PREMIER EVENT: MARGARET ATWOOD

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PREMIER EVENT: Margaret Atwood

Monday, October 12, 7:30pm

The Heart Goes Last

Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City

Tickets are available at Kepler's and online at Fox Theatre Box Office

Join us for an exclusive Bay Area event with brilliant novelist Margaret Atwood to celebrate the publication of her new novel, The Heart Goes Last.  
 
Visionary as always, Atwood imagines a setting that isn't as implausible as we'd like it to be, one that will resonate particularly strongly with residents of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. 
 
Stan and Charmaine, a recently unemployed married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse, are living in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates in the Positron prison system. Once their month of service in the prison is completed, they can return to their "civilian" homes.  Hardly a sacrifice in order to have a roof over one's head and food to eat. 
 
But this is Margaret Atwood we're talking about here...
 
A series of troubling events unfolds, putting Stan's life in danger. And with each passing day, Positron looks less like a prayer answered and more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled.
 
As Margaret Atwood's ONLY Bay Area appearance, tickets will go quickly - stay tuned for more info!
 
Margaret Atwood's writing has been published in thirty-five countries and she is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid's Tale, her novels include Cat's Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood; and her most recent, MaddAddam. She is also the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award.
Event date: 
Monday, October 12, 2015 - 7:30pm
Event address: 
Fox Theatre
2215 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385490818
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - March 16th, 1998

Oryx and Crake (The MaddAddam Trilogy #1) By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385721677
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - March 30th, 2004

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths) By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
Not available
ISBN: 9781841957982
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Canongate Us - September 14th, 2006

Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780804173506
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - June 23rd, 2015

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MaddAddam (The MaddAddam Trilogy #3) By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$18.00
Not available
ISBN: 9780307455482
Published: Anchor - August 12th, 2014

The Year of the Flood (The MaddAddam Trilogy #2) By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307455475
Availability: Backordered
Published: Anchor - July 27th, 2010

The Blind Assassin: A Novel By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780385720953
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - August 28th, 2001

Alias Grace: A Novel By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385490443
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Vintage - October 13th, 1997

The Edible Woman By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780385491068
Availability: Usually Arrives at Kepler's in 3-14 Days
Published: Anchor - March 16th, 1998

Cat's Eye By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780385491020
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - January 20th, 1998

MADDADDAM TRILOGY BOX: Oryx & Crake; The Year of the Flood; Maddaddam (The MaddAddam Trilogy) By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$50.90
ISBN: 9780804172318
Availability: Usually Arrives at Kepler's in 3-14 Days
Published: Anchor - August 12th, 2014

The Robber Bride By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780385491037
Availability: In Stock at Kepler's Now
Published: Anchor - January 20th, 1998

Bodily Harm By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$15.95
Not available
ISBN: 9780385491075
Published: Anchor - April 13th, 1998

Moral Disorder and Other Stories By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385721646
Availability: Usually Arrives at Kepler's in 3-14 Days
Published: Anchor - February 12th, 2008

Wilderness Tips By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780385491112
Availability: Usually Arrives at Kepler's in 3-14 Days
Published: Anchor - March 16th, 1998

Life Before Man By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$15.95
Not available
ISBN: 9780385491105
Published: Anchor - April 13th, 1998

The Circle Game (List) By Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Buffam (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Buffam (Introduction by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781770892781
Availability: Usually Arrives at Kepler's in 3-14 Days
Published: A List - October 13th, 2012

Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781400032600
Availability: Backordered
Published: Anchor - September 9th, 2003

Lady Oracle By Margaret Atwood Cover Image
$18.00
Not available
ISBN: 9780385491082
Published: Anchor - April 13th, 1998