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Stacks Book Club | This is Not About Us Author Event ft. Allegra Goodman
February 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The award-winning, bestselling author of ISOLA, Allegra Goodman, joins Stacks to talk about her new book THIS IS NOT ABOUT US at the beautiful Tohono Chul gardens.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:
- This is a ticketed event with tickets being sold through Stacks Book Club. Each $29 ticket includes a hardcover copy of THIS IS NOT ABOUT US (retail $29).
- Check-in will start at 5:15pm with the event starting promptly at 6:00.
- We’ll have a moderated discussion with Allegra Goodman, followed by a Q&A with the audience, and a signing line to conclude the evening.
- Tohono Chul will be hosting a cash bar (please remember to bring your ID).
- Tickets are non-refundable, but if you are unable to make it to the event, your signed book will be saved for you to pick-up at Stacks Book Club Oro Valley any day after the event.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family—steadfast, complicated, begrudging, and loving.
When their beloved sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into a decade of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives—divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals—their children do not want to get involved. As for their grandchildren? Impossible.
With This Is Not About Us, master storyteller Allegra Goodman—whose prior collection was heralded as “one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life” (The Boston Globe)—returns to the form and subject that endeared her to legions of readers. Sharply observed and laced with humor, This Is Not About Us is a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters—a big-hearted book about the love that binds a family across generations.