Bridge of Sighs

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo is famous for crafting detailed portraits of small town life in America. Bridge of Sighs follows the fortunes of three struggling families in a fading industrial town in Upstate New York as their lives intertwine, for better or worse.

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Events: Richard Russo will be speaking with Claire Messud
Monday, October 8 at 8 pm
The 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue, at 92nd Street
For tickets, visit the 92nd Street Y website or call 212-415-5500.

Richard Russo will be speaking and signing books
Friday, October 12 at 7 pm
Union Square Barnes & Noble

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