Lunch with Emma Donaghue, "The Paris Express"

When
March 22, 2025
12:00 PM
Location
Temple Israel - Wolfson Auditorium, 137 NE 19 Street Miami FL 33132
Spaces left
156

Registration

General Admission – $75.00
Non-members may attend up to two luncheons per season. Members, please use the email address we have on file. You may also log in and purchase tickets via your account profile.
Young Professional – $50.00
This is a discounted option for members aged 35 and younger.

About Emma

Emma Donoghue is the author of sixteen novels, including the award-winning national bestseller Room, the basis for the acclaimed film of the same name. Her latest novel is The Paris Express. She has also written the screenplays for Room and The Wonder and nine stage plays. Born in Dublin, she lives in Ontario with her family.

Find out more at EmmaDonoghue.com.

About The Paris Express

Emma Donoghue, the “soul-stirring” (Oprah Daily) nationally bestselling author of Room, returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station.

Based on an 1895 disaster that went down in history when it was captured in a series of surreal, extraordinary photographs, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set on a train packed with a fascinating cast of characters who hail from as close as Brittany and as far as Russia, Ireland, Algeria, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia. Members of parliament hurry back to Paris to vote; a medical student suspects a girl may be dying; a secretary tries to convince her boss of the potential of moving pictures; two of the train’s crew build a life away from their wives; a young anarchist makes a terrifying plan, and much more.

From an author whose “writing is superb alchemy” (Audrey Niffenegger, New York Times bestselling author), The Paris Express is an evocative masterpiece that effortlessly captures the politics, glamour, chaos, and speed that marked the end of the 19th century.

Publisher: S & S/Summit Books

Photo credit: Woodgate

About the Luncheon

Books: Registrants will pick up their books at the luncheon.
Guests: Non-members are welcome to attend up to two luncheons per season. Members may bring with them an unlimited number of non-member guests, as long as the guests, individually, abide by the above Non-member Guest policy.
Registration: Pre-registration is required.
Payment: Pre-payment is required.
Cancellation Policy: Refunds will not be allowed for cancellations received after registration closes, and no-shows.

Created/Updated 02/04/25

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