Some authors visiting Triangle bookstores this week:
Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill:
Wednesday at 7 p.m.: Naomi Benaron, "Running The Rift."
Thursday at 7 p.m.: Eleanor Brown, "The Weird Sisters."
Information: 942-7373 or www.flyleaf books.com
Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St., Durham:
Wednesday at 7 p.m.: Sydney Nathans, "To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker"
Thursday at 7 p.m.: Marvin and Deborah Kalb, "Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama."
Information: 286-2700 or www.regulator bookshop.com
Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh:
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.: Joshilyn Jackson, "A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty."
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.: Naomi Benaron, "Running The Rift."
Information: 828-1588 or www.quailridge books.com
At McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village Center near Pittsboro:
Friday at 2 p.m.: Sydney Nathans, "To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Walker."
Information: 542-3030 or visit www. fearrington.com/village/mcintyres.asp .
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