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An Afternoon with Author Sara Goodman Confino - In-person

2025-05-04 13:00:00 2025-05-04 14:30:00 America/New_York An Afternoon with Author Sara Goodman Confino - In-person Join us for an afternoon with Sara Goodman Confino, bestselling author of "Behind Every Good Man" and 3 other novels! Olney Library -

Sunday, May 04
1:00pm - 2:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-04 13:00:00 2025-05-04 14:30:00 America/New_York An Afternoon with Author Sara Goodman Confino - In-person Join us for an afternoon with Sara Goodman Confino, bestselling author of "Behind Every Good Man" and 3 other novels! Olney Library -

Join us for an afternoon with Sara Goodman Confino, bestselling author of "Behind Every Good Man" and 3 other novels!

Sara Goodman Confino is the bestselling author of humorous and heartfelt women’s fiction.
“Behind Every Good Man is the most satisfying story of personal reinvention imaginable. I absolutely loved it!” ―Annabel Monaghan, USA Today bestselling author of Summer Romance

Join Olney Library for an exciting program with author Sara Goodman Confino, who lives in our community! Ms. Confino published her first book, For the Love of Friends, in August 2002, and hasn't stopped writing since. She's Up to No Good was published in 2022, followed by Don't Forget to Write (2023) and Behind Every Good Man (2024). Each of her books has received a 4+ rating on Goodreads (average number of ratings: 36K). Behind Every Good Man was selected as a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction (2024). How did she do it?

Ms. Confino, who wanted to be a writer ever since her uncle sent her a typewriter at age 8, is an English and journalism teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools and is currently on leave to pursue her writing career. She'll talk about how she got started, her writing craft/process, and how she draws on her family for inspiration, such as in Behind Every Good Man, which takes place in Montgomery County in the 1960s. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two young sons, relaxing on the beach, and dancing with Bruce Springsteen. Hope you can join us!

Q&A and light refreshments to follow. Copies of her books will be available for purchase/signing. 
In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.

NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BUT SEATING IS LIMITED.

Learn more about Confino from her Bethesda Magazine profile (Ashlyn Campbell; Aug 1 2024).

Want to take a deeper dive in to Don't Forget to Write, Confino's 2023 book, with other like-minded readers? Register to join Olney's Jewish Book Discussion Group, meeting virtually on Tuesday, May 20, from 3-4:30pm. You'll receive an email with the zoom link closer to the date.

Learn more about Sara Goodman Confino by visiting her website and Instagram.

Sponsored by Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, MD, Inc.

Questions about this program? Contact the Olney branch at 240-773-9545.

Take a look at MCPL's online resources. Don't have a card right now?  No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

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People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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