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Meet Author Kristan Higgins

2023-06-15 19:00:00 2023-06-15 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Kristan Higgins Join us when author Kristan Higgins visits to discuss her new novel, <i>A Little Ray of Sunshine</i>. Strongsville Branch - Meeting Rooms A & B (130)

Thursday, June 15
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-06-15 19:00:00 2023-06-15 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Kristan Higgins Join us when author Kristan Higgins visits to discuss her new novel, <i>A Little Ray of Sunshine</i>. Strongsville Branch - Meeting Rooms A & B (130)

Strongsville Branch

Meeting Rooms A & B (130)

Join us when author Kristan Higgins visits to discuss her new novel, A Little Ray of Sunshine.

About the author:

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books have received dozens of awards and accolades, including starred reviews from Entertainment Weekly, PeopleKirkus, The New York Journal of Books, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Booklist.

The happy mother of two snarky and well-adjusted adults, Kristan enjoys gardening, mixology, the National Parks and complimenting strangers on their children. She lives in Connecticut with her heroic firefighter husband, cuddly dog and indifferent cat.

In A Little Ray of Sunshine, a kid walks into your bookstore and guess what? He’s your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise!
 
And a huge surprise it is.
 
It’s a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a close relationship with Matthew, her nearly adult son. But apparently, he felt the need to secretly arrange a vacation to Cape Cod for the summer so he could meet his birth mother…without a word to either her or his dad.
 
It’s also a surprise— to say the least—to Harlow, the woman who secretly placed her baby for adoption so many years ago. She’s spent the years since then building a quiet life. She runs a bookstore with her grandfather, hangs out with her four younger siblings and is more or less happily single, though she can’t help gravitating toward Grady Byrne, her old friend from high school. He’s moved back to town, three-year-old daughter in tow, no wife in the picture. But she’s always figured her life had to be child-free, so that complicates things.
 
When Matthew walks into Harlow’s store, she faints. Monica panics. And all their assumptions—about what being a parent really means—explode. This summer will be full of more surprises as both their families are redefined…and as both women learn that for them, there’s no limit to a mother’s love.

Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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