Geraldine Brooks

Dr. Hanna Heath, a rare-book expert, is tasked with the the most important job of her career in Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel, People of the Book: She’s to preserve the Sarajevo Haggadah, a fabled Jewish text with a rich history that Hanna unearths as a series of compelling, adventure storiesbefore she realizes that the book has implications for her own personal life. Tonight Brooks, a popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, gives a 7 p.m. presentation at the Mequon Schwartz Bookshop about her novel, which she based on a true story.