Author Event at The Story Peddler Bookstore in Bellville

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Author Event at The Story Peddler Bookstore in Bellville

Friday, October 4, 2024 (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) (CDT)

Description

The Story Peddler bookstore in Bellville will host Houston author, Jennifer Mathieu who will read from her debut adult novel, "The Faculty Lounge." Jennifer will be available to answer questions and sign books for those attendees who wish to purchase one.


SYNOPSIS:

With its ensemble of warm and unforgettable characters, Jennifer Mathieu’s THE FACULTY LOUNGE (Dutton, July 23, 2024) shows readers a different side of school life. It all starts when an elderly substitute teacher at Baldwin High School is found dead in the faculty lounge. After a bit of a stir, life quickly returns to normal—it’s not like it’s the worst (or even most interesting) thing that has happened within the building’s walls. But when, a week later, the spontaneous scattering of his ashes on the school grounds catches the attention of some busybody parents, it sets in motion a year that can only be described as wild, bizarre, tragic, mundane, beautiful, and humorous all at once.


In the midst of the ensuing hysteria and threats of disciplinary action, the novel peeks into the lives of the implicated adults who, it turns out, actually have first names and continue to exist when the school day is done.

We meet: a former punk band front man, now a middle-aged principal who must battle it out with the school board to keep his job; a no-nonsense school nurse willing to break the rules, despite the close watch on their campus, when a student arrives at her office with a dilemma; and a disgruntled English instructor who finds himself embroiled in even more controversy when he misfires a snarky email. Oh, and there’s also a teacher make-out session in a supply closet during a lockdown. As these people continue to manage the chaos of this school year, there is the looming threat of what will become of their beloved Baldwin High.
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Free and open to the public
Friday, October 4, 2024 (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) (CDT)

Friday, October 4, 2024

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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