Ann Patchett to launch paperback release of State of Wonder at Princeton Barnes & Noble June 1 at 7

May 22, 2012 - PRLog -- Princeton, NJ – Bestselling and award winning author Ann Patchett will discuss and sign her latest novel, State of Wonder, for its paperback release on Friday, June 1 at 7pm at the Barnes & Noble, 3535 US Route 1 South in the MarketFair Mall, Princeton, NJ.  Seating begins at 6:00 pm and is on a first-come/first seated basis.  Priority seating with book purchase at Barnes & Noble or with receipt from www.bn.com

“We are honored to be featuring Ann Patchett’s paperback debut of STATE OF WONDER,” Barnes & Noble Community Relations Manager Debra Lampert-Rudman said recently. “The discussion should be lively and quite interesting in light of recent reviews citing this as a ‘career-defining’ book for Ms. Patchett.”

With STATE OF WONDER, Ann Patchett takes readers to the lush, alluring Amazonian rain forest. The story of one woman’s journey into a modern heart of darkness, STATE OF WONDER measures the bounds of friendship and explores both deeply personal and winder ethical questions about the choices we make in our lives.

For more information on this event, or for a schedule of upcoming events, call: 609-716-1570 or email: crm2646@bn.com.  All events are free and open to the public.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ANN PATCHETT is the author of five novels, the New York Times bestselling Run, The Patron Saint of Liars, which was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, and Bel Canto which won the Pen/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the BookSense Book of the Year, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.  She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.