Join us to celebrate 
WHAT IF IT'S YOU?
, a timey-whimey theoretical love triangle rom-com by Jilly Gagnon. Jilly will be joined in conversation by Gretchen Anthony, author of 
Tired Ladies Take a Stand
.
Ticket cost includes a $10 off coupon at the event to be used in store.
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About the book:
Everyone wonders about the one that got away . . . and thanks to an alternate reality tech project, one woman will get the chance to actually find out.
When Laurel Everett finds a ring in her longtime boyfriend Ollie's sock drawer, she should be thrilled . . . so why is she left wondering "what if?" Specifically, what if she'd taken up her work crush, Drew, on his offer of a date just after she and Ollie got together? Thanks to her job at tech giant Pixel, she might have a way to answer that question through the AltR project, which promises users a glimpse of alternate realities. Or it will, once the quantum computers it relies on get more powerful.When the program actually works and Laurel wakes up five years into her life with Drew, she's fascinated . . . then increasingly horrified as she continues to slip between that world and her "real" life seemingly at random. As she moves back and forth between the two worlds, Laurel realizes choosing the right life might not be as simple as deciding between two men and the different visions of happiness they offer. And if she doesn't find a way to untangle herself from the quantum mess she's unleashed, she might wind up stuck in the wrong life, or worse, deleted entirely like a faulty line of code. . . .
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About the authors:
Jilly Gagnon
 is the author of eight novels, most recently 
What if it's You?
 Her humor writing, personal essays, and op-eds have appeared in 
Newsweek
, 
Elle
, 
Vanity Fair
, 
Boston
 magazine, and 
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
, among others. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her family and two black cats.
GRETCHEN ANTHONY
 is a speaker, humorist, and author of 
Tired Ladies Take a Stand
, a book that the Minneapolis Star Tribune predicted “will almost certainly be snapped up by books clubs everywhere.” Her previous titles include The Book Haters’ Book Club, and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners. Her novel 
The Kids Are Gonna Ask
 received the 2021 Alex Award from the American Library. Gretchen also hosts The Middle Book Club, a community dedicated to reading books featuring heroines in the juicy middle years of their lives—because main character energy doesn’t have an expiration date. She lives in Minneapolis with her family, where she stays on the hunt for a good story while listening to 70’s classic rock and scouting a great Manhattan.
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Books by both authors will be available to purchase at the event. However, if there is a titles that you are especially keen to purchase for signing, it is highly encouraged to order ahead of the event for store pickup. Please note in the comments at checkout "I will be attending the event for WHAT IF IT'S YOU?."
Preorder books by Jilly here.
Preorder books by Gretchen here.
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