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TreeHouse BookClub

This month, we will be talking about: Songs For Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan. . Buy online.

Everyone is welcome- whether you have read/listened to the entire book, have read/listened to part of it, and/or are just curious to learn more (heads up: there will be spoilers).

Free Event led by Owner: CJ Arthur

IFrom award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship

J is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike most wedding singers, he writes an original song for every couple—his way of finding out about the small, strange things that brought them together and the hopeful, vulnerable feelings they’re experiencing.

J’s own love life is in a state of flux. His girlfriend is off to New York for work, and as her life grows bigger and busier without him in it, he finds it harder to stick to a happy tune. He doesn’t know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples or warn them.

When complications hit and love is tested, is there any way to sing through all the noise?

Combining David Levithan’s deeply observant storytelling and Jens Lekman’s inventive and touching original songs, Songs for Other People’s Weddings is a tender, honest novel that tracks love through all its chord changes, never forgetting that the best songs contain the bitter and the sweet, the despair of losing it all and the euphoria of being found.

Earlier Event: September 21
Sunday Scribblers Writing Club
Later Event: September 27
Author Event: Book Signing w/ Dora Simpson