At this year’s Darien Community Association’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m., Kristen Harnisch will celebrate the launch of her second historical novel, The California Wife.
Kristen Harnisch (photo by Alix Martinez from the author’s website)
In The California Wife, Harnisch’s sweeping, poignant stand-alone sequel to The Vintner’s Daughter, the Lemieux family’s ambition to establish an American winemaking dynasty takes Sara and Philippe from pastoral Napa, to the Paris World’s Fair and into the heart of early 20th-century San Francisco.
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— UPDATE: The full slate of nominated candidates up for election at the annual meeting is listed now at the end of this article.
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Kristen Harnisch drew upon her extensive research and her experiences living in San Francisco and visiting the Napa Valley, the Loire Valley and Paris to create the story for The California Wife and her first novel, The Vintner’s Daughter.
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— an announcement from the Darien Community Association
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Ms. Harnisch is an internationally-published author who has a degree in economics from Villanova University and currently resides in Darien with her husband and three children.
The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch
Kristen Harnisch’s latest novel.
The event will be preceded by several minutes of DCA business, but is open to the public. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Barrett Bookstore at the event.
This DCA General Programs event is $10 per person, or free for DCA members (a membership benefit). Reservations are requested, and can be made online, or by contacting the DCA at info@dariendca.org or 203-655-9050. The DCA is located at 274 Middlesex Road in Darien.
Slate of Candidates
According to the DCA bylaws, the Board of Directors slate must be made available to the membership 30 days in advance of the Annual Meeting.
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Darien Community Association Board of Directors: Proposed Slate 2016/17
President — Ulla Kremer
Executive VP — open
Secretary — Sue Hayes
Finance VP/Treasurer — Tom Taylor
Investment Chair — Joe Duwan
Membership Chair — Susan Hamill
Nominating Chair — Sue Hayes
Programs VP — Kristen Harnisch
Property VP — Norman Kenyon
Director — Sig Buchmayr
Director — Chris Filmer
Director — Judi Linskey
Director — Michele Litt
Director — Cindy Ryan
Director — Deb Suckow
Director — Anita Walter
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Editor’s note: This article originally was published May 1. It has been updated with additional information and the time stamp has been changed to put it back on the Home page on May 17.