KING LIBRARY

This series offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialog with celebrated Florida authors. Each program features a presentation by the author, a Q&A, and a book signing. Reservations required • Live virtual option available ■ View recordings at fourarts.org The Four Arts app ■ fourarts.org ■ kinglibrary@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-2766

Kristin Harmel

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Interviewed by Hindel Levitin

Join New York Times best-selling author Kristin Harmel (The Book of Lost Names) as she discusses her latest novel in an interview with Hindel Levitin, program director of The Chabad House in Palm Beach. The Forest of Vanishing Stars is an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis — until a secret from her past threatens everything.

Elizabeth Brundage

The Vanishing Point

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Two photography students become roommates and befriend a beautiful classmate — a woman neither can possess and only one can love. When their paths all cross again 20 years later, each will question the very foundations of life. In this eerie and evocative novel, Elizabeth Brundage establishes herself as one of the premiere authors of literary fiction at work today. Brundage is the author of four previous novels, including All Things Cease to Appear, which was the basis for the Netflix film Things Heard and Seen.

*NEW PROGRAM*

Robert Macomber

Code of Honor

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Robert Macomber is a former Department of Defense consultant named “2020 Florida Writer of the Year” by the FL Writers Association. An accomplished seaman and internationally acclaimed lecturer, Macomber tantalizes audiences with factual historic lore and literary tales and is best known for his novels in the “Honor Series.” The popular maritime thrillers follow fictional American naval officer Peter Wake who serves in America’s first espionage agency from the Civil War to 1908. The novels illuminate the U.S. Navy’s critical role in the expansion of America from a continental country to a global power. Code of Honor follows Rear Admiral Wake’s intelligence efforts during the Russo-Japanese War.

Florida Voices is generously supported by the Fred J. Brotherton Endowment for Literature, established at The Four Arts by the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. Fred Brotherton, who died in 2003, was for many years a Benefactor of The Four Arts and a strong supporter of its programs. Florida Voices, featuring the state that was Mr. Brotherton’s winter home, serves as a continuing memorial to this much-respected member of The Four Arts. 22 Spring 2022 Folio

This book discussion group explores new titles and modern works of fiction. Reservations required • Live virtual option available ■ View recordings at fourarts.org The Four Arts app ■ fourarts.org ■ kinglibrary@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-2766

Writers & Lovers

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Author: Lily King Facilitator: Rita Vetterlein

Casey, a smart and vulnerable protagonist, is in the last days of a long youth when every element of her life comes to a crisis. Written with humor, heart, and intelligence, this transfixing novel explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another.

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Author: Fiona Davis Facilitator: Carole Pichney

In 1913, valuable books are stolen from the New York Public Library, forcing journalist Laura Lyons to confront her shifting priorities. Eighty years later, Laura’s granddaughter Sadie is curator when rare books begin disappearing from the library, leading her to unwelcome truths about her own family heritage.

TALK OF KINGS

Delve into some of the most intriguing and captivating tales in history and culture. Reservations required • Live virtual option available ■ View recordings at fourarts.org The Four Arts app ■ fourarts.org ■ kinglibrary@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-2766

The Castle on Sunset

Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Author: Shawn Levy • Facilitator: Billy David

For nearly 90 years, Hollywood’s brightest stars have favored the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. The apartment house-turned-hotel has hosted generations of gossip and folklore. Vivid, salacious, and richly informed, this tribute to Hollywood recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons; the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns; and the births and deaths to which the Chateau has been a party.

ADULT PROGRAMS

COLOR, CREATE, CRAFT

Select Fridays from 2-4 p.m. Reservations required for each session Costume Jewelry: March 4, 11, 18, 25 Book Crafts: April 1, 8, 22, 29

TECH TUTOR

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Join us for fascinating book discussions that will keep you entertained through the long summer day Reservations are required and begin April 4 ■ Live virtual option ■ View recordings at fourarts.org The Four Arts app ■ fourarts.org ■ kinglibrary@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-2766

The Personal Librarian

Wed., May 11, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Authors: Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray Facilitator: Dr. Rachel Schipper

Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library. She becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs.

You Don’t Belong Here

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War Tue., May 17, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Author: Elizabeth Becker Facilitator: Billy David

Australian Kate Webb, France’s Catherine Leroy, and American Frances FitzGerald arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences to report on the story of the decade. They challenged the rules imposed by the military, ignored the belittlement of their male peers, and ultimately altered the craft of war reportage for generations.

The Churchill Sisters

The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine’s Daughters Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Author: Rachel Trethewey ■ Facilitator: Dr. Richard D’Elia

Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls ― Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary ― would have shone. But they were Churchills, and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father ― ‘the greatest Englishman’ ― to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives, this biography tells the complex story of Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters, bringing them out of the shadows.

The Reading List

Wed., July 13, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Author: Sara Nisha Adams Facilitator: Mary Calhoun

This novel is an unforgettable, heart-warming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between a widower and an anxious teenager working in a local library in a London suburb. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.

All of the Marvels

A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told Tue., July 19, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Author: Douglas Wolk Facilitator: Matthew Kiernan

Take an exciting journey through the Marvel comic-book narrative. The storylines become a funhouse-mirror history of the past 60 years, from the atomic night terrors of the Cold War to the technocracy and political division of the present day — a boisterous, tragicomic epic about power and ethics, set in a world transformed by wonders.