTS      1:30-3PM

Cindy Ashcraft, a teacher of hearing-impaired children, teaches Signed English to parents and other interested adults. Meets every
second and fourth Sunday. COST: $5 per class. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info:
480.472.6203.

WORKSHOP: CHANTING AND PROFOUND LISTENING      2-3:30PM

Chanter, sound artist and Yoga of the Voice™ instructor Pinna Joseph presents a time of approaching inner quietude and developing a deep sense of listening through attention to breathing, vocal meditation (connecting with the sound between the sounds), exploring the voice as an instrument, and call-and-response chanting from many world cultures. No previous singing experience necessary. COST: $20. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205.

TEEN EVENT - JESSICA WAGENFUEHR: GUARDIAN ANGELS      7PM

Recent Chandler High School graduate Jessica Wagenfuehr visits with her novel, Guardian Angels: The Setting Moon. Protests. Rebellion. All in a day’s work for a sixteen-year-old girl. But Danielle Kelson is not your ordinary elf. An orphan, a rebel, and a total genius, she has more than just potential -- she has magic. In a world where male dominance is not just socially acceptable but necessary to survival, Danielle is the glitch in an otherwise perfect system. Against all odds, and in the face of adversity, can she withstand the pressure?

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      6PM

“Getting Involved 101.” Volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

CHARLES GOYETTE: THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN      7PM

Former Phoenix radio host Charles Goyette visits with The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold,
Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, about which Congressman Ron Paul says, “This book truly is a must read.” On the
heels of the most recent economic crisis, America, according to Goyette, is headed toward another: high inflation and dollar devaluation.
Federal debt is compounding while growth has stalled, and America's foreign creditors are questioning the dollar's reserve currency status.
But the good news is that those who are prepared can protect themselves -- and even profit -- in this new era. Drawing on historical
examples and a clear, down-to-earth analysis, Goyette explains the importance of gold, silver, and other alternative investments when
inflation takes off. More info: TheDollarMeltdown.com.

MASON TVERT: MARIJUANA IS SAFER, SO WHY ARE WE DRIVING PEOPLE TO DRINK?      7PM

Nationally recognized marijuana-policy expert Mason Tvert (with co-authors Steve Fox and Paul Armentano) compares and contrasts
the relative harms and legal status of the two most popular recreational substances in the world -- marijuana and alcohol. Through an
objective examination of the two drugs and the laws and social practices that steer people toward alcohol, the authors pose a simple yet
rarely considered question: Why do we punish adults who make the rational, safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol? Tvert is
cofounder and executive director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) and the SAFER Voter Education Fund.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Store closed today!

COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT: PAPER CLIPS      6PM

In 1998 a group of Tennessee schoolchildren embarked on a class project that would change their lives and impact those of countless others around the world. Responding to a history lesson about the Holocaust the students began collecting 11 million paper clips (a Norwegian symbol of Nazi resistance) to commemorate each of the lives lost in the concentration camps. As news of the Paper Clip Project spread through the Internet the children found themselves aided by total strangers in their effort to build a permanent memorial to tolerance and diversity in their schoolyard. Co-sponsored by Hoodlums Music & Movies.

With a hand stamp you’ll receive at the screening, you’re entitled to post-show discounts from several merchants here in the Tempe Square shopping center: Baskin Robbins, Wildflower Bread Company, Mac’s Broiler & Tap, Hoodlums, and Changing Hands Bookstore.

 

HANDMADE AZ: OLD MOON CRAFTS      9AM-5PM

Handmade pillows, bags, and purses.

TAROT READINGS      5:30-8:30PM

Susanna Astarte provides guidance along life’s journey. Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at
480.730.0205. More info: 480.969.2522.

HANDMADE AZ: POTTERY      10AM-4PM

Functional pottery by Sarah Magera.

If you purchased a book and tickets for Garrison Keillor's canceled appearance on October 6, please call us. We will arrange for your new tickets.

 

GARRISON KEILLOR

Discussion and Book Signing
Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance
and A Christmas Blizzard

Sunday, November 29 at 3pm

Dobson High School Auditorium
1501 W. Guadalupe Rd
Mesa, AZ 85202

Doors open at 2pm

Tickets are only available at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283. Seating is limited, please call 480.730.0205 or stop in.

Tickets are just $5 with the purchase of one copy of either Pilgrims or A Christmas Blizzard. Up to two (2) $5 tickets can be purchased with each book.

