TJ KLUNE

SEBASTOPOL --

Copperfield’s Books is delighted to welcome perennial staff favorite and New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune to Sebastopol in celebration of his enchanting and deeply stirring new novel — .

This is a ticketed, off-site event at The Sebastopol Community Cultural Center.

Each ticket (book+tax) includes admission for one, seating and a signed hardcover of We Burned So Bright.

Join us for a reading and warm discussion followed by an audience Q&A and book-signing with photo opportunities!

Scholarships available - Dying to attend but can't afford the ticket? Tell us why you can’t miss this special afternoon by emailing [email protected]

A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip.

The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky….

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.

Now, the world is ending for real. A rogue black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they’ve ever known will be gone.

Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They’re in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it’s all over.

On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how—impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends.

And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.

Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes?

Author: TJ KLUNE (he/him) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of , , , the Green Creek Series for adults, the Extraordinaries Series for teens, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

PRAISE FOR...

For Somewhere Beyond the Sea:
A #1 New York Times, #1 USA Today and #1 indie bestseller!
"An enchanting sequel about found family." — The New York Times
For In the Lives of Puppets:
A New York Times, Sunday Times and indie bestseller!
"Thoroughly entertaining and deeply stirring." — Chuck Tingle, Hugo Award finalist and author of Camp Damascus
For Under the Whispering Door:
A New York Times, USA Today and indie bestseller!
“Tenderness, wit, and skillful worldbuilding elevate this delightful tale. Fans of queer fantasy won’t want to miss this.” — Publishers Weekly
For The House in the Cerulean Sea:
A New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller!
"I loved it. It is like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect." — V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
For The Bones Beneath My Skin:
A New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller!
"An uplifting and curious novel, a shining dot on an overlapping Venn diagram of sci-fi, fantasy, adventure and gay romance." — Aurealis

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