Rainbow Rowell

Schedule

Tue Apr 14 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Powell's City of Books | Portland, OR

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About this Event

Bestselling author Rainbow Rowell returns with a breathtakingly honest novel about a woman who lost everything — and isn't sure she wants it back. Everybody knows that Cherry's husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie… almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. Tom is the creator of Thursday — a semi-autobiographical webcomic that's become an international phenomenon. Semi-autobiographical. That means there's a character in this movie based on Cherry… "Baby." Wide-hipped, heavy-chested, double-chinned Baby. Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page — let alone on the big screen. But there's no getting away from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry that strangers recognize her at the grocery store. While her soon-to-be ex-husband is in Los Angeles getting rich and famous and being the Internet's latest boyfriend, Cherry is stuck in Omaha taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in… and wondering who she's supposed to be without him. Cherry had promised to love Tom through thick and thin. She'd meant it. One night, Cherry decides to leave all her problems, including Tom's overgrown puppy, at home. She ventures out to see her favorite band play her favorite album… and someone recognizes her from across the room. Russ Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. Before Tom. Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry. And best of all… he's never heard of Thursday. Tender, funny, and utterly human, Cherry Baby (William Morrow) is Rainbow Rowell's richest, most surprising — sexiest — novel yet.
Please note: This is a ticketed event. Tickets include admission, as well as one hardcover copy of Cherry Baby. Books distributed at event.
Disclaimer: If you are not able to make it to the event after the refund period has lapsed, your book will be held at the venue for 14 days following the event unless you reach out to our Customer Contact Center ([email protected]). After that time the book is considered abandoned and we will restock the product to our inventory.

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Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside St., Portland, United States

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