Vera Stein Is Fine Release Party with Julie Murphy
About this Event
Join us for an evening with Julie Murphy as we celebrate the release of , a heartfelt and hilarious novel about second chances, unexpected romance, and discovering that it’s never too late for a new beginning.
Julie Murphy will be in conversation with a special guest moderator to talk about writing emotionally rich romantic comedies, crafting stories about reinvention, and building worlds filled with humor, heart, and unforgettable characters.
In Vera Stein Is Fine, forty-year-old Vera Stein finds herself suddenly houseless and jobless, with nowhere left to turn but “grandmother’s house”—a sun-soaked, eccentric retirement community just outside Palm Springs known as Starlight Palms. Once there, Vera is pulled into a pastel-hued world of forgotten Hollywood dreamers, scandalous senior antics, and a second chance she never saw coming.
Between her new role as activities coordinator and an unexpected reunion with Elias Buckley—her former college fling and, inconveniently, her legally questionable ex-husband—Vera begins to wonder if the life she thought she missed out on might still be waiting for her after all.
After the conversation, stick around for a meet-and-greet with Julie Murphy! The author will be pre-signing copies of Vera Stein Is Fine, as well as signing 2 additional books brought from home or purchased onsite.
EVENT DETAILS
- 6:30 PM: Doors Open – Grab your pre-signed copy of Vera Stein Is Fine, settle in and get ready for a great discussion!
- 7:00 PM: Discussion Begins – Julie will dive into Vera Stein Is Fine.
- 7:45 PM: Q&A Session – Your chance to ask the author your questions about their work!
- 8:00 PM: Signatures, Snapping Pics, and Salutations – Meet the author and snap a photo! Julie will additionally sign up to 2 backlist titles.
- 10:30 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!
Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the Eventbrite waitlist by selecting “Reserve a spot” followed by “Join Waitlist”. Should any spots open up, you’ll have 24 hours to register before we offer it to the next person.
ACCESSIBILITY
The ADA entrance is located on Church Street, around the corner from the main entrance directly across the street from the historic Harvard Square Theatre.
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BOOK PICKUP POLICY
If you purchased a book with your event ticket but can’t make it to the event—and don’t request a refund—we’ll happily hold your book for pickup for up to 30 days after the event date.
We’ll be in touch via the email you provided at checkout to help coordinate pickup. After 30 days, if we haven’t heard from you or made other arrangements, we’ll consider the book abandoned property and may donate it or return it to inventory so it can find a new home.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julie Murphy splits her time between North Texas and Kansas with her husband, who loves her, and her cats, who tolerate her. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and coauthor of over twenty books for all ages including Dumplin’ (now a Netflix original film) and the Christmas Notch series cowritten with her best friend, Sierra Simone. When Julie isn’t writing, she’s hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, discovering a new hobby that she will soon discard, and planning her next travel adventure.
ABOUT VERA STEIN IS FINE
From #1 New York Times bestseller Julie Murphy comes a heartfelt and hilarious tale of a woman who thinks life and love have passed her by until she’s thrown into her grandmother’s quirky world of octogenarian free love and gets a second chance with the one man she never expected to see again. Perhaps it’s never too late to play the opening credits…
Welcome to Starlight Palms, a favorite retirement facility among Hollywood actors and industry professionals tucked away just outside of sunny Palm Springs. Filled with forgotten scream queens, eccentric screenwriters, and heartthrobs of the past, it has a brand-new resident: Vera Stein, age forty.
Vera knows she’s missed her chance at a life worthy of the silver screen, just like she missed her chance at ever finding true love. But Vera isn’t one to take chances. She’s spent most of her adult years caretaking for her dying mother and her movie star boss’s ego. Now abruptly houseless and jobless, Vera has nowhere to land, so to grandmother’s house we go!
The Starlight Palms Senior Living Center is midcentury Hollywood down to its pastel-painted bones. This desert gem isn’t lacking in saucy plot twists (swinging seniors, anyone?) or a leading man: Elias Buckley, the on-site doctor and Vera’s former ill-fated college fling and—for reasons that will stay in Vegas—legally her ex-husband according to the state of Nevada.
It’s not long before Vera falls into a job as the activities coordinator and under the spell of a certain smart-mouthed doctor… Suddenly all those empty years in LA look less like mistakes and a lot more like backstory. With a fresh start at her fingertips, Vera begins to see that even with all the detours she’s taken, there’s still a Hollywood ending (and maybe even a happily ever after) in sight…
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