Bohjalian’s ‘The Guest Room’ to Be Released in January

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Award-winning author Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel, The Guest Room, a book that touches upon several issues including human trafficking and sexual slavery, is scheduled to be released on Jan. 5, 2016.

The Cover of Bohjalian’s The Guest Room

The Guest Room is a captivating thriller about a party gone horribly wrong, after which two men lie dead in a suburban living room, two women are on the run from police, and a marriage is on the brink of collapse.

The novel features two 19-year-olds from Armenia, abducted as teenagers, held captive as sex slaves in Russia throughout their adolescence, and then brought to New York City. The Guest House follows one of the girls’ (Alexandra’s) story, as she escapes sexual slavery and tries to stay in alive in Manhattan with, essentially, no identity. The book also chronicles the story of the Chapman family, and the nightmare they face after one fateful night.

Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of several novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast, The Double Bind, and Midwives. His novel Midwives was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah’s Book Club. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages, and 3 of his novels have become movies (Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers).

The book can be pre-ordered on Amazon.

Bohjanian will conduct the first leg of his book tour for The Guest Room, Jan. 4-22, 2016.

Mon., Jan. 4 at 7 p.m.

Warwick, Rhode Island

Barnes & Noble

1350 Bald Hill Road

(401) 826-8885

 

Tues. Jan. 5 at 7 p.m.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Quail Ridge Books

Ridgewood Shopping Center

3522 Wade Avenue

(919) 828-7912

 

Wed. Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.

Neptune Beach, Florida

The Bookmark

220 1st Street

(904) 241-9026

 

Thurs. Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.

Denver, Colorado

The Tattered Cover

2526 East Colfax Avenue

(303) 322-7727

 

Fri. Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Fresno, California

Fresno State Campus

Leon and Pete Peters Educational Center Auditorium

(West side of the Save Mart Center; enter the building marked Student Recreation Center)

 

Sat. Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.

San Francisco, California

Khachaturian Armenian Community Center

Saroyan Hall

825 Brotherhood Way

(415) 387-3433 or info@ancasf.org

 

Sun. Jan. 10 at 4 p.m.

Glendale, California

Armenian Center

211 W. Chestnut Street

 

Mon. Jan. 11 at noon

San Diego, California

Rancho Santa Fe Library

17040 Avenida De Acacias

Books by Warwick’s

Please call for a seat: this is a ticketed event.

(760) 484-1420

 

Mon. Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

La Jolla, California

Warwick’s

7812 Girard Avenue

(760) 484-1420

 

Tues. Jan. 12 at 7 p.m.

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis Public Library

1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.

 

Wed. Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Memphis, Tennessee

The Booksellers at Laurelwood

387 Perkins Road Extended

(901) 683-9801

 

Thurs. Jan. 14 at 7 p.m.

Baltimore, Maryland

The Ivy Bookshop

6080 Falls Road

(410) 377-2966

 

Fri. Jan. 15 at noon

A doubleheader:

New York, New York

Armenian General Benevolent Union

55 East 59th Street

Note: This is a $30 ticketed event, and the ticket includes lunch and a copy of “The Guest Room.”

Call (212) 319-6383 to reserve your seat.

 

Fri. Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.

New Milford, New Jersey

Hovnanian School

817 River Road

New Milford, NJ

 

Sun. Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.

Washington, D.C.

Politics and Prose

 

Mon. Jan. 18 at 7 p.m.

Madison, Connecticut

R.J. Julia Booksellers

768 Boston Post Road

(203) 245-3959

 

Tues. Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Wellesley Books

82 Central Street

(781) 431-1160

 

Wed. Jan. 20

Concord, New Hampshire

Gibson’s Bookstore

45 South Main Street

(603) 224-0562

 

Thurs. Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.

Burlington, Vermont

Phoenix Books and the Fletcher Free Library

NOTE: This event is at the library:

235 College Street

 

Fri. Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.

Manchester Center, Vermont

The Northshire Bookstore

4869 Main Street


Source: Armenian Weekly
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