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DAUGHTER’S TALE Francine du Plessix Gray reads from and discusses “Them” (Penguin), her account of the lives of her glamorous mother and powerful stepfather. Tatiana du Plessix was a Russian fashion plate and Alexander Liberman a magazine editor who eventually helmed the Conde Nast empire. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859, free.
HOT STUFF Elmore Leonard reads from his newest novel, “The Hot Kid” (HarperCollins), the story of four fastliving young people trying to get ahead in a Prohibition-era landscape of speakeasies and loose women. After tonight’s bookstore reading, he’ll take the book tour outdoors for the season premiere of Coliseum Books’ “Word for Word” series of summer afternoon readings. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free. Also: Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m., Bryant Park Reading Room, 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-6890, free.
HE’LL ALWAYS HATE PARIS Stephen Clark reads from “A Year in the Merde” (Bloomsbury), his cheeky memoir about living in, loving, and loathing Paris. The book was a best seller in Britain and France. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-255-4022, free, reservations suggested.
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