Emily Lynn Paulson in Conversation with Laura McKowen

Wed Jun 17 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

Hummingbird Books | Newton

Hummingbird Books
Publisher/HostHummingbird Books
Emily Lynn Paulson in Conversation with Laura McKowen
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Hummingbird Books is welcomes author Emily Lynn Paulson, in conversation Laura McKowen about her new novel, 'The Revenge Party.'
About this Event

Hummingbird Books welcomes author Emily Lynn Paulson, in conversation with Laura McKowen, to discuss her new novel, The Revenge Party—a compelling story of a woman confronting her husband’s hidden darkness and deciding how far she’s willing to go to expose the truth.

Tickets: $32 (admission + book), $15 (admission only)

NOTE: Tickets are non-refundable. You may transfer your ticket to another person if you are unable to attend.

About The Revenge Party:

Revenge is only the beginning.

Devoted mother and party planner Katherine Valentine thought she’d finally found safety when she married Seattle’s golden boy, Shane Sutton. Charming, generous, and politically untouchable, he’s the kind of man people protect. But behind the polished façade lurks a predator who collects women like trophies, and Katherine has become his latest prize.

Desperate to protect her children, Katherine devises a dangerous plan to use Shane's newest mistress against him. But Isabella Meyer is a woman far more calculating than she appears. She is no one’s pawn. Isabella didn’t enter Shane’s life by accident— she came to settle a score. Bringing down a powerful man isn’t just about exposing the truth. It’s about surviving the fallout.

In The Revenge Party, marriage is performance, politics is power, and justice is anything but clean. A razor-sharp, female-driven psychological thriller about toxic relationships, female rage, and the cost of taking back control, this is a story of what happens when women pushed past being polite decide to fight back.

Twisty, ruthless, and deadly in more ways than one.

About Emily Lynn Paulson:

Emily Lynn Paulson is an author and TEDx speaker who examines the messy truths beneath polished lives and the power structures that sustain them. She explores these themes in Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life, Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing, and the psychological domestic thriller The Revenge Party.

Her work has been featured on the Today Show and in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as on Next Question with Katie Couric and The Tamron Hall Show. She lives in Central Oregon with her husband and their five children.

You can follow her essays and commentary on culture, power, and modern life on her Substack, .

About Laura McKowen:

Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and Push Off From Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Life (and Everything Else).

Her work explores the intersection of addiction, recovery, emotional sobriety, and the complexities of relationships. She has written for The New York Times and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The TODAY Show, and more.

In 2020, she founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community, and she writes , a popular Substack newsletter about sobriety, relationships, and writing. She is currently working on her third book.

Laura lives with her daughter on the North Shore of Boston.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hummingbird Books, 55 Boylston Street, Newton, United States

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USD 17.85 to USD 35.98

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