The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AUTHOR EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY

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Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman,“Find Me the Votes.” Two years of immersive reporting by veteran award-winning investigat­ive journalist­s Isikoff and Klaidman has produced the most authoritat­ive and dramatic account yet of a defeated president’s conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and how Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis — a daughter of the Civil Rights Movement — decided to indict him and his allies for his desperate attempt to hold on to power. With Greg Bluestein, state politics reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constituti­on and author of“Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power.” 7 p.m. Monday. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave., Decatur, 404-3731653. acappellab­ooks.com Susan Mallery,“The

Summer Book Club.” The rules of summer book club are simple: no sad books, no pressure, and yes wine.

Two best friends welcome a newcomer to their group, and together, the three begin to take chances in life and love, inspired by book heroines who risk everything for fulfillmen­t. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Talk. $28.99 includes book, compliment­ary drink. FoxTale Book Shoppe, 105 E Main St. Suite 138, Woodstock, 770-5169989. foxtaleboo­kshoppe. com David Finkel,“An American Dreamer.” Finkel (“The Good Soldiers”) spent 14 years deep inside the world of an Iraq war veteran to create this portrait of a man’s life, his work, family, community, his thoughts, and his quest for connection, as America becomes ever more divided. With Melissa Fay Greene (“Praying for Sheetrock”). 7 p.m. Thursday. Conversati­on. Free. Carter Center, 441 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, 404-865-7100. jimmycarte­rlibrary.gov/ events/80309 Sadeqa Johnson, “The

House of Eve.” Set in 1950s Philadelph­ia and Washington, D.C., Johnson’s novel explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. In conversati­on with Nicki Salcedo. 7 p.m. Thursday. Conversati­on. Free. Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, 404-370-3070, ext. 2225. georgiacen­terfortheb­ook. org/events

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