Authors on Tap: Deborah Shapiro and Maryse Meijer

Tue Oct 18 2022 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Exile in Bookville | Chicago

Exile in Bookville
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Authors on Tap:  Deborah Shapiro and Maryse Meijer
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Authors on Tap: Deborah Shapiro and Maryse Meijer
About this Event

Please join us in store on Tuesday, October 18th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Deborah Shapiro's new novel, Consolation.  Deborah will be in conversation with Exile MVP Maryse Meijer! 

About the book:

Consolation is a novel that attentively focuses on what happens when a celebrated photojournalist is killed in a car accident and three women whose lives overlapped with his are left to reckon with his absence. As these women, each of a different generation, navigate the emotional landscape of grief, they question how their lives have unfolded and how this loss might change their paths going forward. With empathy and humor, Consolation explores the connections and echoes that exist among these women as it delves into the complexities of modern life—the inauthenticity prompted in us all by social media; the gaps created by gender, age, and class that we’re forever trying to fill; and our collective struggle to balance the choices available to us in ways that will not foreclose either happiness or fulfillment. Whose losses do we deem valuable and whose work and ambitions are given room to grow? What happens when the footnotes become the story?

About the authors:

Deborah Shapiro is the author of the novels The Sun in Your Eyes (a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice), The Summer Demands, and Consolation. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Sight Unseen, Chicago Magazine, Literary Hub, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Chicago. 

Maryse Meijer is the author of Heartbreaker, Rag, Northwood, and her most recent, The Seventh Mansion. She lives in Chicago.

About the event:

This is a free, in store event.  Registration is required through the link below. 

You can purchase their books in store and Deborah and Maryse are happy to sign or personalize copies! If you can't make it to the event, signed copies will be available and we ship nationally! 

Please note the following COVID protocols for those attending IN PERSON: 

Attendees must present a physical copy or a photo of their COVID-19 vaccine card along with a valid photo ID (state, government, or school ID); or

Provide a time-stamped printout, photo, or email of a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of the event or a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken within 36 hours of the event, along with a valid photo ID (state, government, or school ID).

All persons must wear a mask for the duration of their time in the Fine Arts Building, regardless of vaccination status in accordance with our current COVID policies

Please email us at [email protected] or phone us at (312)-753-3154 if you have any questions or concerns. 


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Exile in Bookville, 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States

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