An Evening with Jill Santopolo: Celebrating The Love We Found

Join us on Tuesday, March 25, to celebrate the release of , the long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling global phenomenon The Light We Lost, by Jill Santopolo. In conversation with Louisa Thomas, Jill will take you behind the pages of the love story, exploring how fate and choice shape Lucy’s journey.

Afterward, you'll have the chance to snap a photo and grab a signature from the author.

This is a unique opportunity to hear from a master of storytelling in matters of the heart. Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the waitlist. Should spots become available, you'll have 24 hours to claim yours before they are offered to the next person. Please note, the option to join the waitlist is not currently available through the eventbrite app. Instead, visit a web browser to make this selection.

EVENT DETAILS

• 6:15 PM: Doors Open – Grab your book, get settled in and excited for the discussion!
• 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – Jill and Louisa will dive into The Love We Found.
• 7:45 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask anything!
• 8:00 PM: Signatures and Snapping Pics – Meet Jill, get your book signed, and snap a photo!
• 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!

Jill Santopolo is the internationally best-selling author of Stars in an Italian Sky, Everything After, More Than Words and The Light We Lost, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and has been optioned for film. Her books have been translated into more than 35 languages and have been named to the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Apple, and Indie Bound bestseller lists. She is also the author of the Alec Flint Mysteries, the Sparkle Spa series, and the Follow Your Heart books. Jill holds a BA in English Literature from Columbia University, an MFA in Writing for Children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and a certificate in Intellectual Property Law from NYU. She is the publisher of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, where she edits many critically-acclaimed, award-winning, and best-selling books including She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, Girling Up by Mayim Bialik, Calling All Minds by Temple Grandin,  Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael Lopez, and Superheroes Are Everywhere by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Mechal Roe. Jill has worked as a thesis advisor at The New School in their MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults and was on the faculty of the Columbia Publishing Course. She was also an adjunct professor at McDaniel College, where she helped develop the curriculum for their certificate program in Writing for Children. Jill has traveled all over the U.S.—and to Canada and Europe—to speak about writing and storytelling. She lives in Washington, DC and New York with her husband and daughter.

ABOUT THE LOVE WE FOUND
The long-awaited follow-up to the Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling global phenomenon The Light We Lost: a thrilling love story about the roles fate and choice play in shaping a life

It’s been ten years. In case you’re out there somewhere—in case you’re listening, I’m here. And I have so much to tell you.

It’s been nearly ten years since Gabe’s been gone when Lucy finds a tiny piece of paper in a box of his old photos. An address in Rome. Why did Gabe keep it, and what was he doing in Italy? Lucy buys a last-minute ticket. Impulsive, but Gabe always brought that out in her.

Lucy’s journey to uncover Gabe’s secret leads her to Dr. Dax Amstrong, a New Yorker in Italy working with an NGO. His broad shoulders and sad, intense eyes draw Lucy in. His touch reaches her in a forgotten place—one that no one has neared since Gabe.

But her old life awaits, along with an earth-shattering decision—whether she and Darren should tell their son Samuel the truth about his real father. How can Lucy move forward while she’s rooted in regret? Fate broke her heart in the past. Can finding new love set her free?

ABOUT LOUISA THOMAS
Louisa Thomas is a staff writer for the New Yorker. She is the author of Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, a biography of the former First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams (1775-1852), and Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family — A Test of Will and Faith in World War I, about her great-grandfather, Norman Thomas, and his three brothers. She is also the coauthor, with John Urschel, of Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, and the co-editor, with Mary Pilon, of Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard. A former writer and editor for ESPN's Grantland, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, New York, Vogue, Racquet, several Best American Sports Writing anthologies, and other places. An avid runner, chess enthusiast, and tennis player, she lives outside of Boston with her husband and two small children.

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