SPECIAL MEET-THE-AUTHOR EVENT!
Author Delia Ephron will be joining us live via Zoom at this special book club event! We will discuss this book, but also have an opportunity to ask the author about anything and everything related to her writing, her life, and more!
We will start at 6 PM, which is 30 minutes earlier than usual
Free event!
Hosted by Tempe resident bibliophile Tracy Sobers
The Book: Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life (2022), by Delia Ephron. 304 pages
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life is a memoir written by American screenwriter, film poducer and novelist Delia Ephron.
Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. Several months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life—she shut down his landline, which crashed her internet. She ended up in Verizon hell.
She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before, set up by Nora. Delia did not remember him, but after several weeks of exchanging emails and sixties folk songs, he flew east to see her. They were crazy, utterly, in love.
What to Bring? You do not need to bring anything. Simply read the book OR listen to the audio book before attending the meeting. It can be useful if you bring your physical or digital copy of the book.
Who? This is a fun book club event that men and women from the neighborhood potluck list are invited to, along with everybody else who is interested.
Fun Book Club: This will be the 36th monthly meeting of this book club. We had so much fun at the all of the meetings so far, with wonderful, fascinating discussions with great neighbors and new friends. If you like books or interesting discussions... or simply want to have fun meeting new people, I highly recommend RSVP-ing for this event.
Delia Ephron screenplays
How to Eat Like a Child (TV special, 1981)
Brenda Starr (1989)
This Is My Life (1992)
Mixed Nuts (1994)
Michael (1996)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Hanging Up (2000)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Bewitched (2005)
Delia Ephron producer
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Hanging Up (2000)
Delia Ephron books
Ephron in New York (2013)
My Life and Nobody Else's
Santa and Alex
How to Eat Like a Child (1979)
The Girl Who Changed the World
Teenage Romance: Or, How to Die of Embarrassment (1981)
Funny Sauce (1986)
Do I Have to Say Hello?: Aunt Delia's Manners Quiz for Kids/Grownups (1991)
Hanging Up (1995)
Big City Eyes (2000)
Frannie in Pieces (2007)
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair (2010)
The Lion Is In (2012)
Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc (2013)
Siracusa (2016)
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life (2022)