Lish McBride with Ilana Long — 'The Suitcase Swap'

Third Place Books welcomes author (and former Third Place bookseller!) Lish McBride to our Seward Park store for a conversation about her new book, — a romance about second chances, unexpected connections, and how it's never too late to fall in love. She will be joined in conversation by Ilana Long, author of .

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They've got each other's bags. Will they find each other's hearts?

Sophie isn't going to let a little thing like divorce stop her from flying to New York to see her family.

Mike isn't going to let a little thing like losing his wife stop him from flying to New York for work.

The one thing they both know for certain is that they're done with love: they're too old, too tired, too lonely for any of it.

But life has other plans...

And when the luggage carousel at JFK airport decides to give them each the wrong suitcase, they agree that a friendly dinner in the big apple won't do any harm. After all, love stories come when you least expect them - and if his briefcase and her sunshine yellow bag got mixed up, who's to say their hearts can't get mixed up too?

So begins a love story of second chances and connection later in life, all set against the backdrop of New York City...

Lish McBride is the author of funny and creepy young adult books such as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; Necromancing the Stone; Firebug; Pyromantic; and Curses. She has published short stories on Tor.com, and in the anthologies Cornered, What to Read in the Rain, and Kisses & Curses. Her first book, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults title, a Morris Award finalist, and the winner of the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award. Lish is a former indie bookseller, has a MFA from University of New Orleans, and prefers pie to cake. While she has no long term goals for world domination, she would like her own castle.

Ilana Long first heard about pickleball when her sporty friend confessed that she was addicted to a game that was “like ping-pong but standing on the table.” Shortly after, Long joined the pickleball craze despite her utter lack of hand-eye coordination. Funny and energetic, Long has performed stand-up and improv comedy at the Second City in Chicago. She is the author of the picture book Ziggy’s Big Idea, and her essays appear in multiple books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events

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Third Place Books Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Avenue South, Seattle, United States