Preview New York Times best-selling author Mary Alice Monroe’s first historical fiction novel, Where the Rivers Merge. Hosted by the Charleston Library Society, he event celebrates Monroe’s newest work, a multigenerational family story set in the 20th-century American South that follows protagonist Eliza Rivers through her life from her spirited youth in 1908 to her determined efforts to preserve her family’s legacy 80 years later. Charleston Library Society, 164 King St. Tuesday, 6-7pm. $50-$45. (843)723-9912, www.charlestonlibrarysociety.org