About this Event
We are so excited to have Bobby Finger present his newest title WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. All are welcome to join a presentation and signing with Bobby Finger in conversation with Darcy Jay Gagnon, writer and Queer Book Club leader.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY is a Queer Book Club Pick!
The $30 event ticket reserves your seat and purchases a copy of WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. The $5 ticket reserves a seat only; you will receive a $5 coupon upon arrival to spend at the store for a purchase that night!
Walk-ins to this event are welcome but space is limited.
Hope you can join us!
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Filled with messy, complicated characters and chaotic wedding shenanigans, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY is perfect for readers of Alison Espach’s The Wedding People and Steven Rowley’s The Celebrants. Like any great wedding, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY is funny, heartfelt, and full of surprises. And like any truly terrible wedding, it’s something readers won’t forget, even long after the last page is turned.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Beloved author and Who? Weekly podcast host Bobby Finger explores marriage, relationships, and hetero-normative wedding culture in his hilarious and heartwarming new novel, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY. Set in Finger’s home state of Texas, this sharp and tender story follows a recently engaged gay man who begins to question the idea of marriage while attending his cousin’s chaotic Wild West-themed wedding weekend—surrounded by old friends and unexpected strangers who ultimately help guide him toward the truth.
Bobby Finger’s previous novels The Old Place and Four Squares are critically acclaimed and garnered attention from the New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, People, Town & Country, New York, Vanity Fair, NPR.org, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and more, calling his novels “heartfelt and entertaining” (New York Times Book Review), “beautifully rendered” (NPR.org), and “funny” (People).
PRAISE FOR WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY:
“We Are Gathered Here Today possesses the same quality I’ve loved in all of Bobby Finger’s novels—a sense of humor that is about wit and sharp observation, tenderness but never cruelty. The subject of marriage lets Finger play anthropologist of the destination wedding weekend and philosopher on the very big question of love—in this case, the bond between old friends, the promise of new romance, the ties of biological family, and the dynamics of queer chosen family.”
—Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind
“Weddings can make us laugh, cry, and examine our own relationships—and so does We Are Gathered Here Today, a funny, heartfelt, and visceral novel about reconnection and true love. From the Texas heat to the self doubts that haunt everyone in attendance, Bobby Fingers' prose captures all the delicious and devilish nuances at play. As the blessed wedding day approaches, the tension builds and then explodes with exquisite satisfaction. No one writes about friendship between queer people with more depth, insight, and biting humor than Bobby Finger. I devoured this book.”
—Rasheed Newson, bestselling author of There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood
ABOUT THE MEDIATOR:
Darcy Jay Gagnon is an essayist from Washington D.C. and the former Senior Nonfiction Editor for the Rumpus. You can find his work in Gulf Coast, Essay Daily, March Xness, and elsewhere. He is the co-leader of Asbury Book Cooperative's QUEER BOOK CLUB.
You can find him at @darcyjaygagnon.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Asbury Book Cooperative, 644A Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, United States
USD 7.18 to USD 33.85
