Book Society will be closing at 5:30pm Wed 8/26 for a special author event, City on the Edge. Tickets still available!
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Tue, Oct 06
|Book Society
[SOLD OUT] The Leading Ladies Book Club: Still Life at Eighty
Join the Leading Ladies Book Club for Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing by Abigail Thomas—a witty, wise, and irreverent collection of essays on aging, memory, and the writing life from the New York Times bestselling author of A Three Dog Life.
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
Sorry, this book club is sold out. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know if a spot opens up!
Join this month's meeting of Book Society's "Leading Ladies" Book Club!
This month we're turning to a writer who's spent a lifetime finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Our latest selection, Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing, is Abigail Thomas's funny, tender, and clear-eyed collection of vignettes on what it means to grow older—no more driving, no more dancing, mostly a comfortable chair in a sunny corner with three dogs for company. But within that stillness, memory moves fast: time contracts, loops, and suddenly she's back in her twenties in New York City, drinking, falling in and out of love, believing in a better world.
Thomas is the New York Times bestselling author of A Three Dog Life, and this book has been praised as "a little jewel…
Tickets
Book Society Members
Ticket rate for active Book Society Members only. One ticket per member. Additional guest tickets should be purchased at General Admission rate. Or tell your friends to join ! Learn more about how to become a member today at www.booksociety.social/membership PLEASE NOTE: Book Society Book Club tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your ticket to another person provided you give Book Society written notice at least 24 hours before the event.
$15.00
+$0.38 ticket service fee
Sold OutGeneral Admission
General admission for non-members PLEASE NOTE: Book Society Book Club tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your ticket to another person provided you give Book Society written notice at least 24 hours before the event.
$30.00
+$0.75 ticket service fee
Sold Out
This event is sold out