Charlee Dyroff Celebrates LONLENESS & COMPANY!

Thu Jun 27 2024 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-04:00

Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia | Philadelphia

Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia
Publisher/HostBarnes & Noble - Philadelphia
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Join us for a discussion and signing with Charlee Dyroff and Kristen Martin on Thursday, June 27th at 6pm!
About this Event

Join on Thursday, June 27th at 6pm in welcoming author Charlee Dyroff into the store for a discussion and signing of her debut novel, Loneliness & Company, a timely, beautifully observed novel set in near future NYC about a young woman who finds herself tangled in a secret government project combatting loneliness.

For Seated Tickets: Limited quantity is available and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Purchase of a ticket guarantees entrance to the event for the discussion and signing. However, this ticket may not necessarily guarantee a seat at the event, as later arrivals may be placed in a line behind the seated audience.

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About Loneliness & Company

Lee knows she's the best. A professor favorite and fellowship winner, there's no doubt she'll land one of the coveted jobs at a Big Five corporation. So when, upon graduating, Lee is instead assigned to an unknown company in the dead city of New York, her life goals are completely upended.
In this new role, Lee's task is to gather enough research to train an AI how to be a friend. She begins online and by studying the social circle of her clueless, outgoing roommate Veronika. But when the company reveals it's part of a classified government mission to solve loneliness-an emotion erased from society's lexicon decades ago-Lee's determination to prove herself kicks into overdrive, and she begins chasing bolder and more dangerous experiences to provide data for the AI.
How far will Lee go to teach the algorithm? As the mysterious affliction spreads, Lee must decide what she's willing to give up for success and, along the way, learn what it means to be a true friend.
Loneliness & Company is an enchanting, gorgeously written novel about finding meaning and connection in a world beset by isolation.



About Charlee Dyroff and Kristen Martin:

Charlee Dyroff has an MFA from Columbia University, and her work has appeared in Slate, Gulf Coast, Lapham's Quarterly, Guernica, Ploughshares, Eater, and The Best American Food Writing of 2019. She lives in New York.

Kristen Martin's debut narrative nonfiction book The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Real History of American Orphanhood will be published by Bold Type Books in winter 2025. Her writing has been published in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, NPR, and elsewhere. She lives in Philadelphia.

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Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia, 1708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States

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