AUTHOR EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY

Jodi Picoult, “wish You Were Here.” A woman whose life is perfectly on track for marriage, kids, and a high-profile career in the art auction world finds herself isolated in the Galápagos Islands in the middle of a pandemic. Quarantined, she connects with a local teenager in need of a confidante, and re-examines her relationships, her choices, and herself. 8 p.m. Monday. Talk, Q&A on Zoom. $36 includes copy of book. Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. atlantajcc.org

Patricia Cornwell, “Autopsy.” Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta returns to post-pandemic Virginia where she’s called to the scene of a brutal murder and to remotely work the first potential crime scene in a top-secret lab in outer space, while an apparent serial killer strikes again close to home. With Jamie Lee Curtis. 3 p.m. Thursday. Discussion on Zoom. $36.16+fee includes book. Barnes & Noble. stores. barnesandnoble.com/ event/9780062147630-1907

Rebecca Frankel, “Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love.”

Author and editor Frankel will talk with leaders of the Duluth High School Jewish Student Union about a little-known chapter of Holocaust history: a family that escaped the Nazi ghetto by surviving in a forest for two years — through brutal winters, typhus outbreaks and Nazi raids — until liberated by the Red Army in 1944. 7 p.m. Thursday. Virtual discussion. Free. Gwinnett County Public Library. gwinnettpl.libnet. info/event/5532570 Brené Brown,“atlas of the Heart.” Brown takes readers on a journey through the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human, providing the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances — a universe where we can share our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. 8 p.m. Thursday. Book launch on Zoom. $38+fee includes signed book. A Cappella Books, Bookmiser, Foxtale Book Shoppe. acappellabooks.com