Sally Horrigan

Brazos Book of the Month July 2010

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

The Imperfectionists is about the quirky, maddening, endearing people who write and read an international newspaper based in Rome: from the obituary reporter who will do anything to avoid work, to the young freelancer who is manipulated by an egocentric war correspondent, to the dog-obsessed publisher who seems less interested in his struggling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer.

For its staff, the true front-page stories are their own private lives. As this imperfect bunch stumbles along, the era of high terror and high tech bears down, the characters collide, and the novel hurtles toward its climax…

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Sally Horrigan

Start: February 27, 2010 - 4:00pm

End: February 27, 2010 - 6:00pm

7th Grade Wit from the Science Classroom

Please join us for a reception, reading and signing with Houston teacher Sally Horrigan, who will regale us with hilarious anecdotes, actual test answers, and quotes from her seventh grade science classroom. In Chapter 1, "Birds and the Bees... and Genes," random comments from students include, "I still can't get over the fact that I can make a baby by just having sex," and "Abstaining from sex is a good idea because boys have big mouths." In Chapter 2, "Creative Answers to Questions on Tests and Quizzes," students define their vocabulary words thus: "Metabolism is just like the worker. It goes through a process to get to what it needs to get to. DNA is just like a batter. It makes the cookie into something better." This charming collection features illustrations by Sally Horrigan.

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Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet St
Houston, Texas 77005-1451

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