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Café au Libris with Cat Shook for If We're Being Honest


If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook
Event date: 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Event Location

Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30606

Avid Bookshop and the Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library invite the public to an evening with author Cat Shook at the Athens-Clarke County Library at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Shook will discuss her debut novel, If We're Being Honest.

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THE BOOK:

For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s debut novel If We’re Being Honest is the snappy, smart, heartwarming story of the Williams family, and the sweltering summer that rewrote their history.

When Gerry, the beloved Williams patriarch, dies suddenly, his grandchildren flock from across the country to the family home in Eulalia, Georgia. But when Gerry’s best friend steps up to the microphone to deliver his eulogy, the funeral turns out unlike anyone expected. The cousins, left reeling and confused, cope with their fresh grief and various private dramas. Delia, recently heartbroken, refuses to shut up about her ex. Her sister Alice, usually confident, flusters when she spots her high school sweetheart, hiding a secret that will change both of their lives. Outspoken, affable Grant is preening in the afterglow of his recent appearance on The Bachelorette and looking to reignite an old flame with the least available person in town. Meanwhile, his younger brother Red, unsure of himself and easily embarrassed, desperately searches for a place in the boisterous family. The cousins’ eccentric parents are in tow, too, and equally lost—in love and in life. Watching over them all is Ellen, Gerry’s sweet and proper widow, who does her best to keep her composure in front of the leering small town. Clever and completely original, If We’re Being Honest reminds you that while no one can break your heart like your family can, there’s really no one better to put you back together.

THE AUTHOR:

Cat Shook graduated from the University of Georgia in 2016 with degrees in Creative Writing and Mass Media Arts. Born and raised in Georgia, she now lives in Manhattan. This is her first novel.

 

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$28.00
ISBN: 9781250847546
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Published: Celadon Books - April 18th, 2023

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