

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: In-Store: Reena Shah: Every Happiness w/ Paul Lisicky
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: "A striking debut about loyalty, safety, and the ties that bind us.” —Samantha Leach, Bustle’s "Best New Books of Winter 2025-26"About this EventEvent guidelines:Each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.A signing will follow the talk.Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.The event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/N2H4ap_vsTgAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.Every Happiness is a dazzling debut that explores the ties that bind two women across decades and continents despite rivalry, class difference, and the conflicting needs of family and self.Deepa and Ruchi are 12 years old when they meet at their Catholic school in India, but their connection is swift and lasting. As the two girls grow up and face their families’ expectations and the limits of their ambitions, their friendship is marked by intimacy, jealousy, and suppressed desire.When, in their twenties, Deepa marries a doctor and moves from India to the suburbs of Connecticut, Ruchi quickly finds an engineer bound for the same state and follows her friend across the world. But life in the United States is different than either woman expects. Deepa’s daughter seeks affection Deepa refuses to give, and Ruchi’s son resists her smothering care. At the same time, Deepa and Ruchi find their closeness tested by a growing class disparity, competing family needs, and the differences in their desires. Ultimately, when Ruchi discovers a dangerous secret about Deepa’s husband’s wealth, both women are forced to weigh the tangled bonds of their friendship with their lives, and their families’, in the burgeoning Indian American community.“Moving and unforgettable” (Kimberly King Parsons), Every Happiness explores the slippery edges of a lifelong relationship, and the invisible threads that bind us, sometimes painfully, to those we love most.Reena Shah is a writer, editor, and teacher. Her work has been featured in the Masters Review, Electric Literature, Joyland, BBC, the American Prospect, National Geographic, and the Guardian, among other publications. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, Millay Arts, Tin House, Sustainable Arts Foundation, Cuttyhunk Island Residency, and the Fulbright Foundation. She received an MFA in fiction from the Michener Center for Writers, where she won the Keene Prize for Literature. For many years she was a kathak dancer in New York and India. She now lives on Roosevelt Island, NY with her family and teaches in a public school.Paul Lisicky is the author of seven books including Song So Wild and Blue, Later: My Life at the Edge of the World, and The Narrow Door. A recipient of Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, he is a Professor of English in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers University-Camden, where he is the editor of StoryQuarterly. He divides his time between Brooklyn and Southern Louisiana.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, fine-arts, crafts, magic-show
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10.89, max: 31.56, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Brooklyn
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Books Are Magic Montague
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- **full address**: Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States

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- **organizer**: Books Are Magic (https://allevents.in/org/books-are-magic/22525923)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 10.89 up to 31.56 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Books Are Magic
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops, fine-arts, crafts, magic-show
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about In-Store: Reena Shah: Every Happiness w/ Paul Lisicky ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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