Likely Stories Book Club
What if you and your closest friends made a pact to celebrate the big moments in each other’s lives — by throwing a mock funeral – while you were still alive to witness it.
That’s the idea at the heart of The Celebrants, Steven Rowley’s warm, funny, and bittersweet novel about friendship, promises, and the people who stick with us through all of life’s changes.
And The Celebrants is the next book up for discussion with the Likely Stories Book Club.
Whether you’ve read the book already – you’re looking for a reason to pick it up – or you’re simply curious – be sure to join the next Likely Stories Book Club meeting - Thursday, October first, at 6 p.m. at La Madeleine in Central Texas Marketplace.
You can find Molly-Jo Tilton's review of The Celebrant's HERE
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