Jeannine A. Cook Discusses & Signs It's Me They Follow w/Ramunda Lark Young

Join MahoganyBooks for an exciting evening celebrating bookshop owner Jeannine A. Cook's debut novel, , a book within a book (within a book) that intertwines the power of storytelling, human connection and the spirit of love. Joined in conversation by MahoganyBooks co-owner Ramunda Young, you won't want to miss this riveting conversation with two phenomenal Black bookshop owners.

Grab a friend, cousin or roll solo, we'd love to see you. Come through and celebrate this amazing novel!

About the book:

An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books.

It’s Me They Follow is an allegorical love story set in a not so distant past. It follows The Shopkeeper, a bookseller and reluctant matchmaker. Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, until it is time for her to find love for herself.

She secretly yearns for her first customer, ME, who took both her most prized book and a piece of her heart when he left. But just when she begins to lose hope, she discovers that she may hold the key to her own happily ever after as well.

Real life Shopkeeper and author Jeannine A. Cook has conjured a magical story that is a book within a book within a book. Soon, readers will find themselves falling under the same love spell as her customers and characters. In this magical bookshop where the line between fiction and reality blurs, stories and real life intertwine in an enchanting and moving narrative about human connection, the power of storytelling, and the spirit of love.

About the author: Jeannine A. Cook is the founder and owner of three avant-garde bookshop concepts, Harriett’s in Philadelphia; Ida’s in South Jersey; and Josephine’s, a literary installation in Paris. She holds an MFA from Drexel University. She is the author of the novel It’s Me They Follow.

About the conversation partner: Ramunda Young is an entrepreneur, community builder, and owner and co-founder of MahoganyBooks, a nationally recognized bookstore specializing in books written for, by, and about the African diaspora that she co-founded with her husband Derrick Young. One of Ramunda’s proudest moments was becoming a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She is also an active alum of her beloved HBCU, Langston University.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

• 6:30 PM - Doors Open | 7 PM Conversation Begins
• Please email us at at least 14 days in advance at [email protected] should you need any accommodations to attend this event
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--Let's have an amazing evening,

Derrick, Ramunda & The MahoganyBooks Team

Host or Publisher MahoganyBooks