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Behind the Book with Colleen Oakley
2025-04-25 18:00:00 2025-04-25 19:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Behind the Book with Colleen Oakley Main Library - Community Room

Friday, April 25
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-25 18:00:00 2025-04-25 19:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Behind the Book with Colleen Oakley Bestselling author Colleen Oakley shares her new novel "Jane and Dan at the End of the World." Registration is required for this free author event. Main Library - Community Room

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Bestselling author Colleen Oakley shares her new novel "Jane and Dan at the End of the World." Registration is required for this free author event.

Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels including, The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, and Before I Go. Her latest, Jane and Dan at the End of the World, was the Good Housekeeping book club pick for March 2025 and was named a most-anticipated book for 2025 by People magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Zibby Media, and more. Colleen’s novels have been longlisted for the Southern Book Prize twice and Close Enough to Touch won the French Reader’s Prize. Her books have been translated into more than 21 languages, optioned for film and have received numerous accolades.

In Jane and Dan at the End of the World, Jane and Dan's marriage is on the rocks after nineteen years, with Jane feeling unneeded by her teenagers and her writing career failing. She suspects Dan is cheating and plans to ask for a divorce during their anniversary dinner at La Fin du Monde. However, their evening is interrupted by climate activists whose actions mirror Jane's failed novel. Realizing they know what's going to happen next, Jane and Dan must work together to stop the unfolding events, testing their relationship in unexpected ways.

Book sales and signing will follow the presentation. Registration is required for this event.

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