Author John Connolly Visits The Garden District Book Shop Oct. 5

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – International bestselling author John Connolly will be at The Garden District Book Shop October 5 to celebrate the release of his new novel The Land of Lost Things, set in the same harrowing world from The Book of Lost Things. 

The event will begin at 6:00 PM with a welcome reception featuring light refreshments. Shortly after, Connolly will sit down with guests to discuss his work and answer any questions about The Land of Lost Things. Connolly will then be available to chat with guests and personalize copies of his books. Entry to the event requires a ticket purchased via Eventbrite. Tickets for the evening are $30 and include a copy of The Land of Lost Things and Eventbrite fees. 

Twice upon a time—for that is how some stories should continue…

Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident—a body without a spirit. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud the fairy stories Phoebe loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.

But an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, to journey to a land colored by the memories of childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father—a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; a land where old enemies are watching and waiting…

For more information, visit us at www.gardendistrictbookshop.com.

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