Distinguished Speaker Series
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
7:00 PM | Don Tatzin Community Hall
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Lafayette Library and
Learning Center Foundation
Presents
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Meg Waite Clayton
Typewriter Beach

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Typerwriter Beach, set in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hollywood, is an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter on the black-list and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star.
In graceful prose and with an intimate understanding of human nature, Meg Waite Clayton captures the joys and frustrations of being a writer, being a woman, being a star, and being in love. Typewriter Beach is the story of two women separated by generations—a tale of ideas and ideals, passion and persistence, creativity, politics, and family.
Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of nine novels, including Typewriter Beach named one of 12 fiction Summer Reads by Publishers Weekly, which calls it, in a starred review, "An irresistible story of 1950s Hollywood... Readers will be riveted." Prior novels include the New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and Good Morning America Buzz Book The Postmistress of Paris, and the National Jewish Book Award finalist The Last Train to London.
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Books will be available at the program and at Orinda Books.
