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Anderson’s Bookshop Presents Julie Ryan McGue

February 18 @ 6:00 pm

Julie Ryan McGue

Julie Ryan McGue

Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Julie Ryan McGue, to celebrate the release of her newest book, Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood, on Tuesday, February 18th at 6:00 pm in our Downers Grove store.

Event Format

We will begin checking you in approximately 30 minutes before the start time. After a presentation and Q&A with the author, the line will form in numbered order with the following guidelines:

  • Posed photo with your camera taken by our staff
  • There is a limit of 2 books from home to be signed (unless otherwise stated)
  • There is a limit of 1 personalization of the new book only (unless otherwise stated)

 

All events have open seating. The “Order Line Number” on your pdf ticket is your reserved place in the signing line. You will line up to meet the author based on that number.

If you cannot attend, you must pick up your book (if included with ticket) at the hosting store within 30 days of the event.  We can ship that book to you for an additional charge of $9.99; please call the store to arrange that.

Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited.

More about Twice the Family:  

Growing up as an adoptee and identical twin, Julie McGue will take you on her journey for identity and individuality, searching for answers through tragedy and adversity.

In this coming-of-age memoir, set in Chicago’s western suburbs between the 1960s and ’80s, adopted twins Julie and Jenny provide their parents with an instant family. Their sisterly bond holds tight as the two strive for identity, individuality, and belonging. But as Julie’s parents continue adding children to the family, some painful and tragic experiences test family values, parental relationships, and sibling bonds.

Faced with these hurdles, Julie questions everything—who she is, how she fits in, her adoption circumstances, her faith, and her idea of family. But the life her parents have constructed is not one she wants for herself—and as she matures, she recognizes how the experiences that formed her have provided her a road map for the person and mother she wants to be.
About the Author: 

Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. Her first memoir, Twice a Daughter, released in May 2021, won multiple awards. She writes a weekly blog and monthly column (The Beacher Newspapers), in which she explores the topics of finding out who you are, where you belong and making sense of it. Julie splits her time between northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida.

Details

Date:
February 18
Time:
6:00 pm
Website:
https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event

Venue

Anderson’s Bookshop
5112 Main Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515 United States
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Phone
630-963-2665
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