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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Author Talk: Marriage and Other Monuments by Virginia Pye
DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER to Wed\, March 25\, 7pm\n\nAuthor Talk
 : Marriage and Other Monuments by Virginia Pye\nJoin local award-winning a
 uthor Virginia Pye in a reading of her new novel: Marriage and Other Monum
 ents\, releasing on February 10\, 2026.\nAn ode to the city of Richmond\, 
 Virginia\, her family’s home for many years\, the novel is set during th
 e summer of 2020\, already a pivotal time in American history. As social j
 ustice protests and the removal of Confederate monuments rock Richmond\, t
 he marriages of two estranged sisters implode\, eventually bringing them c
 loser\, while their husbands conspire in a racial reckoning their ancestor
 s would never have dreamed of. The story was also inspired by what it take
 s to have a successful multi-decade marriage\, like the author’s own\, w
 hich she says has been built on a foundation of compromise that encourages
  evolution\, both individually and as a couple.\nCopies of the book will b
 e for sale by Trident Booksellers.\nEarly Praise!\n“Marriage and Other M
 onuments is a riveting contemporary narrative that intertwines suspensefu
 l family drama\, powerful themes of social justice\, and a plot ripped sou
 lfully from the headlines. Pye tells a story of race\, marriage\, and poli
 tics ideal for book club discussions and sure to satisfy readers of every 
 stripe.” —Bruce Holsinger\, Culpability\, Oprah Book Club pick\n”Th
 e personal is political in this smart\, engaging novel as the sisters‘ m
 arriages become entangled with new allegiances and both couples are forced
  to examine what truly matters for all time.“ —Alice Elliott Dark\, Fe
 llowship Point\n“Superb. With startling command of craft\, Virginia Pye 
 delivers a novel in which small triumphs of art and in life become the abi
 ding monuments\, as love\, and the failures of love\, eclipse politics.“
  —Alice Randall\, Black Bottom Saints and The Wind Done Gone\nPlease att
 end\, register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-with-virginia-
 pye-on-marriage-and-other-monuments-tickets-1981248401302?aff=oddtdtcreato
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