Texas Book Festival and BookPeople Present: Mitch Albom

Texas Book Festival is honored to welcome Mitch Albom in celebration of his latest book, Twice.

This is a ticketed event.

• Date: Saturday, November 8th
• Start time: 10:30 am
• Run time: 45 minutes
• Location: First United Methodist Church, 1201 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701
• Your ticket purchase includes a copy of Twice, pre-signed by the author. There will be no public signing after this event.
• Please note: Each ticket purchase includes entry for one attendee

If you buy a ticket and are unable to attend:

• We will hold your book at BookPeople for 30 days after the event.
• We understand that things happen, but please only order a ticket if you currently plan to attend! Tickets are not to be used in place of pre-orders, etc.

Guidelines:

• Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Texas Book Festival reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary.
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About the book (as provided by Harper Books):

What if you got to do everything in your life —twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s newest novel is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.

When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again. The one catch: he must accept the consequences of his second try—for better or worse.

He grows up correcting his mistakes and saving himself from adolescent embarrassments. He even takes foolishly dangerous risks, just to see what it’s like to come close to death, before tapping back to safety.

Eventually, Alfie turns his gift to his love life, studying his crushes and going back to make himself more appealing. In time, he falls deeply in love with Gianna, the woman he believes is the one. He seems to find contentment.

But as the years pass, Alfie’s eye begins to wander. Which is when he learns a lone caveat to his power: once he undoes a love, that person can never fall in love with him again. Knowing if he gives in to temptation, he will risk losing what he has with Gianna, Alfie makes a choice that changes his life forever.

The book begins many years later, after an ailing Alfie is arrested for allegedly cheating and winning millions at a casino roulette wheel. As a curious detective interrogates him, he slowly uncovers Alfie’s incredible story, and its most unlikely conclusion.

In Twice, America’s favorite storyteller, Mitch Albom, is at the top of his powers. A love story that is enchanting, probing, and clairvoyant in matters of the heart, Twice will make you think, weep, and overflow with love from beginning to end.

About the author:

Author, screenwriter, philanthropist, journalist, and broadcaster, Mitch Albom has written 8 #1 NY Times bestsellers — including Tuesdays with Morrie. His books have sold more than 42M copies in 48 languages worldwide. He has also written award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays and a musical. He appeared for more than 20 years on ESPN, and was a fixture on The Sports Reporters. Through his column at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and was the recipient of the Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. Following his bestselling memoir Finding Chika and Human Touch, an online serial that raised funds for pandemic relief, he returned to fiction with The Stranger in the Lifeboat and The Little Liar. His new novel is a stunning love story about magical second chances called Twice. Albom devotes most of his time to charitable work through SAY Detroit and Have Faith Haiti, among many other initiatives.

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