# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon" - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Jun, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 11 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Acclaimed novelist Mary Morris joins us for her book THE RED HOUSEAbout this EventBooks & Books and the Books & Books Literary Foundation are proud to present an evening with Mary Morris discussing The Red House (Doubleday, $28). Award-winning novelist Mary Morris weaves together an unsolved family mystery, a poignant coming-of-age story, and a little-known corner of World War II history in this lyrical novel of family, loss and, ultimately, love.***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Want your copy early or can't make it in-person? About the Book:Award-winning novelist Mary Morris weaves together an unsolved family mystery, a poignant coming-of-age story, and a little-known corner of World War II history in this lyrical novel of family, loss and, ultimately, love.Thirty years ago, Laura’s mother, Viola, went missing. She left behind her purse, her keys and her mysterious paintings of a red house. Viola was never found, and her family never recovered. Laura, an artist herself, held on to the paintings. On the back of each work, her mother scrawled in Italian, “I will not be here forever.” The family never understood what Viola meant.Decades later, at a crossroads in her marriage and her life, Laura returns to Italy, where her parents met after World War II. Laura spent the earliest years of her childhood there before the family moved to New Jersey and settled into an American dream that eventually became a nightmare. Viola, who claimed to be an orphan, staunchly refused to speak of her life before marriage.In Italy, Laura finds herself on a strange scavenger hunt to solve the puzzle of her mother’s lost years. She is certain that the paintings of the red house hold the answer to her mother’s past and her search takes her from her hometown of Brindisi, deep into Puglia where she encounters a man who knew her mother and who illuminates little-known secrets of Italy’s Second World War.Blending elements of true crime with settings that evoke Elena Ferrante, Laura follows her mother’s trajectory as she ventures north to Naples, Turin and finally home. Along the way, she confronts the dark truth of her mother's story and at last makes sense of her own.About the Author:Mary Morris is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the novels Gateway to the Moon, The Jazz Palace, A Mother's Love, and House Arrest, and of nonfiction, including the travel classic Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone. Morris is a recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature and the 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/coral-gables/an-evening-with-mary-morris-author-of-gateway-to-the-moon/100001279760852159 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, entertainment, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Coral Gables - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Books & Books - **lat**: 25.742511 - **long**: -80.27848999999998 - **full address**: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/140f81485bd7dfa15c0335cfdc081689dcc22158f4102ca70b6434b127401407-rimg-w1200-h600-dc355264-gmir.jpg?v=1742208690 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon" being held? - **A:** An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon" takes place on Wed, 11 Jun, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 11 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon"? - **A:** An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon" is organized by Books & Books. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "An Evening with Mary Morris, Author of "Gateway to the Moon"", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/140f81485bd7dfa15c0335cfdc081689dcc22158f4102ca70b6434b127401407-rimg-w1200-h600-dc355264-gmir.jpg?v=1742208690", "startDate": "2025-06-11", "endDate": "2025-06-11", "url": "https://allevents.in/coral-gables/an-evening-with-mary-morris-author-of-gateway-to-the-moon/100001279760852159", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Books & Books", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "265 Aragon Avenue", "postalCode": "33134", "addressLocality": "Coral Gables", "addressRegion": "FL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "25.742511", "longitude": "-80.27848999999998" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Acclaimed novelist Mary Morris joins us for her book THE RED HOUSE", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2025-06-11", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/coral-gables/an-evening-with-mary-morris-author-of-gateway-to-the-moon/100001279760852159" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/coral-gables/an-evening-with-mary-morris-author-of-gateway-to-the-moon/100001279760852159", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Books & Books", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/books-and-books/22514410", "description": "Books & Books | Bookstore & CaféWe’re your independent, locally owned bookstore with five locations in South Florida – plus stores at Miami International Airport, and Key West, FL. We’re a community of writers and readers, now hosting free and ticketed virtual events and featuring a carefully curated selection for safe shopping or curbside pick-up.Bookstores:Coral Gables: 305-442-4408Bal Harbour Shops: 305-864-4241Adrienne Arsht Center: 786-405-1744Suniland Shops: 786-552-3290Coconut Grove: 305-477-0866Key West: 305-320-0208Café:Coral Gables: 305-448-9599" } ] } ] ```