Pulitz Prize winner Alice McDermott @ Barnes/Nobel

Alice McDermott is an Amer. writer & winner of the Pulitzer & Natl's Book Award.  She has received 2 additional Pulitzer nominations.  McDermott is a writer of extraordinary talents.  She appeared @ the Barnes/Nobel on E 86th last Wed. to promote her latest book, SOMEONE.  SOMEONE is her 1st novel in 7 years since AFTER THIS.  I am an admirer of McDermott's work and was eager to hear her in person.  I'm also a bibliophile who bemoans the disappearance of bookstores.  A young pianist was playing as the crowd assembled.  McDermott was chatting amicably in the back & as she approached the speaker, stopped to kiss the piano man.  The piano man turned out to be her son.  Artistic talents obviously run in some families.  Having purchased SOMEONE, I was interested to learn what McDermott had to share with us.  She read aloud to us from her novel for more than a 1/2 hour.  After which did a short Q/A with the audience.  (Nabokov was the writer who most inspired her career.)  As much as I wish to support bookstores & current authors, this "someone" is literate and would prefer a dialogue with an author.  The few shallow, self-promoting audience questions were inane.  "After this," I'll refrain from attending author's book promotions and read to myself.