Come by the gorgeous new Barnes&Noble store on Chestnut street. I’ll be there, and would love to see you.

ABOUT THIS EVENT

We are pleased to introduce our new Saturday Spotlight Series at the Center City Barnes and Noble! This is a new event series focused on celebrating Philadelphia's amazing community of local authors with signings and meet-and-greets each Saturday at the Center City Barnes and Noble. Stop by the store, chat with the authors, and pick up a signed edition of their book!

Join us in welcoming author Jenny Laden into the store for our 3pm Saturday Spotlight on September 9th! Laden is an artist, writer, teacher, organizer, fundraiser, and mother from Philadelphia. This Terrible True Thing is her first novel. It tells the story of Danielle Silver, a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide.