Join us for an evening with author Alexandra Petri in conversation with author Jeff Kinney!About this Event
Join us for an evening with author, humorist, and columnist for the Washington Post Alexandra Petri in conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Jeff Kinney, to celebrate the paperback release of Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)!
A Semi-Finalist for the 24th Thurber Prize for Writing, Alexandra Petri’s US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn’t learn from history have been forced to repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we’re going to fail! Maybe it’s time for a new textbook. Amy Fusselman of The Washington Post Petri's book: “Satire at the highest level.… [A] godsend of a book.” You won't want to miss this lively event!
Ticket options for this event include:
- General Admission + Book: $20.18, admits one guest. This ticket option comes with a paperback copy of Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up), which Alexandra will sign at the event.
- General Admission + Coupon: $5, admits one guest. The cost of this ticket may be redeemed for $5 off any of Alexandra's books on the night of the event.
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Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at An Unlikely Story up to 30 days following the event.
About the Book:
Alexandra Petri’s US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri’s "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation’s complicated past.
On Petri’s deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Ayn Rand rewrites The Little Engine That Could. Nikola Tesla’s friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Streetinvade Normandy. And Mark Twain—who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated—offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie.
About the Author:
Alexandra Petri is a humorist and columnist for the Washington Post and author of three books including Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, a Thurber Prize finalist. She lives in Washington, DC.
Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six–time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, DC, area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.
Event Venue
An Unlikely Story, 111 South Street, Plainville, United States
USD 6.24 to USD 22.18
