*Your Actual Life May Vary—Author Linda Lenhoff at GGP, 6 August | Event in Oakland | AllEvents

*Your Actual Life May Vary—Author Linda Lenhoff at GGP

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Wed, 06 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm

6120 La Salle Ave 510-339-8210, Oakland, CA, United States, California 94611

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Wed, 06 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm (PDT)

6120 La Salle Ave 510-339-8210, California 94611

6120 La Salle Ave, Oakland, CA 94611-2802, United States

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*Your Actual Life May Vary—Author Linda Lenhoff at GGP
Please join us on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM as we welcome Linda Lenhoff for a conversation about her new novel, *Your Actual Life May Vary.

We will be selling the book at the event, or you can order a copy at https://ggpbooks.com/book/9781951631451. We hope to see you there!

Description
Patty Grant, a faltering grad student in San Diego, learns that she needs to move out of her beloved rental with almost no notice. But she wonders: What should she do about the young child tied to a doghouse in a backyard down the street? After all, her calls to child services just go unanswered and none of the neighbors seems to have noticed… .

One spur-of-the-moment decision changes Patty’s life— but she couldn’t just leave that stray child behind, could she? And does having a child strapped haphazardly to the passenger seat make you some kind of parent? Or… something else?

With her silent, mysterious passenger, Patty follows the California dream, searching for a place that’ s perfect and brand new, yet somehow comforting and familial. Can she escape her past and make amends for her rash decision? Once she gets to know her new community, Patty discovers that nearly everyone has something to hide.

She might just fit right in… .

In this darkly comic novel, Linda Lenhoff gives us a parable of the modern community and examines what it really means to be a family through a uniquely twisted, humorous lens.

About the Author
Linda Lenhoff is the author of Life a la Mode and Latte Lessons, Her short stories have been widely published. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter, and writes about books, travel, and the little things that get us through the day at http://lindalattelessons.wordpress.com.


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*Your Actual Life May Vary—Author Linda Lenhoff at GGP, 6 August | Event in Oakland | AllEvents
*Your Actual Life May Vary—Author Linda Lenhoff at GGP
Wed, 06 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm