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Bolen Books, in partnership with HarperCollins Canada, is pleased to present Jonathan Evison, author of The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (soon to be a major motion picture featuring Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez), who is going to be here at Bolen Books to chat about his new novel, This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance.

Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruin, has said in advance of its release in September that This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance is "funny and moving, wistful and wise" and that "Evison's writing crackles on the page." This could well be the adorable, laugh-out-loud contemporary fiction novel of the fall. Reminiscent of the works of Jonas Jonasson, author of The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Windows & Disappeared, Jonathan Evison's latest is heartwarming and hilarious. This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance is a perfect gift for the fiction lovers in your life. Don't miss out on the opportunity to meet the author in person, and get an autographed book!

This is a free event, to be held right here, in-store, at Bolen Books.

Here's a little more about This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance from the publisher..

"With her husband, Bernard, two years in the grave, seventy-nine-year-old Harriet Chance sets sail on an ill-conceived Alaskan cruise only to discover through a series of revelations that she’s been living the past sixty years of her life under entirely false pretenses. There, amid the buffets and lounge singers, between the imagined appearance of her late husband and the very real arrival of her estranged daughter, Harriet is forced to take a long look back, confronting the truth about pivotal events that changed the course of her life.

Jonathan Evison—bestselling author of West of Here, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving and All About Lulu—has crafted a big-hearted novel with a supremely endearing heroine at its centre. Through Harriet, he paints a bittersweet portrait of an unforgettable woman with great warmth, humanity and humour. Part dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of family relationships, This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! is a surprising tale of acceptance, forgiveness and, ultimately, healing."

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