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SUMMARY:Between the Sheets: A Romance Book Group
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that romance novels generate over $1.4 billion in 
 revenue--making romance the highest earning genre of fiction?  Romance 
 novels sold more than 39 million print copies in 2023\, which represents a 
 52% increase over the previous year.  Sales of romance novels MORE THAN 
 DOUBLED over 2021 sales\, and last year was the third consecutive year of 
 increasing romance sales.  Meaning: romance readers\, we know you're out 
 there\, and we've got the book club for you!\n\n \n\nJoin Julie Iatron\, 
 Reference and Readers Services' Librarian AND romance devotee\, for 
 "Between the Sheets: A Romance Book Group."  We'll gather on Tuesday\, 
 November 18th at 6:30 PM in the conference room to discuss "Funny Story" by 
 Emily Henry.\n\n \n\nEmily Henry is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday 
 Times bestselling author of funny story\, Happy Place\, Book Lovers\, 
 People We Meet on Vacation\, and Beach Read. She lives and writes in the 
 American Midwest.\n\n \n\n"Daphne always loved the way Peter told their 
 story. How they met\, fell in love\, and moved back to his lakeside 
 hometown to begin their life together. Too bad it turned out to be more of 
 a prequel\, a complication to Peter's actual love story\, the one that ends 
 with him dumping Daphne before their wedding to begin a relationship with 
 his lifelong best friend\, Petra. And so that's how Daphne's story really 
 begins: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay\, Michigan\, without friends or 
 family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the 
 bills)\, and proposing to be roommates with the only other 
 non-Peter-related person she knows: Petra's heartbroken ex\, Miles Nowak. 
 Just until she can get a new dream job literally anywhere else. Scruffy and 
 chaotic\, Miles is entirely the opposite of buttoned-up Daphne\, and they 
 mainly avoid one another until one night\, while drowning their sorrows\, 
 they form a tenuous friendship. Miles decides he will convince Daphne to 
 give Waning Bay a real shot. He'll show her why he loves this idyllic town 
 and its residents\, and if they happen to post deliberately misleading 
 photos of their adventures together-for a particular audience of two-who 
 could blame them? Miles believes Daphne deserves the chance to build a life 
 here\, her own life. As she begins to fall for the town\, Daphne wonders 
 what this summer is supposed to mean. Is it just for fun? An interlude to 
 her own love story? Or maybe it was never meant to be a love story? Maybe 
 it was just an anecdote to share at future dinner parties: that time she 
 fell in love with her ex-fiancé's new fiancée's ex-boyfriend. Who's to 
 say?"\n\n \n\nJoin Julie to popular contemporary and talk characters\, 
 happily ever afters (or happily for now)\, and alllllll the romance tropes! 
  Copies of "Funny Story" are available at the Borrower Services desk and as 
 an eAudiobook and eBook on the Libby app.  For more information or 
 questions\, email jiatron@chelmsfordlibrary.org.  See you on November 18th 
 at 6:30 PM!
LOCATION:Conference Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Iatron":MAILTO:jiatron@chelmsfordlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Literature & Learning
CONTACT;CN="Julie Iatron":MAILTO:jiatron@chelmsfordlibrary.org
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URL:https://chelmsfordlibrary.libcal.com/event/12915424
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