Garrison Keillor is an American treasure. Mixing music, storytelling and humor, Keillor, best known for his weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion, offers us a lighthearted, but deeply felt, reflection of ourselves. He's written more than 20 books, as well as columns, and with more than 4 million regular listeners, he is credited with single-handedly reviving the virtually lost art of live radio entertainment in America. Keillor will discuss and sign his two latest novels, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance and A Christmas Blizzard.

During the signing portion of the event, enjoy a musical performance by The Close Enough String Band.

 

DEBBIE MACOMBER: ONE SIMPLE ACT      7PM

#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber visits with her book One Simple Act: Discovering the Power of Generosity. What if you could make the world a better place—by tomorrow? Debbie Macomber knows the secret to doing exactly that! In a world that seems too often stingy and grudging, she has witnessed how one simple act of generosity can yield unforeseen miracles. You are about to discover, through true stories, what happens when we commit intentional acts of generosity. Lives are changed in ways we never envisioned.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line. Seating opens to the general public fifteen minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

MOM’S NIGHT OUT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SANE DURING THE INSANE HOLIDAY SEASON!      7PM

MomsZone.org presents Sharon Silver from ProActive Parenting, discussing how to lessen stress on the family -- and on children in
particular -- during this hectic time of year. Silver is the face behind ProActive Parenting, an organization dedicated to helping parents
raise children, not just correct their behavior. Enjoy a goody bag courtesy of MomsZone.org and Changing Hands Bookstore, and enter
to win some great prizes! More info: www.ProactiveParenting.net and
MomsZone.org.

LUCINDA SCALA QUINN: MAD HUNGRY: FEEDING MEN & BOYS     7PM

Lucinda Scala Quinn visits with her gorgeous cookbook Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys for a cooking
demo, tasting, and booksigning. Scala Quinn has spent much of her life feeding the men and boys in her life, and teaching
them how to feed themselves. Now Scala Quinn -- chef, television personality, and Martha Stewart Omnimedia’s resident
food guru -- shares winning strategies for how to sate the seemingly insatiable and get men to manage in the kitchen. She
provides recipes for single-skillet meals and dinners that yield fabulous leftovers. Scala Quinn’s recipes are easy to prepare,
affordable, and so good that even the most finicky eater will want to dig in. Along with her cooking techniques and survival
strategies (“Never be caught without bacon”), Quinn muses about life in a pre-dominantly male household and provides
empowering advice to feed guys’ spirits as well as fill their bellies. With her help, homemade meals become second nature,
nourishing both diner and cook.

MONA LYNCH: SUNBELT JUSTICE      7PM

Mona Lynch, Associate Professor in the Criminology, Law & Society Department at the University of California, Irvine, visits with
her book Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American Punishment. In the late twentieth century,
the United States experienced an incarceration explosion. Over the course of twenty years, the imprisonment rate quadrupled,
and today more than 1.5 million people are held in state and federal prisons. Arizona’s Department of Corrections came of age
just as this shift toward prison warehousing began, and soon led the pack in using punitive incarceration in response to crime.
Sunbelt Justice looks at the development of Arizona’s punishment politics, policies, and practices, and brings to light just
how and why we have become a mass incarceration nation.

 

 

 

 

OFFSITE EVENT - PAUL NICKLEN: POLAR OBSESSION     7PM

Renowned nature photographer and wildlife biologist Paul Nicklen, whose work has been published in magazines around the world, including ten articles for National Geographic, presents his book Polar Obsession. The Arctic is in Nicklen’s blood. Born and raised on Baffin Island, Nunavut, he grew up in one of the only non-Inuit families in a tiny native settlement amid the ice fields, floes, and frigid seas of Northern Canada. At an age when most children are playing hide-and-seek, he was learning life-and-death lessons of survival: how to read the weather, find shelter in a frozen snowscape, or live off the land as his Inuit neighbors had done for centuries. Today Nicklen is uniquely qualified to portray the impact of climate change on the polar regions and their inhabitants, human and animal alike. In a wise and wonderful intertwining of art and science, his bold expeditions plunge him into freezing seas to capture unprecedented, up-close documentation of the lives of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals, and narwhals. Bathed in polar light, his images, inspiring and amazing, break new ground in photography and provide a vivid, timely portrait of two extraordinary, endangered ecosystems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: This is an offsite event at Mesa Arts Center, 1 East Main Street Mesa, AZ 85201. Tickets at MAC box office: 480-644-6500.

