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Author Tatjana Soli to speak at Solana Beach Library’s April Friends Night Out

Apr.11.2013

Join the Solana Beach Library’s Friends Night Out on Tuesday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m.in Warren Hall as they welcome back novelist and short story writer Tatjana Soli. She will discuss her new book, “The Forgetting Tree,” a New York Times Notable Book of 2012. Soli is also the author of “The Lotus Eaters,” a New York Times Notable book of 2010.

Her new novel weaves the story of two women, from different cultural backgrounds, on a remote citrus farm in Southern California. It demonstrates how their two cultures collide resulting in dramatic consequences. The New York Times Book Review called this novel “daring and haunting.”

Copies of the book are available at the Solana Beach Library’s “Hot Right Now” Section and through the San Diego County Library system.

This is a free event open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Friends Night Out is sponsored by the Friends of the Solana Beach Library.

Tatjana's Latest Blogs

Jul.02.2012 - 2:09 pm
The Forgetting Tree
So happy to have The Forgetting Tree included on The Millions Most Anticipated list for the second half of 2012. Lots of great books mentioned that will be on my TBR list. http://...
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Apr.25.2012 - 8:02 pm
The Forgetting Tree
Gearing up for the release of The Forgetting Tree this September. The new website is up, and I'm very pleased. My publisher gave me a beautiful cover so it was easy to just echo...
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Apr.02.2012 - 4:08 pm
Housekeeping
  To continue my post for bookclubs about what writers read. I came across a great article written by Stewart O'Nan in the Oct/Nov 1999 issue of the Boston Review (http://...
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Mar.22.2012 - 3:13 pm
The Things They Carried
I attend many book clubs to talk about The Lotus Eaters, and I have been asked over and over by members to recommend my favorite books. Those of us who aren't English majors have...
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Comments from Tatjana

Feb.29.2012 - 12:43 am
In response to: Amelia Island Book Festival
Hi Annette, It is a wonderful place. I hope to go back and stay longer next time. Tatjana
Jul.08.2011 - 4:24 pm
In response to: Reading Moby Dick
Hi Margo, You are so right. Last summer I visited Wharton's estate in the Berkshires, and I'm ready to reread House of...
Apr.26.2011 - 3:07 pm
In response to: NANCY PEARL'S TOP 20 BOOKS NOT TO MISS
She is the uber-librarian! Writers and readers are lucky to have her.
Jan.17.2011 - 7:36 pm
In response to: New York Times Bestseller List!!!!
it's an absolute thrill to reach more readers with your work.
Sep.11.2010 - 12:52 am
In response to: Lotus Eaters Picked for National Reading Group Month
Hi Christine, I appreciate the kind words, and I know what you mean about no reading time — I'm starting to look...

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Published Reviews

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Jan.23.2011
Published by The Independent, UK
Harper Press £7.99 The Lotus Eaters, By Tatjana Soli Moral ambiguity brought into sharper focus Reviewed by David Evans Sunday, 23 January 2011 Tatjana Soli's debut novel begins...