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Author Event - Christopher Castellani and Lisa Borders

Christopher Castellani is the author of "The Saint of Lost Things" and "A Kiss From Maddalena". In his latest novel, "All This Talk of Love", it's been 50 years since Antonio Grasso married Maddalena and brought her to America from her small Italian village and her family. Now, with children and grandchildren, she sees no need to open the door for the past spill out. But her daughter hatches the idea to take the entire family back to Italy--hoping to reunite Maddalena with her family.

Lisa Borders is the author of "The Fifty-First State", a novel of grief and renewal, set in "Deep South" Jersey. In the story, Hallie and Josh Corson share a father but little else—until a grisly highway accident leaves them both without parents. Forced to leave her New York City life as an aspiring photographer and return to the rural southern New Jersey town where she and Josh grew up, Hallie soon finds herself managing not only her family’s insolvent tomato farm, but also, Josh’s transition to adulthood. 

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