 

 

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

CAY RANDALL-MAY: HEALING AND THE CREATIVE RESPONSE      7PM

Spiritual healer and artist Rev. Cay Randall-May, Ph.D, presents the “Four Key Steps” you can use to promote natural, spiritual, and
energetic well-being in yourself and others. These are described in her book, Healing and the Creative Response, which
helps you to discover how to reach your highest creative and healing potential. More info:
www.HealingCreativeResponse.com.

JULIA ROSS: HOLIDAY CHEER: A REMEDY FOR THE OBESITY AND DEPRESSION EPIDEMICS      7PM

Julia Ross, nutritional psychology pioneer and author of The Diet Cure and The Mood Cure, discusses the U.S. diet -- how it
strips us of appetite- and mood-regulating nutrients, and how we can restore them to quickly optimize our moods and stop overeating and
unneeded weight gain without antidepressant drugs or low-cal diets. More info: DietCure.com and
MoodCure.com.

 

 

Join the Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix for Holiday Shopping & Tea at Changing Hands and Hoodlums Records. A percentage of all of A&BC patron's purchases on this day will be donated to the organization. When making your purchase, please say you are "with the Arts & Business Council" to activate the donation. Remember books and music are lasting gifts.

Shopping all day 9am - 9pm.

Enjoy fine teas and assorted goodies from 1-2pm and a book preview talk with Changing Hands book buyer Gayle Shanks.

 

HANDMADE AZ - POSITIVELY GOURD-GEOUS!      10AM-5PM

Decorative gourds by Delos Nokleby.

KIDS
EVENT:
COSTUME STORYTIME: MOUSE!     11AM-NOON

From the pages of the Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Take a Mouse to School comes Mouse herself,
live, in the fur! We’ll read the classic stories, share some treats, and visit with Mouse for photos and fun.

INSIGHTS      5:30-8:30PM

Tarot reader James R. Betz offers advice on life, relationships, and career choices. COST: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and
pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 602.840.2222.

HANDMADE AZ: MOXIE JEWELRY      10AM-5PM

Handwrought rings and handforged hoops by Susie Holstein.

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      11AM

“Getting Involved 101” volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR BEGINNERS      1:30-2:30PM

More info: aaron@letutor.com.

KIDS
EVENT:
CLUB READ -THE 39 CLUES: THE MAZE OF BONES      2-3PM

Great books, special events, prize giveaways, interactive contests, tasty treats, author visits, and other fun stuff -- it’s all part of our new
Club Read program for kids, and you’re invited! Join today and start earning points redeemable for some great prizes! Minutes before she
died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her descendants an impossible decision: “You have a choice -- one million dollars or a clue.” Grace is
the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world’s most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of
the family power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family’s secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the
clues race is on, and young Amy and Dan must decide what’s important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents.
The 39 Clues is Scholastic’s groundbreaking series, spanning ten adrenaline-charged books, 355 trading cards, and an online game where
readers play a part in the story and compete for over $100,000 in prizes!

CLUB READ BADGE-HOLDERS: Get 3 bonus points for attending, and 1 point when you purchase The Maze of Bones at
Changing Hands. Don’t have a free Club Read badge? Ask a bookseller how to get one!

PLEASE NOTE: The author will not be in attendance!

SPANISH CONVERSATION     3-5:45PM

Beginners: 3-4:15pm, intermediate: 4:30-5:45pm. More info:
martha@languagesynergy.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to weather, this event is indoors at Changing Hands.

Monday, December 7, 7:30pm

The PostSecret phenomenon lives on! Frank Warren, “the most trusted stranger in America,” offers the fifth book in his New York Times bestselling series. PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God -- born from Warren’s collaboration with the American Visionary Art Museum’s “All Faiths Beautiful” exhibition -- is another provocative collection of never-before seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the shocking, soulful or laugh-out-loud funny thoughts and feelings we all share about life’s most profound questions. The original PostSecret was selected by the Los Angeles Times as a Favorite Book of the Year. The postsecret.com website has won numerous Weblog “Bloggie” Awards -- including Weblog of the Year and Best American Weblog -- a Webby and a People’s Voice Award and receives more than six million visitors a month, proof positive that we live in a PostSecret world!

Frank Warren is a small business owner who started PostSecret.com as a community art project. Since November 2004 Warren has received more than 150,000 anonymous postcards. Along with his multi-award-winning website, the PostSecret project also received a special award from the National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called alphabetically for early seating and also to form the booksigning line. Pre-purchasing your books at Changing Hands gives you opportunities for better seating and a line position closer to the front when the books are being signed. Event books may be pre-purchased by phone (recommended) at 480.730.0205, or on our website.

