Fictional Time Machine Book Group: Current Selection
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Book Summary
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
Author Bio
V.E. Schwab
Schwab holds an undergraduate degree in book design and a masters in depictions of monstrosity in medieval art. She also hosts a podcast called No Write Way, and enjoys running, cycling, and swimming. She has written more than 25 books, and enjoys making her readers doubt their reality.
Other works include:
Gallant, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, The Dark Vault, City of Ghosts
V.E. Schwab discusses The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue at the Barnes and Noble at Union Square, New York City.
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This Month's Selection
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, written by V.E. Schwab
Published by Tor Books, October 6, 2020
448 pages
Book Reviews
“Schwab’s writing is warm and intense, and the passages set in the past often make you feel as if you’re reading by candlelight...The book is an elegant comment on the erasure of women from recorded history, but not a pointed one; you never feel that Addie LaRue is a metaphor. She is a woman fighting literally to be seen while bearing witness to her own life, and I rooted for her throughout.”
—New York Times Book Review
“One of the most propulsive, compulsive and captivating novels in recent memory.”
—Washington Post
"Rich and satisfying."
—Kirkus (starred review)
“Schwab beautifully explores what it means to be alone for so long that it's jarring and terrifying once you are finally seen...Addie is an independent and fascinating character who manages to make her mark in spite of the odds.”
—USA Today