Events

returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to read from her new novel, Late in the Day.

"Perceptive, finely wrought....Hadley is a writer of the first order, and this novel gives her the opportunity to explore, with profound incisiveness and depth, the inevitable changes inherent to long-lasting marriages."-- Publishers Weekly

To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Late in the Day by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website.

reading from her new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater, "a thrilling hybrid of a novel about the intricacies of family life and the inevitable handing down from one generation to the next of our deepest passions and pathologies. . . . both marvelously inventive and deeply humane."--Ann Packer

To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Hungry Ghost Theater by speaking to a bookseller.

presents What your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life.

"Short enough for a busy parent to actually read and use; utterly reliable and authoritative but never pedantic; wise, kind, and teeming with the chirping voices of children who have ADHD; this cornucopia of a book will feed you over and over again. Wonderfully written, infused with positive energy and solid information. All parents of children who have ADHD should buy it."--Edward Hallowell, MD, bestselling author of Delivered from Distraction

To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by speaking with a bookseller or ordering from our website.

In conversation on Women, Rituals, Ecology in India.

discussing her new novel On the Come Up, an ode to hip hop. The ticketed event is co-sponsored by Oakland Unified School District Library Services and Mrs. Dalloway’s. Tickets and further information available through Eventbrite. Your $25 purchase includes a ticket and a copy of On the Come Up, available for pickup at the event.

Donations: In an effort to support Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) students, we are prioritizing books and attendance for those students. For funders and the general public who are able to give, a donation of $25 will sponsor a book and ticket for a young person who would otherwise be unable to purchase a book and attend. As a thank you, each person that sponsors an OUSD student to attend the event will receive a FREE copy of MK Asante's award-winning memoir, Buck. Further details on our Eventbrite page.

returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to present Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love.

"Identity is frail business, and in her searing story, Dani Shapiro makes the most disquieting discovery: that everything, from her lineage, to her father, down to her very own sense of self is an astounding error. How do we live with ourselves after finding we are not who we thought we were? The answer is not disquieting. It is beautiful."--Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name

To reserve your seat, purchase a copy of Inheritance by speaking with a bookseller or ordering from our website.

reads from Daughter of Moloka'i, the highly anticipated sequel to his bestselling Moloka'i.

"Alan Brennert excels at uncovering the intersection of the big movements of history with the personal stories of ordinary people. He writes with compassion and beauty about both the history of Hawai'i and of the human heart."--Tatjana Soli, author of the The Lotus Eaters

reads from her new book of poems A Piece of Good News.

returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, Good Riddance, in which one woman's trash becomes another woman's treasure, with deliriously entertaining results. A pitch-perfect, whip-smart new novel from an "enchanting, infinitely witty yet serious, exceptionally intelligent, wholly original, and Austen-like stylist" (Washington Post).