This author's signed books make great gifts.

CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT? You can still get an autographed copy, and there's no extra charge. Just call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

We ship around the globe.

J.A. JANCE: TRIAL BY FIRE      7PM

J.A. Jance visits with her latest, Trial By Fire. In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree,
and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she is, let alone who would do this to her,
or why. In her hospital bed she drifts in and out of consciousness, her only means of communicating a blink of the eye. And then an angel appears.
Known around town as the “Angel of Death,” Sister Anselm has devoted her life to working as an advocate for unidentified patients. To her burn
patient, she is a savior. But to this Jane Doe’s would-be killer, Sister Anselm's efforts pose a serious threat. Ali Reynolds is on the scene as the new
media relations consultant for the Yavapai County Police Department, keeping reporters at bay and circumventing questions about arson and a link
to a domestic terrorist group called Earth Liberation Front. As Ali struggles to help Sister Anselm uncover the helpless woman’s identity, they realize
that by locating the missing relatives they may be exposing the victim once more to a remorseless killer determined to finish the job.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called
alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line. Seating opens to the general public fifteen
minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at
480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

KIM BARNOUIN - SKINNY BITCH: SKINNY COUPLE IN A BOX      7PM
Kim Barnouin, New York Times bestselling co-author of the Skinny Bitch series, visits with her latest, Skinny Couple in a Box:
A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous. A rallying cry for all savvy
women to start eating healthy and looking radiant, this resource espouses a healthful lifestyle that eliminates meat and dairy foods, promotes
whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling “clean and pure and energized.” More info:
SkinnyBitch.net.

SEATING begins one hour before the event. Lettered tickets (free with book purchase) will be called
alphabetically to fill seats and will also be used to form the booksigning line. Seating opens to the general public fifteen
minutes before the event, so please arrive early, as space is limited.

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at
480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

STEPHEN STROM: EARTH FORMS      7PM

Photographer Stephen Strom describes the evolution of his artistic vision as exhibited in Earth Forms, a book of his photographs which
compresses vast desert spaces and invites viewers to look deeply into what light and earth together form. For the poet Joy Harjo, “the(se)
photographs are not separate from the land or larger than it. Rather, they gracefully and respectfully exist inside it. Breathe with it.” Slideshow,
talk, and signing.

HAPPY CHANUKAH!

Store will be open for regular hours.

FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY      7PM

This month’s featured reader is Patricia Colleen Murphy, author of Inevitable Flow, Sun Damage, and Obligatorium.
Murphy teaches poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in the School of Letters and Sciences at Arizona State University. The managing editor of the online
literary magazine Superstition Review, Murphy was awarded an Artist’s Project Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts in 2009. Open reading
follows.

HANDMADE AZ: SUBA’S DESIGNS      10AM-5PM

Simply elegant jewelry -- sterling silver and semi-precious stones. More information: subadesigns@yahoo.com.

FAMILY EVENT - COOKING STORYTIME      11AM-NOON

Cynthia Giroux from Storybook Kitchen reads Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat by Naomi Howland, and shows kids how to make this traditional holiday treat.

MEET & GREET SIGNING - DICK & LINDA BUSCHER: HISTORIC PHOTOS OF ARIZONA      1-3PM

Linda and Dr. Dick Buscher have been writing and teaching on the subject of Arizona for 35 years. Both were public school educators, and Dr. Buscher was also a
principal who received a 1998 City of Phoenix Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award. Their new book is Historic Photos of Arizona, a unique
photographic essay which explores the fascinating past of the Grand Canyon State through nearly 200 rare photographs.

FAMILY EVENT - MOLLY IDLE: NIGHTY NIGHT, BABY JESUS      1PM

Former DreamWorks Animation artist Molly Idle visits with her picture book, Nighty Night, Baby Jesus: A Noisy Nativity. In addition to her work on
the hit films Sinbad, The Road to El Dorado, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, she’s also done work on PBS’s Liberty Kids and Walt Disney’s
Lion King 1 ½.

YAMAHA PIANO STUDENT CONCERT      4-6PM

More info: www.evyms.com.

TAROT READINGS      5:30-8:30PM
Susanna Astarte provides guidance along life’s journey. Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info:
480.969.2522.

HANDMADE AZ: IVY JEWELS      10AM-5PM

Jewelry by Nancy Zangari.

