May Book Club: Sour Cherry (May 21)

MAY PICK: Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou

Wednesday, May 21

6:15 p.m. | Meet-and-greet

6:30 p.m. dinner & discussion | The Junction

3-course dinner from The Junction | $65 (includes drink pairings, tax, and tip)

Join us at The Junction to discuss Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou! Attendees must purchase a dinner ticket to attend; there are 35 spots for available for in-person seating.

Every month we gather to discuss the book over an original, three-course meal with drink pairings inspired by the book. Purchase your dinner ticket to let us know you'll be coming!

Find a copy from the bookstore:

Paperback | $17.95

Audiobook | $20.99 or subscription

Get Let Book Club Subscription Box: $50/month | includes the book of the month and other thematic goodies!

The Fine Print

Special Diet: If you have any sort of dietary restriction, please include the special diet option with your ticket. The base meal is prepared vegetarian, so if you have any further dietary needs (especially allergies!), please contact the Junction directly at aGVsbG8gfCB0aGVqdW5jdGlvbmtpdGNoZW4gISBjb20=.

Nonalcoholic Pairings: If you do not need the wine pairings, please select the nonalcoholic option to your ticket. Two mocktails will replace the wine pairings; you can also request soda or juice (options depend on availability at The Junction).

Refund policy: Refunds will be granted up to the Sunday before the event. After this time, the Junction has begun preparation for the dinner and cannot grant refunds for the costs. (Note that Eventbrite no longer allows refunds to be provided as a credit for future events.)

Transfer policy: Attendees can transfer their Tuesday night ticket to Wednesday night or vice versa if scheduling conflicts arise. If a transfer occurs within 12 hours of the event, please reach out to Itinerant Literate at aW5mbyB8IGl0aW5lcmFudGxpdGVyYXRlYm9va3MgISBjb20= or (843) 225-6569 to notify organizers of the change.

About the Book:

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A stunning reimagining of Bluebeard—one of the most mythologized serial killers—twisted into a modern tale of toxic masculinity, a feminist sermon, and a folktale for the twenty-first century.

The tale begins with Agnes. After losing her baby, Agnes is called to the great manor house to nurse the local lord’s baby boy. But something is wrong with the child: his nails grow too fast, his skin smells of soil, and his eyes remind her of the dark forest. As he grows into a boy, then into man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Trees wither at the roots, fruits rot on their branches, and the town turns against him. The man takes a wife, who bears him a son. But tragedy strikes in cycles and his family is forced to consider their own malignancy—until wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. The ghosts become a chorus, and they call urgently to our narrator as she tries to explain, in our very real world, exactly what has happened to her. The ghosts can all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin: If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.

Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting and unforgettable debut novel, Sour Cherry, confronts age-old systems of gender and power, long-held excuses made for bad men, and the complicated reasons we stay captive to the monsters we love.

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