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Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry Present Hello Girls at Trident Cafe

August 7, 2019 | 7:00 pm

Free

Join Brittany Cavallaro, New York Times bestselling author of the Charlotte Holmes series and the poetry collection Girl-King, and Emily Henry, author of The Love That Split the World and A Million Junes, as they launch their new book HELLO GIRLS, a darkly funny feminist novel about two teenage girls who have had enough of the controlling men in their lives—and take their rage on the road to make a new life for themselves.

About the book

Thelma and Louise gets remade in this powerful, darkly funny teen novel from acclaimed authors Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry. Two teenage girls who have had enough of the controlling men in their lives take their rage on the road to make a new life for themselves. Winona has been starving for life in the seemingly perfect home that she shares with her seemingly perfect father, celebrity weatherman Stormy Olsen. No one knows that he locks the pantry door to control her eating and leaves bruises where no one can see them.

Lucille has been suffocating beneath the needs of her mother and her drug-dealing brother, wondering if there’s more out there for her than disappearing waitress tips and a lifetime of barely getting by.

One harrowing night, Winona and Lucille realize they can’t wait until graduation to start their new lives. They need out. Now. One hour later, they’re armed with a plan that will take them from their small Michigan town to Chicago. All they need is three grand, fast. And really, a stolen convertible can’t hurt. Chased by the oppression, toxicity, and powerlessness that has held them down, Winona and Lucille must reclaim their strength if they are going to make their daring escape—and get away with it.

About the authors

Brittany Cavallaro is the author of the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series and the poetry collection Girl-King. She earned her BA in literature from Middlebury College and her MFA in poetry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She lives in Michigan. Find her at her website, www.brittanycavallaro.com, or on Twitter @skippingstones.

Emily Henry is the author of The Love That Split the World and A Million Junes. She studied creative writing at Hope College and the New York Center for Art; Media Studies, and now spends most of her
time in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. She tweets @EmilyHenryWrite.

Details

Date:
August 7, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.tridentbookscafe.com/event/hello-girls-brittany-cavallaro-and-emily-henry

Venue

Trident Booksellers & Cafe
338 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115 United States
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Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.