MEET & GREET SIGNING - AL MCCOY, THE "VOICE OF THE PHOENIX SUNS"      1-3PM

Broadcaster Al McCoy, who has been with the Phoenix Suns for the past 40 years and a valley resident for 50, will be signing The Real McCoy,
his book of fascinating stories, with co-author and publisher Rich Wolfe. McCoy was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Please
note: This is a signing only event!

SIGN LANGUAGE FOR ADULTS      1:30-3PM

Cindy Ashcraft, a teacher of hearing-impaired children, teaches Signed English to parents and other interested adults. Meets every second and fourth Sunday.
COST: $5 per class. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 480.472.6203.

MEET & GREET SIGNING - ALEXANDRA HARDY-SHAMAYA: WHAT I WISH FOR YOU      2-4PM

Alexandra Hardy-Shamaya visits with the inspirational gift and self-help book What I Wish for You. In the book, Hardy-Shamaya shares 52 simple but
profound messages accompanied by evocative illustrations for joyful and enlightened living.

ANNETTE BRITTON: 5 BLACK WOMEN, INC.      7PM

Annette Britton visits with her book 5 Black Women, Inc.: 25 Stories That Gave Birth to a Company. The world is not created or sustained by
superstars; it is everyday, average people who can truly make an impact. Everybody has something to offer. Everybody has a story worth telling. Author Annette
Britton, previously an electronic engineer at Xerox, wants us to ask “What is my purpose here?” And when we each discover that purpose, she proposes that we
fly with it into the world, and offer it to a greater good.

POETRY ROUNDTABLE      7PM

Workshop one of your original poems once a month with a group of peers. More info:
jedesign2004@yahoo.com.

HOMECOMING HAPPY HOUR      6:30-8:30PM

The Holiday Homecoming Happy Hour is an opportunity for community-minded people to meet other community-minded people. Join the celebration,
bring a friend and welcome home! Hosted by Changing Hands and Annie Loyd Bachand. The Wildflower Bread Company will provide refreshments. More info:
Annie@CommunityPublicRelations.com.

JAMES T. GEIGER, MD: THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS      7PM

James T. Geiger, MD, visits with his book The Sweet Smell of Success: Health and Wealth Secrets. From cutting-edge operating room
discoveries to his daily clinical aromatherapy practice, James Geiger delivers 21st-century health and wellness techniques. In The Sweet Smell of Success,
Dr. Geiger narrows the health care information gap between doctor and patient, dispensing scientifically proven facts on natural healing. Wellness through
nature and nutrition -- it’s Dr. Geiger’s passion and it’s your life. More info: OilMD.com.

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

FAMILY EVENT - IMPROV COMEDY: THE ELLIOT SALSBURY REVOLUTION      7PM

The Elliot Salsbury Revolution is a comedy improv troupe specializing in short form improvisation. In the tradition of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, troupe
members bring on-the-spot humor and malarkey to every performance. Holiday fun for the whole family, the audience becomes part of the show by participating
in the skits. Join the Revolution for an evening of side-splitting fun!

HANDMADE AZ - JODY'S JEWELS      10AM-4PM

Handmade jewelry with custom beadwork and semi-precious stones, angel pendants.

LESLIE LANDIS: THE ART OF OVEREATING      7PM

Fed up with fat-phobia? Practicing clinical psychologist Leslie Landis visits with her book, The Art of Overeating: A Bellyful of Laughs About Our
Food-Phobic Culture, the anti-diet bible that’s chock-full of not-too-weighty wisdom. It flies in the face (not to mention the sucked-in gut) of our calorie-obsessed
culture. Above all, it finds the funny bone in our culinary excess while offering reassurance that there’s no such thing as too much food. Witty text and imaginative
illustrations encourage us to dig in and enjoy our meals, while imparting essential tips such as “The best way to eat healthy is to eat in large quantities. How else can you
be sure you’re getting all the vitamins and minerals you need?” Interesting and informative food facts enliven the pages, while the author’s wry style makes it clear she’s
not endorsing gluttony -- just reminding us to have a little fun with our fries. For those who love laughter, life, and food, here’s a treat worth indulging in. And it doesn’t
even contain a single calorie!

 

 

HANDMADE AZ - OLD MOON CRAFTS      9AM-5PM

Crafts: pillows, bags, purses, and more!

INSIGHTS      5:30-8:30PM

Tarot reader James R. Betz offers advice on life, relationships, and career choices. COST: $20 for 15 minutes.
Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 602.840.2222.

