Author Event: Celebrate Cali Adeline & People Watching in the Desert

Name: Author Event: Celebrate Cali Adeline & People Watching in the Desert
Start: 2026-07-14T18:30:00-04:00
Location: 5792 Three Notched Road , Crozet, VA, United States, Virginia 22932

Schedule

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

5792 Three Notched Road , Crozet, VA, United States, Virginia 22932 | Crozet, VA

Join us in celebrating the launch of local author Cali Adeline’s debut novel, People Watching In The Desert.
Tuesday, July 14, 6:30 PM
Bluebird & Co.
Light refreshments will be served.
A funny and big-hearted novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures, about a lonely young woman who prefers to observe the world rather than participate in it, and the seismic repercussions that follow when she steps out of her own bubble. A fresh, hilarious, sharply honest, and instantly captivating. Her voice rivals the warm appeal of Gail Honeyman, Shelby van Pelt, Alison Espach, Fredrik Backman, Maria Semple, and Laura Zigman.
Sonny Magee has spent most of her life alone, finding comfort in quiet solitude and scribbling in the private pages of her notebook. She lost her loving but troubled mother in childhood and was raised by an indifferent, sometimes cruel grandmother who left her scarred and naïve about life.
When she mysteriously comes into a large sum of money, she finds herself in Arizona, at the luxury Sanctuary Resort & Spa. Out of her element and her comfort zone, she struggles with the spa’s doting staff and the unfamiliar wealth and constant small talk of her fellow guests.
Forced proximity introduces her to a cadre of eccentrics, and something akin to romance blossoms with a resort employee. Yet she still feels most at peace when people watch from the margins, headphones on and scrawling in her notebook. But when a freak accident disturbs Sanctuary's carefully curated tranquility, a shocking twist crumbles Sonny’s inner world, and she finds herself unexpectedly—and maybe even pleasantly—surprised by the people around her.
Cali Adeline is from Virginia, having lived in various places from Seattle to Boston before making her way back to VA. She loves hiking, traveling, being outdoors, and spending time with her husband and 2 daughters. Cali is currently writing her second (and 3rd, 4th, and 5th!) books simultaneously.