# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 16 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: UPDATE! DATE HAS CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th 7pm

Please join us for Alibi Bookshop's Memoir Book Club on Wednesday, July 16th at 7pm to discuss Griffin Dunne's "The Friday Afternoon Club."

NOTE: THIS IS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH INSTEAD OF THE SECOND THURSDAY

The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by TIME, NPR, People, Town & Country, and Air Mail

Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances

At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan’s Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin’s twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne’s career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims’ rights activist.

And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving characters—its author most of all.

“What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne’s life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages.” —Anderson Cooper

PAPERBACK AVAILABLE JUNE 10th in shop and online: bookshop.org/shop/alibibookshop and audio available now: libro.fm/shop/alibibookshop
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- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, theatre, literary-art, parties, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 28

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Vallejo
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 624 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States, California 94590
- **lat**: 38.10189
- **long**: -122.25641
- **full address**: 624 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States, California 94590

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm being held?
  - **A:** Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm takes place on Wed, 16 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 16 Jul, 2025 at 07:00 pm at 624 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States, California 94590.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm?
  - **A:** Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm is organized by Alibi Bookshop - Vallejo, CA.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Vallejo, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne Wednesday July 16th 7pm sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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