Ann Liang with Julian Winters - Never Thought I'd End Up Here!

We never thought we'd say this, but ANN LIANG IS COMING TO LITTLE SHOP!!! Ann has written the rom-com of our dreams and is stopping by to tell us all about it with our bookish bestie and fellow Ann super fan, Julian Winters! Mark your calendars for June 5th and get ready for a very fun night!

Tickets:

Admission + Book: $19.99 This ticket admits one to our event and gets you a copy of Never Thought I'd End Up Here to be signed at the event.

Admission: $0 this free ticket admits one to our event, but does not include a book.

Please note that a purchase of Never Thought I'd End Up Here from Little Shop is required to enter the signing line for either author. Eventbrite, website, and in person purchases all count!

About the Book:

Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA — it’s all she’s ever known. But after accidentally wishing her cousin ill health and a very depressing marriage at her wedding, her parents stage an intervention. She’s forgotten most of her Mandarin, has zero regard for etiquette, and can’t hold a conversation with her own grandparents for longer than a minute. Their solution? Send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China’s most beautiful cities. To them, it’s the perfect opportunity for Leah to get back to her roots. To Leah, it’s simply a much-needed escape. But before Leah can even begin to enjoy the luxurious hotels, stunning scenery, and mouth-watering cuisine, she finds that also on the trip is her former classmate and least favorite person ever: cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who’s somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome since they last saw each other. While Leah might be tempted to shove him off the peak of the Yellow Mountain when nobody’s looking, she can’t get rid of him just yet. After all, she might never get another chance to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life. Yet the deeper they wander into China’s provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love — with the boy she once thought she despised, the home she never thought she’d call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.

About the Author and Moderator:

ANN LIANG is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. Born in Beijing, she grew up traveling back and forth between China and Australia, but somehow ended up with an American accent. When she isn't writing, she can be found making overambitious to-do lists, binge-watching dramas, and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who's a good dog. You can find her online at annliang.com.

Julian Winters is the author of the award-winning Young Adult novels Running With Lions, Right Where I Left You, How to Be Remy Cameron, The Summer of Everything, and As You Walk On By, as well as the upcoming Prince of the Palisades and his Adult romance debut, I Think They Love You. A self-proclaimed comic book geek, Julian currently lives outside of Atlanta where he can be found swooning over rom-coms or watching the only two sports he can follow—volleyball and soccer.

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