HANDMADE AZ: FUNCTIONAL POTTERY      10AM-4PM

Functional pottery by Sarah Magera.

MEET & GREET SIGNING - MAILE HERNANDEZ: THE UNREACHABLE STAR      2-4PM

Writer, blogger, and Phoenix theater reviewer Maile Hernandez autographs her poignant and controversial memoir, The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized
Travels with Patti LuPone. Hernandez recounts anecdotes of following Broadway’s LuPone on tour, while simultaneously raising her newly diagnosed autistic child.
Buy the book and you’re eligible for a drawing for two tickets to Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone’s performance at Phoenix Symphony Hall on Saturday, January 2, 2010.

SPANISH CONVERSATION      3-5:45PM

Beginners: 3-4:15pm, intermediate: 4:30-5:45pm. More info: martha@languagesynergy.com.

HANDMADE AZ - EVE’S POUCH SLINGS      10AM-6PM

Pouch sling baby carriers by Eve Quismorio.

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      6PM

“Getting Involved 101.” Volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

BETTY WEBB: DESERT LOST      7PM

Former reporter Betty Webb discusses the real-life events that led to Desert Lost, the latest novel in her Lena Jones mystery series. If one man can have ten wives, nine men will have none -- and some polygamists know how to rid themselves of those “surplus” men, even when the “men” are only 14 years old. They become Arizona’s Lost Boys. Webb’s Lena Jones series has been hailed as mysteries with a social conscience, in such publications as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. Tonight Webb explains how the human rights violations in certain polygamist communities have been -- and still are -- hidden under the guise of religious freedom.

GIFT WRAPPING      11AM-5PM

Gift wrapping by Hadassah.

MIKE CHAMBERLIN: GOD HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE!      7PM

Valley musician and broadcasting legend Mike Chamberlin, who anchored news and sports for 20 years in Phoenix, visits with his book God Has A Sense Of
Humor for Heaven’s Sake and his CD Mike Chamberlin’s Christmas Collection for a holiday concert and booksigning.

GIFT WRAPPING      11AM-5PM

Gift wrapping by Grand Canyon Prep.

In this new, inspiring memoir from the beloved actress and author of the bestseller Losing It, Valerie Bertinelli tells the story of what happens after you change your life. It’s not all peaches and cream, or even non-fat yogurt. Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life Without Opening the Fridge is about believing in love and happiness, having faith that both are possible, and finding out that God does want you to enjoy life’s desserts—even when you’re on a diet.

NOTE: This is a meet & greet signing only!

 

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

 

CHRISTMAS EVE

The store is open 9am-5pm.

GIFT WRAPPING      11AM-5PM

Gift wrapping by Grand Canyon Prep.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The store is closed today.

JOYOUS KWANZAA!

The store is open for regular hours today.

TAROT READINGS       5:30-8:30PM

Susanna Astarte provides guidance along life’s journey. Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205.
More info: 480.969.2522.

SIGN LANGUAGE FOR ADULTS      1:30-3PM

Cindy Ashcraft teaches Signed English to parents and other interested adults. Meets every second and fourth Sunday. COST: $5 per class.
Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 480.472.6203.

BRAVO SHAKESPEARE! ACTORS TALK ABOUT SHAKESPEARE      7PM

Mary Z. Maher, Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona and teacher of award-winning courses on Shakespeare in performance in the US and abroad, will relate tales from veteran performers who have a thirst for Shakespeare from her book, Actors Talk About Shakespeare. She will discuss the actor’s process in preparing to perform Shakespeare and refer to personal interviews with Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Stacy Keach, and other hallmark classical actors. Her work speaks to theater patrons, novice and experienced actors, and to educators. More info: www.ActorsTalkingAboutShakespeare.com.

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      6PM

“Getting Involved 101.” Volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

MICHAEL MONTLACK: MY DIVA: 65 GAY MEN ON THE WOMEN WHO INSPIRE THEM      7PM

Editor Michael Montlack discusses and signs My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, an anthology, according to the Village
Voice, of “deeply personal, campy, and insightful essays that illuminate the eternal bond between gay men and their fabulous diva icons.” My Diva
offers both depth and glamour as it explores diva worship and pays tribute with joy, intelligence, and fierce love. The book was inspired by Montlack’s love
for Stevie Nicks. And anyone -- straight or gay, young or old, male or female -- whoever needed a muse or found one will see their own longing mirrored here
as well. The Wildflower Bread Company will provide refreshements.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

The store is open 10am-5pm.

