Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen

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The Triangle’s own Sarah Dessen is having a very good month. Not only has it just been announced that Netflix will adapt several of her YA classics into films, but her latest novel, The Rest of the Story, has just hit bookstore shelves. Inspired in part by taking a trip to Paris despite a crippling fear of flying, Dessen’s novel concerns a girl who unexpectedly finds herself spending the summer with her late mother’s family, where she reconnects with a childhood friend and discovers the family history she’d never dared to look into—discoveries that leave her torn between her “real” life and the one she’s discovered here. For the rest of the story … well, see the title. The reading is free, though you have to preorder the book from Flyleaf to gain access to the signing line, and readers who submit a photo of a pre-order confirmation are eligible for a The Rest of the Story tote bag while supplies last. —Zack Smith