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A-PLUS Heather Neff reads from and signs “Haarlem” (Harlem Moon), her novel about a tunnel worker who travels to the Dutch neighborhood of Haarlem from New York City’s Harlem. Tonight, 6 p.m., Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd. at 125th Street, 212-665-7400, free.
A GOOD MAN IS EASY TO FIND In Robert James Waller’s “High Plains Tango” (Crown), carpenter Carlisle McMillan leaves the big city in a huff and lands in a small town that’s home to (at least) one unappreciated woman. Sound familiar? Carlisle is the son of Robert Kincaid, the protagonist in Mr. Waller’s sentimental best-seller “The Bridges of Madison County.” Mr.Waller reads from and signs his latest tearjerker, which also touches on overdevelopment, farm subsidies, and endangered species. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
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