Candice Carty-Williams for PEOPLE PERSON

Thu Sep 15 2022 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

Jackie Lee's | Washington

Loyalty Books - Upshur Street
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Candice Carty-Williams for PEOPLE PERSON
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Join Loyalty Bookstores and Candice Carty-Williams to celebrate the release of PEOPLE PERSON!
About this Event

Loyalty is overjoyed to welcome Candice Carty-Williams for a LIVE and IN-PERSON event celebrating People Person! Join us at Jackie Lee's at 7 PM on Thursday, September 15th for an author chat, followed by a meet + greet & book signing!

This is a ticketed event taking place at Jackie Lee's at 116 Kennedy St. NW, Washington DC 20011. There are two ticket options: one includes a copy of People Person, and one includes a copy of People Person PLUS one drink ticket for a specialty themed cocktail or mocktail. Additional copies of the book will be available for sale at the event. Proof of vaccination will be required, as well as a temperature check at the door. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The author of the “brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel” (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful novel about the power of family—even when they seem like strangers.

If you could choose your family...you wouldn’t choose the Penningtons.

Dimple Pennington knows of her half siblings, but she doesn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about.

She’s thirty, and her life isn’t really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend, Dimple’s life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she’s never felt more alone in her life. That is, until a dramatic event brings her half siblings Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce crashing back into her life. And when they’re all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.

From an author with “a flair for storytelling that appears effortlessly authentic” (Time), People Person is a vibrant and charming celebration of discovering family as an adult.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Candice Carty-Williams is a writer and the author of the Sunday Times (London) bestselling Queenie, which has been shortlisted by Waterstones, Foyles, and Goodreads for book of the year, 2019, as well as selected as the Blackwell’s Debut of the Year. In 2016, Candice created and launched the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, the first inclusive ini­tiative of its kind in book publishing. Candice has written for The Guardian, i-D, Vogue, every itera­tion of The Sunday Times (London), BEAT magazine, Black Ballad, and more. She will probably always live in South London.

ABOUT THE IN CONVERSATION PARTNER

Stay tuned for more info about who Candice will be in conversation with!

Please note Loyalty has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during this event.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Jackie Lee's, 116 Kennedy Street Northwest, Washington, United States

Tickets

USD 30.00 to USD 42.00

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