Book Launch: "A Dog in Georgia" by Lauren Grodstein, in conversation with Lindsey Wells

Welcome back friend of the store and Rutgers University-Camden professor, bestselling author Lauren Grodstein! Lauren will be be celebrating the release of her newest book, "A Dog in Georgia" with a reading, conversation with Lindsey Wells, and book signing.

Fresh off her TODAY Show / Read with Jenna Book Club pick, We Must Not Think of Ourselves, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Grodstein was inspired to take on an entirely different project. In her forthcoming novel, she explores the emotional labor of marriage and motherhood as she considers what it means to hit reset on a once-idyllic life gone awry.

"Amy Webb is a chef. Or rather, she was a chef. Somewhere along the way she also became a wife and a stepmother and an emergency contact, and the part of her that was a chef disappeared entirely- along with her sense of self. Which is why she is currently in the republic of Georgia, on a mission to find a lost dog named Angel , and, more importantly, the life's purpose she once took for granted. For months, Amy has escaped by watching YouTube videos of Angel walking the children of Tbilisi to school. When Angel goes missing, Amy volunteers to go find him. The fact that her husband may be having (another) affair and her stepson is away at college probably has something to do with it. Who is Amy, after all, if she's not taking care of other people? But to her surprise, Angel proves elusive, and while she does make friends with a number of stray dogs, what she finds in Tblisi is entirely human. Is she happy in her marriage? What happened to her career? Why doesn't she ever cook anymore, even just for herself? Helping her on this journey of self-discovery is a rebellious teenager, a mysterious and attractive Russian, and several post-Soviet grandmothers. And, of course, the rich food and culture and complicated politics of Georgia itself. After a lifetime of looking away from her own needs and appetites, Amy is forced to confront what she really wants and how to finally find herself - And a dog."

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