The Shampoo Effect: In Conversation with author Jenny Jackson
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Ticket price $68
Boswell Book Company and the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin present a special, ticketed dinner with Jenny Jackson, the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street. Jackson appears for a conversation about her unforgettable new novel, The Shampoo Effect. An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit group of friends in a picturesque coastal New England town and upends all of their lives forever.
Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, MA and falls head-over-heels for litter-collecting kayak enthusiast Van Whittaker, who still runs with his childhood crowd: his beautiful ex-girlfriend, Bailey, old-moneyed and snobbish Augusta, and Fran, who's too fed up with boys to ever consider marrying one. They run wild through the marshes, beaches, houseboats, and bars of Greenhead, playing games as they always have. But when Bailey discovers she’s pregnant, the delicate balance is thrown off, Caroline is cast out, and in a potent mix of fury and heartbreak, long-held secrets (so many secrets!) are exposed. Dazzlingly funny and as juicy as it is astute, The Shampoo Effect is a story of late-night parties, early mornings with small children, the dawn of midlife, and a group of old friends finally growing up despite all their best efforts to the contrary.
Daniel Goldin is a huge fan of The Shampoo Effect. He says: “What emotional heft! I was alternatingly laughing, crying, and stressing out for the finely drawn characters. But perhaps its greatest accomplishment was convincing me to revisit John Updike, whose 1968 novel Couples casts a shadow over this story. Jackson’s second novel might be packaged as a breezy beach read, but don’t underestimate its sophisticated charms - I’d recommend The Shampoo Effect anytime, anywhere.”
Consider yourself warmly invited to enjoy this author conversation of this contemporary novel in the historic Woman’s Club of Wisconsin as it celebrates its 150th anniversary year.
Tickets cost is $68 and includes admission, a signed hardcover copy of The Shampoo Effect and a Light Supper Menu to include a lobster roll, cucumber and tomato salad, house-made potato chips, key lime pie and coffee and tea service. Specialty cocktails available for purchase.
Author Reception starts at 5:30 PM, followed by light supper menu at 6:00 PM and the book talk at 6:30 PM. Personalized inscriptions are available. Admission includes valet parking. (Self-parking available in the Club lot at the corner of Wells and Cass Streets).
Event Reservation deadline is July 8, 2026 at 12:00pm. No day of event walk-ins or refunds possible.
WCW Club members may call 414-276-5170 to make reservations using club accounts.
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Jenny Jackson is author of Pineapple Street. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, Jackson is Vice President and Editorial Director of Fiction at Alfred A Knopf.
MENU:
Lobster Roll
Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Housemade Potato Chips
Key Lime Pie
Coffee and Tea Service
Specialty Cocktails available for purchase
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