AUTHOR EVENTS FRIDAY-THURSDAY

■ Jim Grimsley, “The Dove in the Belly,” and Ashleigh Bell Peterson, “The Crocodile Bride.” Grimsley’s complex coming-of-age novel traces the electric, dangerous and sometimes tender attraction between two very different boys at the University of North Carolina. Peterson’s stunning debut novel follows an 11-yearold girl and her troubled father as the secrets of their family’s past swirl around them in a one-road town in Louisiana. Moderated by Carter Sickels (“The Prettiest Star”). 7:30 p.m. today. Conversation on Crowdcast. Free. Charis Books & More. charisbooksandmore.com/

Susan Sands, “Home to Cypress Bayou.” A Paris gallery owner who returns to her historic Louisiana home- town to fulfill a deathbed promise to a friend has been matched as a bone marrow donor to a stranger — a match so close that doctors suspect a family relationship that hints at secrets as deep, dark and mysterious as the water in Cypress Bayou. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Talk, signing. Free. Foxtale Book Shoppe, 105 E. Main St. Ste. 138, Wood- stock. 770-516-9989. foxtalebookshoppe.com/event

■ Emily Giffin, “Meant to Be.” In Giffin’s novel inspired by the story of John F. Kennedy, a son — faced with meeting the expectations of a nation raised on the family’s military heroics, political service and unmatched elegance — falls in love with a beautiful model who has lived anything but a charmed life. With Mara Davis. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Talk, signing. See link for pricing. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, 404814-4000. atlantahistorycenter.com

■ Terence Moore, “The Real Hank Aaron.” Journalist Moore shares his intimate perspective on the baseball legend in this heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron, featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the homerun king. 7 p.m. Thursday. Talk, signing. See link for pricing. Atlanta History Center. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, 404814-4000. atlantahistorycenter.com