[words] Bookstore in Maplewood, N.J., hosted Taffy Brodesser-Akner, whose second novel is Long Island Compromise (Random House), in conversation with Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review. More than 160 people attended the sold-out, ticketed event. Pictured: Brodesser-Akner flanked by [words] owners Ellen and Jonah Zimiles.