Adam Langer
Posted November 3, 2009
Please join us this Thursday, November 5th at 6pm at the Harold Washington Library Center for a reading and book signing with native Chicagoan and author Adam Langer. He will be reading from his new book, My Father's Bonus March, which Library Journal noted is a "sweet autobiographical tale about a writer at midlife trying to understand his late father, a radiologist (and lifelong Chicagoan) who aspired to write about a key historical event in his early life: the Depression-era bonus march on Washington, DC, by veterans of World War I."
We'd also highly recommend Langer's debut novel, Crossing California. The bitingly funny novel is set in West Rogers Park in the late 70s and explores California Avenue's divide with more well-to-do Jewish families on the west side of the street and the middle class residing on the east. Langer's engaging follow-up, The Washington Story, is a sequel to Crossing California; the title refers to the late mayor Harold Washington. Langer is also the author of Ellington Boulevard, set in Manhattan. Don't miss the chance to hear this acclaimed Chicago author read in his hometown.
Please join us this Thursday, November 5th at 6pm at the Harold Washington Library Center for a reading and book signing with native Chicagoan and author Adam Langer. He will be reading from his new book, My Father's Bonus March, which Library Journal noted is a "sweet autobiographical tale about a writer at midlife trying to understand his late father, a radiologist (and lifelong Chicagoan) who aspired to write about a key historical event in his early life: the Depression-era bonus march on Washington, DC, by veterans of World War I."We'd also highly recommend Langer's debut novel, Crossing California. The bitingly funny novel is set in West Rogers Park in the late 70s and explores California Avenue's divide with more well-to-do Jewish families on the west side of the street and the middle class residing on the east. Langer's engaging follow-up, The Washington Story, is a sequel to Crossing California; the title refers to the late mayor Harold Washington. Langer is also the author of Ellington Boulevard, set in Manhattan. Don't miss the chance to hear this acclaimed Chicago author read in his hometown.
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