 

New Year's Day 15th Annual

25% Off** Sale

Noon to 9pm

If you didn’t get what you wanted for the holidays -- and who ever does? -- visit our annual New Year’s Day sale when virtually everything* in the store is 25% off!**

*Excludes website, e-mail and special orders, reserved books, lay-aways and gift certificates.

**With this generous discount, we must suspend Readers’ Club stamps for the day.

Free treats for everyone!

KIDS
EVENT -
COSTUME STORYTIME: PETER RABBIT      11AM-NOON

We’ll read classic Beatrix Potter stories, share some treats, and visit with Peter Rabbit himself for photos and fun.

 

What happens when your imaginary friend becomes your enemy? Find out when New York Times best-selling author Brandon Mull (Fablehaven) visits with new picture book, Pingo. Like many kids his age, Chad has an imaginary pal. Chad and Pingo would fight ninjas, brew magical potions, and float in zero gravity. Each day was a fun-filled adventure -- until Chad decided he was too old to have an imaginary friend. But Pingo wasn’t ready to leave. Can this once inseparable duo ever be friends again?

 

KIDS EVENT - CLUB READ: ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS      2-3PM

Great books, special events, prize giveaways, interactive contests, tasty treats, author visits and other fun stuff -- it’s all part of our new Club Read program for kids, and you’re invited. Join today and start earning points redeemable for some great prizes! This month, we’re talking about Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, who recently won the Newbery Award for The Graveyard Book. We’ll have games, pizza, and prizes -- and if you’re lucky, you’ll be one of the few to receive an extra special surprise!

 

CLUB READ BADGE-HOLDERS: Get 3 bonus points for attending, and 1 point when you purchase Odd and the Frost Giants at Changing Hands. Don’t have a free Club Read badge? Ask a bookseller how to get one!

PLEASE NOTE: The author will not be in attendance!

INSIGHTS      5:30-8:30PM

Tarot reader James R. Betz offers advice on life, relationships, and career choices. COST: $20 for 15 minutes.
Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info: 602.840.2222.

HANDS-ON GREATER PHOENIX      11AM

“Getting Involved 101” volunteer opportunities. More info: 602.973.2212 x237.

FRENCH CONVERSATION FOR BEGINNERS      1:30-2:30PM

More info: aaron@letutor.com.

SPANISH CONVERSATION      3-5:45PM

Beginners: 3-4:15pm. Intermediate: 4:30-5:45pm. COST: $5 per class. Registration and
pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info:
martha@languagesynergy.com.

THE ART OF MEDITATION, THE PATH TO PEACE      7PM

Meditation teacher Kadam Michelle Gauthier of Clear Light Buddhist Center visits to discuss Transform
Your Life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which offers clear, simple advice for improving your relationships and
finding meaning. She also discusses the CD Meditations for Relaxation -- three guided meditations to
help relax body and mind. Kadam Michelle is a senior meditation teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition, who
has been studying and practicing Buddhist meditation for fifteen years under the guidance of the venerable
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

 

University of Utah writing professor Maximilian Werner visits with Black River Dreams, his collection of literary fly fishing essays that explores the intersection between past and present, spirit and body, water and land, ghosts and dreams. Werner is the winner of the 2008 Utah Arts Council's Original Writing Award for Nonfiction. Also tonight, Margaret Erhart, a river and hiking guide in the Grand Canyon, presents her novel, The Butterflies of the Grand Canyon. When Jane Merkle arrives in the tiny town of Flagstaff with her much older husband on a summer day in 1951, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. But over a summer spent with her sister-in-law, Dotty, and Dotty’s lepidopterist husband in a village perched on the rim of the Grand Canyon, Jane discovers her ability with a butterfly net and her attraction to a handsome young ranger. Meanwhile, an unidentified skeleton is found on the premises of one of the village’s most cantankerous citizens. With the help -- and hindrance -- of a colorful cast of historical characters, the murder mystery that has haunted the town for years is solved. Erhart, a teacher of creative writing on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, has published essays in the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor, and her commentaries have appeared on National Public Radio.

 

KIDS
EVENT:
STORYTIME      10:15AM

Kids Storytime

The Lost Boys of Sudan were orphaned when government troops attacked villages in southern Sudan killing many of the inhabitants.  The younger boys survived in large numbers because they were away tending herds or were able to escape into the nearby jungles.

Orphaned and with no support, the boys made epic journeys lasting years across the borders to international relief camps in Ethiopia and Kenya evading thirst, starvation, wild animals, insects, disease, and one of the most bloody wars of the 20th century.

