About this Event
Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A. This event is book/ticket bundled. Additional copies can be purchased in Eventbrite check-out as an add-on.
This event will feature a special samba dance lesson for in-person attendees.
Please Note: Additional information about the signing line will be available closer to the event date. In-Person Attendees will recieve an email one week before the event with more specific information about the signing line regarding book limits and guidelines.
ABOUT THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA
A little white lie. A dream in the making. One last chance to get it right.
All Bianca Thompson wants is to make documentaries. Real life, caught on film. But photocopying movie scripts is the closest she’s ever come to the director’s seat. When she learns she’s a finalist for a prestigious filmmaking grant, she has one chance to impress the judges.
Her pitch? A behind-the-scenes documentary about Brazil’s first all-female samba school, the president and founder of which is Bianca’s aunt, Sonia Almeida Gonçalves. The catch? Bianca doesn’t speak a lick of Portuguese. She’s never set foot in Brazil. And she’s never even met her aunt.
When Bianca finds a revealing letter from her aunt to her late mother,
she’s caught between uncovering the truth and finally making a name for herself. Her choice could cost Bianca her integrity . . . or open up her whole world.
Mia Sosa is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic comedies and contemporary romances that celebrate our multicultural world. A native of East Harlem and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School, she lives in Maryland with her college sweetheart, their two book-obsessed daughters, a gentle Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and one adorable rescue cat that rules them all.
Event venue & nearby stays
East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States
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