# Event Details - **Event Name**: Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: East City Bookshop welcomes Becca Freeman to discuss her book, Back Where We Started, in conversation with Laura Hankin.About this EventNote on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A.Pre-order your copy of Back Where We Started for the event in Eventbrite check-out as an add-on to your ticket.ABOUT BACK WHERE WE STARTEDA rising Hollywood star explores the road not taken with her first love in this tender second-chance romance by the author of The Christmas Orphans ClubKatie’s wildest dreams have come true. She’s a Hollywood actress, booked and busy, and promoting her latest film. Sure, she still struggles with sexist media malignment and unimaginative roles, but from where she stands today, her hometown of Dutch Ridge, Pennsylvania feels a million miles away—and that makes it all worth it.Because Dutch Ridge can only ever represent Drew. Every street is filled with memories of their shared adolescence, how they were each other’s first everything, the hours they spent planning for the future. Drew was the only person in Dutch Ridge who didn’t make Katie feel delusional for dreaming big, because he did, too. She was going to be the next Julia Roberts, and he was going to be president someday. Was it their extraordinary level of ambition that brought them together at sixteen? It was definitely what drove them apart in the years after.But now, a promise to her sister forces Katie to return to Dutch Ridge for Christmas, where she runs into Drew, who seems to have followed a different path from the one they once dreamed up. And strangely, he seems...happy. As their run-ins heat up and the two can't keep themselves away from each other, Katie begins to wonder whether her accolade-filled Hollywood life really fulfills her after all. Back Where We Started is an emotional second-chance romance, a story about allowing oneself to change, the addictive nature of achievement, and how we make room in our lives for what matters most.Becca Freeman is the author of The Christmas Orphans Club. She's also the co-host of the popular books and lifestyle podcast "Bad on Paper" and the writer behind the Book Enthusiast newsletter. Becca is a graduate of Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Back Where We Started is her second novel.Laura Hankin is the author of several novels, including One-Star Romance and Happy & You Know It. Her writing projects for film and TV include the Netflix movie Don’t Say Good Luck. She lives with her family in Washington, DC, where she once fell off a treadmill twice in one day. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/hybrid-event-back-where-we-started-becca-freeman/100001993160088479 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Entertainment, Theatre, Workshops, virtual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 31.1, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: East City Bookshop - **lat**: 38.88456060000001 - **long**: -76.9968836 - **full address**: East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1273e306327157224f51cf908052ed93ed2b731c240ea3266f13ebd21a4410d8-rimg-w1200-h600-dce8d848-gmir.jpg?v=1788177636 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman being held? - **A:** Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman takes place on Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman? - **A:** Hybrid Event: Back Where We Started, Becca Freeman is organized by East City Bookshop. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at East City Bookshop's events? - **A:** Attendees have given East City Bookshop a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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