The United Stated accepted 3,800 refuges for immigration and many settled in Arizona.  Birth dates are not traditionally recorded in Southern Sudan, so many of the Lost Boys were given the birth date of January 1 when aid workers interviewed them in the 1990s.

Since 2005, Changing Hands has celebrated the Lost Boys with an annual Birthday Celebration.  Yearly, our communities come together to discuss current events, happenings in the boys' lives and enjoy birthday treats. 

 The AZ Lost Boys will be on hand with their ceramic cows.  The Lost Boys make cows out of clay then fire and glaze them to make a beautiful sculptures. All of the profits from the Cow Project go into a scholarship fund that is distributed directly to the Arizona Lost Boys and Girls every school semester.

 

FRIDAY NIGHT POETRY      7PM

Open reading.

FAMILY EVENT - COOKING STORYTIME      11AM-NOON

Cynthia Giroux from Storybook Kitchen reads There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! by
Lucille Colandro, and shows kids how to make some yummy winter treats.

 

Are you ready to publish in the new year? Are you ready finally to promote that book? Penny Sansevieri, author of Red Hot Internet Publicity and CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., joins Grael Norton of Wheatmark, Inc., to share the insider’s information you need to become a published author, including how to decide which method of publishing is right for you: traditional publishing, self-publishing, co-publishing, and more. The pair will also look at the hottest new way to promote your book -- online -- and unravel the confusion behind Twitter and Facebook. COST: $35. Registration and prepayment required at 480.730.0205. Get the scoop on publishing and marketing! Listen to The Publishing Insiders on BlogtalkRadio.com.

 

 

Changing Hands Bookstore and Hoodlums Music and Movies present YAllapalooza 2010, a literary musical extravaganza featuring live bands, pizza, games, prizes, and a chance to mix and mingle with your favorite YA authors and get books signed! We’ll have a live game show that tests contestants’ knowledge of young adult and middle grade literature with games GUARANTEED to amaze and amuse. Los Angeles authors include Cecil Castellucci, Carol Snow, Blake Nelson, Andrew Smith, Mark London Williams, and Amy Goldman Koss. Arizona authors include Janette Rallison, James A. Owen, Angela Morrison, Janni Lee Simner, Tom Leveen, Tony Carrillo, Aprilynne Pike, and Jon Lewis. Bands to be announced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAROT READINGS      5:30-8:30PM

Your Best Path Revealed. Combining both palm and tarot, Paige Sullivan offers detailed, empowering readings
on all subjects. COST: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205.
More info: 480.430.9020.

SIGN LANGUAGE FOR ADULTS      1:30-3PM
Cindy Ashcraft teaches Signed English to parents and other interested adults. Meets every second and fourth
Sunday. COST: $5 per class. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205. More info:
480.472.6203.

WORKSHOP: CHANTING AND DEEP RELAXATION      2-3:30PM

Chanting is a road to relaxing the body and soul, a way to a peaceful inner self. Sound artist and chanter Pinna Joseph presents an afternoon of attention to the breath, deep listening, exploring the voice as an instrument, vocal meditation (connecting with the sound between the sounds), and call-and-response chanting from many world cultures. No previous singing experience necessary. COST: $20. Registration and pre-payment required at 480.730.0205.

POETRY ROUNDTABLE      7PM

Workshop one of your original poems once a month with a group of peers. More info:
jedesign2004@yahoo.com.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an offsite event at the Dobson High School auditorium, 1501 W Guadalupe Rd, Mesa, AZ 85202-7599.

ADMISSION TICKETS are free with purchase of 2009 NY Times Notable Book of the Year, Half Broke Horses, from Changing Hands Bookstore. First editions are still available. The admission ticket is also the book signing ticket. Each admission ticket is good for two seats.

Doors open at 6:30pm. The booksigning follows the presentation. Signing group letters will be called alphabetically to form the booksigning line.

CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE EVENT? If you’d like an autographed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we’ll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you.

Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle was “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. “Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony, alone, to get to her job. She learned to drive a car (“I loved cars even more than I loved horses. They didn’t need to be fed if they weren’t working, and they didn't leave big piles of manure all over the place.”) and fly a plane. With her husband, Jim, she ran a vast ranch in Arizona and raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette’s memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds -- against women, Native Americans, and anyone else who didn’t fit the mold. Rosemary Smith Walls always told Jeannette that she was like her grandmother, and in this true-life novel, Walls channels that kindred spirit.