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Start: 11:30 am
Monday, March 15, 11:30 a.m.
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime BUY NOW
National Semiconductor - Bldg. E, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara
Go behind the scenes of the historic 2008 election and learn more about the riveting book that even Stephen Colbert just can't put down. Political journalists Halperin and Heilemann, discuss in extensive detail the momentous rise of Barack Obama, shocking fall of Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House, and the national phenomenon around John McCain choosing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
From hundreds of interviews with people working inside the '08 campaigns, learn more about the Obama campaign machine, how McCain staffers truly felt about Sarah Palin, and how Hillary Clinton was wooed as secretary of state. Since its debut, Game Change has been one of the most talked about books of the year - skyrocketing to #1 on The New York Times bestsellers list.
Mark Halperin Editor-at-large and Senior Political Analyst, Time
John Heilemann National Political Correspondent & Columnist, New York magazine
For reservations call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=1693
Start: 7:30 pm
Monday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
So Much for That: A Novel BUY NOW
From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Post-Birthday World comes a searing, deeply humane new novel about the tragic costs of the American healthcare system.
Shep Knacker discovered long ago that the same money that lasts one year in Westchester lasts 10 in the Developing World. That lesson has guided him towards fulfilling the dream of moving. Yet instead of Tanzania, Shep is stuck in New York, thanks to the foot-dragging of his wife, Glynis. With no exit date in sight, the 48-year-old Shep reluctantly returns to the company he founded as an employee. Angry and humiliated, he gives Glynis an ultimatum: he’s leaving for Tanzania, with or without her.
Glynis, too, has news: she has cancer. Shep cannot abandon her now; in addition to his love and support, she needs his health insurance. But this “health insurance company from hell” only partially covers the staggering bills, and suddenly this once well-off family is hurtling toward bankruptcy.
So Much for That takes a hard look at America’s healthcare “system,” and poses the disturbing moral question that affects more of us each day: How much is one life worth?
Photo Credit: Suki Dhanda
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