Join us at Congregation Shir Shalom for Pizza at 6PM, followed by a group viewing of the livestream book talk at 6:30PM with Author Meg Waite Clayton, Typewriter Beach. 

This fast-paced nov­el details the dele­te­ri­ous, life- chang­ing effects of Sen­a­tor Joe McCarthy’s anti-com­mu­nist cam­paign on the writ­ers, actors, and direc­tors of Hollywood. Gos­sip about celebri­ties abounds in this nov­el and read­ers may assume that it’s based on truth, includ­ing their con­nec­tions to the ongo­ing inves­ti­ga­tions as well as their per­son­al lives. Par­tic­u­lar­ly dis­turb­ing is the way women were treat­ed, long before the ​“Me too” move­ment. There are anec­dotes about young women seek­ing legit­i­mate careers being sex­u­al­ly abused by those in pow­er, with no recourse what­so­ev­er. Lives are upend­ed; some are even lost. 

The author describes set­tings and moods in vivid detail, let­ting read­ers imag­ine being sur­round­ed by the nat­ur­al beau­ty of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Type­writer Beach is a fas­ci­nat­ing look into a recent piece of Amer­i­can his­to­ry that is so rel­e­vant in today’s polit­i­cal and social climate.