Douglas Stuart celebrates John of John on Wednesday, May 13th at 6pm

welcomes Booker Prize Winner on Wednesday, May 13th at 6pm for a discussion of , a moving story of a young gay man who moves back to his childhood home off the coast of Scotland exploring change, identity and complex family bonds.

He will be joined in conversation by B&N Philadelphia store manager Lynn Rosen.

PLEASE NOTE: This B&N event has been relocated from the Old Pine Church to our Barnes & Noble location at 1708 Chestnut Street.

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To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the guidelines below before purchasing a ticket so that you know what to expect on the day of the event.

TICKET INFORMATION

Single Ticket Admission: $30.24 (Admission for one person + one pre-signed copy of ) **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:

A ticket PER PERSON includes:

• One pre-signed copy of
• Admission for one person into the event space with . Seating is first-come, first-served.
• Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 6pm on the day of the event.
• Please have a copy of your ticket available either printed out or on your phone for check-in.
• All books will be pre-signed. There will not be a meet and greet with the author.

GUIDELINES:

• Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted into the event space.
• Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.
• All event guidelines are subject to change.
• The exact time at which the event ends will be determined on the night of the event. To avoid disappointment, we strongly advise you to arrive on time for the event.
• Barnes & Noble may cancel this event at any time with or without notice to the ticket holders.

If you have any additional questions, please call the store directly at: 267-234-9790.

REFUNDS

• Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 hours) before the 6 PM event start time.
• If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble - Philadelphia, PA will hold your books for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.

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Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American author. His New York Times bestselling debut novel Shuggie Bain won prizes including the 2020 Booker Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, among many others. His latest novel, Young Mungo, was a national bestseller, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and a finalist for the British Book Award, and one of the most highly acclaimed books of the year. His stories are published in the New Yorker and his essays have featured on Literary Hub. He lives in New York City.

From the Booker Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes a vivid, moving novel following a young man returning to his Hebridean island home, a portrait of a father’s expectations and a son’s desires

Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, John-Calum Macleod takes the ferry back home to the island of Harris to find that little has changed except for him. He returns to the windswept croft where he grew up and the two pillars of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, tweed weaver, and lay preacher in the local Presbyterian church, and his maternal grandmother Ella, a profanity—loving Glaswegian whose steady warmth helped Cal weather the sudden departure of his mother.

Cal privately wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, while John is dismayed by his son’s long hair, strange clothes, and seeming unwillingness to be Saved. But Cal isn't the only one in the croft house keeping secrets. As lambing season turns to shearing season, everything seems poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly frayed, and nothing will remain as it was before.

John of John is a singular novel about duty, passion, and the transformative power of the truth. It is a magnificent literary work that cements Douglas Stuart's reputation as one of our greatest working novelists.

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