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Author Jennifer Weiner poses in front of two book covers including The Breakaways and The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits

Jennifer Weiner Author Watch Party!

An in person Friends Speaker Series Event

2025-03-26 18:30:00 2025-03-26 20:00:00 America/New_York Jennifer Weiner Author Watch Party! Grab your girlfriends to watch a captivating conversation with RPL favorite author Jennifer Weiner. Snacks, friends, and fun included. Reading Public Library - Studio

Wednesday, March 26
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-26 18:30:00 2025-03-26 20:00:00 America/New_York Jennifer Weiner Author Watch Party! Grab your girlfriends to watch a captivating conversation with RPL favorite author Jennifer Weiner. Snacks, friends, and fun included. Reading Public Library - Studio

Grab your girlfriends to watch a captivating conversation with RPL favorite author Jennifer Weiner. Snacks, friends, and fun included.

Join us in the RPL Studio for a captivating conversation with #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner. No registration needed. Attendees will be entered to win a copy of Weiner's latest book The Breakaway.

If you can't make it to our watch party you may sign up to ask the author questions and attend the online event here.

You’re invited to a glimmering conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner as we chat about the signature emotional depth of her books that have been inspiring readers toward self-discovery for decades. Hearing from the queen of fun herself, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, Good In Bed, In Her Shoes, Big Summer, The Breakaway and many more. 

Additionally, in a special preview, Weiner will briefly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on April 8, 2025) The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits. Set in the world of pop music, The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits is about sisters, motherhood, young love, and the dreams we chase.

Sisters Cassie and Zoe Grossberg were born just a year apart but could not have been more different. Zoe, blessed with charm and beauty, yearned for fame from the moment she could sing into a hairbrush. Cassie was a musical prodigy who never felt at home in her own skin and preferred the safety of the shadows.

On the brink of adulthood in the early 2000s, destiny intervened, catapulting the sisters into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters, hitting all the touchstones of early aughts fame—SNL, MTV, Rolling Stone magazine—along the way.

But after a whirlwind year in the public eye, the band abruptly broke up.

Two decades later, Zoe’s a housewife; Cassie’s off the grid. The sisters aren’t speaking, and the real reason for the Griffin Sisters’ breakup is still a mystery. Zoe’s teenage daughter, Cherry, who’s determined to be a star in spite of Zoe’s warnings, is on a quest to learn the truth about what happened to the band all those years ago.

As secrets emerge, all three women must face the consequences of their choices: the ones they made and the ones the music industry made for them. Can they forgive each other—and themselves? And will the Griffin Sisters ever make music again? Register now for what will most certainly be a dazzling conversation! 

About the Author:

Jennifer Weiner is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, with more than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of the novels Good in Bed (2001) and In Her Shoes (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of That Summer (2021); The Breakaway (2024); and The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits (forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of The Littlest Bigfoot middle-grade trilogy, Her nonfiction collection Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing (2016), was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

 

This program is brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Reading Public Library. Thank you, Friends!

Check out more upcoming virtual author talks and enjoy recordings from past events by exploring our Friends Speaker Series page.

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