About this Event
HEALDSBURG --
Copperfield's Books is delighted to welcome Kim Fay to Healdsburg in celebration of her poignant and nostalgic novel - .
Join us for a reading and warm discussion followed by an audience Q&A and post event book signing.
This is a free event, registration recommended due to limited seating.
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A highly original, heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship... Two bright, young women, living on different continents, share their experiences of transformative books, fabulous food, and interesting men - along with their regrets, fears, and hopes for the future - bridging the distance between them in their search for meaning and purpose. I loved this delightful and wise novel!" --Amy Poeppel, award-winning author of Musical Chairs and The Sweet Spott
A companion to the instant national bestseller Love & Saffron, this bright and comforting novel follows the surprising friendship between two young women in 1990s Seattle and Paris, illuminating the power of books to change our lives.
Sometimes a book can change your life...
Twenty-something Frida Rodriguez, daughter of Love & Saffron’s own Joan Bergstrom, comes to Paris in 1991, relishing the city’s butter-soaked cuisine and seeking her future as a war correspondent. But when she writes to a bookshop in Seattle, she receives more than just the book she requests. A friendship begins that will redefine the person she thought she wanted to become.
Seattle bookseller Kate Fair is transformed by Frida’s free spirit, spurred to kiss her handsome coworker, to believe in herself as a writer, and to find beauty even in loss. Through the most tumultuous years of their young lives—personally and globally—Kate and Frida’s friendship sustains and nourishes them as they show each other how to overcome self-doubt and the necessity of embracing joy even through our darkest hours.
A buoyant, mouth-watering oasis of a novel, Kate & Frida is a love letter to bookshops and booksellers, to the way stories shape how we perceive ourselves, to the passion we bring to life in our twenties, and to the last precious years before the internet changed everything.
Author: Born in Seattle and raised throughout Washington state, Kim Fay is the author of the national bestseller Love & Saffron and Edgar Award–nominated The Map of Lost Memories. A former independent bookseller, she lived for many years in Vietnam, the inspiration for Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam. Fay now lives in Los Angeles with her musician husband, Jim Vitale, and their dog, Mabel.
Praise:
"I loved this wonderfully thoughtful and thought-provoking tale of a friendship forged through letters. Confiding in each other about romance, family, work, and ambition, Kate and Frida move through the murkiness of youth and its inevitable mistakes, cheering each other on with friendship's greatest gift: a sense of being found. This is story deftly told, full of wisdom and heart, and a reading experience as memorable and satisfying as a great meal with good friends in a fascinating new place." --Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Every Time We Say Goodbye
"Moving, intimate, and deliciously readable--I couldn't put Kate & Frida down!--it offers a winning formula for life lived deeply and richly: good books, good friends, and good food, shared. Recipes included!" --Michelle Huneven, award-winning author of Search
"In Kim Fay's poignant and nostalgic novel, protagonists Kate and Frida form an epistolary friendship where they are safe to be vulnerable and authentic and, as a result, are each able to grow in unexpected ways. Written in the early 1990s, their letters take the reader to war-ravaged Sarajevo, idyllic Paris, and peaceful Seattle, and show what really matters in life: joy, love, and hope (and also, great books and delicious food). This delightful story made me hug my friends closer!" --Kelli Estes, USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk and Today We Go Home
"From Paris to Seattle to Sarajevo, this effervescent, poignant story radiates joy and hope. A savory tale of two young women navigating the tumultuous events of the early 90s with the help of great books, food, and friendships, Kate & Frida explores the sometimes rocky path to finding love, facing loss, and discovering your voice and purpose. I devoured every word!"--Rachel Linden, bestselling author of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
"Fay (Love & Saffron, 2022) delivers another winning epistolary novel about transformative friendship...Fay does an outstanding job of showing how both [characters] are changed by significant events, like Frida's visit to war-torn Sarajevo and Kate's unexpected romance, while remaining buoyed by their supportive bond. Their observations about writing are thought-provoking and sometimes very funny. Delicious multicultural recipes are highlighted, and readers who lived through the '90s will nod at the cultural touchstones. Fiction lovers will embrace Fay's immensely wise and enjoyable novel." -- Booklist
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Copperfield's Books, 104 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 20.00
