The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch 5-1-16

Author Kristen Harnisch to Speak at DCA Annual Meeting Thursday

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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. 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. _________

— UPDATE: The full slate of nominated candidates up for election at the annual meeting is listed now at the end of this article. _________

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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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.

Kristen Harnisch The California Wife 5-1-16

Darien Author Kristen Harnisch’s Second Novel Comes Out May 10

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Two years after the successful publication of her first historical novel, “The Vintner’s Daughter,” Kristen Harnisch of Darien is coming out with the sequel, “The California Wife,” and she says it’s been a different writing experience. “It took me 14 years to write the first book,” Harnisch said, and she was learning how to do it along the way, and largely independently, until the book was sold to a publisher. “This time, it’s taken me 18 months, with the help of a great editing team at HarperCollins.” Harnisch said she’s grateful to a lot of people and organizations for helping make the initial book a success, and they’ve helped to make this book a smoother ride. The Darien Community Association is hosting a talk by Harnisch and a book signing at the association’s annual meeting at 9:30 a.m. on May 19, which is open to the public.