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	On the Plus Side by Jenny L. Howe Price $18.00 Special Order

Jenny L. Howe at Harvard Book Store

presenting

On the Plus Side:
A Novel

in conversation with ALECHIA DOW

Date

Jan

Monday
January 29, 2024
7:00 PM ET

Location

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

This event is free; no tickets are required.

Harvard Book Store welcomes JENNY L. HOWE—author of The Make-Up Test—for a discussion of her new novel, On the Plus Side. She will be joined in conversation by ALECHIA DOW—award-winning author of The Sound of Stars and A Song of Salvation.

About On the Plus Side

Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That’s why she’s still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she’s crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can’t reject you or insist you’re too much.

This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of On the Plus Side. Overwhelmed by the show’s extremely extroverted hosts and how much time she’ll have to spend on screen, she finds comfort in a surprising friendship with the grumpy but kind cameraman, Logan. Soon Everly realizes that he’s someone she doesn’t mind being noticed by. In fact, she might even like it.

But when their growing connection is caught on camera, it sends the show’s ratings into a frenzy. Learning to embrace all of herself on national TV is hard enough; can Everly risk heartbreak with the whole world watching?

Praise for Jenny L. Howe

“Featuring a plus-size heroine, The Make-Up Test provides some much-needed representation in the rom-com genre…Sweet and funny.” –USA Today

“What happens when you have to go against your ex for the chance of a lifetime while studying in the same Ph.D program? Tension and sparks, that's what!” –Cosmopolitan

“Jenny L. Howe’s comedic timing shines in this debut.” –Reader’s Digest, Editor’s Pick

Masking Policy

Masks are encouraged but not required for this event.

Alechia Dow

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, librarian, and award-winning author of several critically acclaimed stories: The Sound of Stars, The Kindred, A Song of Salvation, Just a Pinch of Magic, and The Cookie Crumbles which she co-authored with Tracy Badua. When not writing, you can find her having epic dance parties with her family, baking, reading, and exploring her local food scene.

Photo Credit: Juliet Peel

Jenny L. Howe

Jenny L. Howe first started scribbling stories into black-and-white composition notebooks with neon pink pens when she was in junior high and never really stopped. In college, she decided to turn her love of books into a career by pursuing a Ph.D. in literature, where she spent the next few years studying bizarre and entertaining medieval romances. Now, as a professor, she teaches courses in college writing, literature, and children’s media. When she’s not writing and teaching, Jenny spends her time buried under puzzle pieces, cross-stitching her favorite characters, and taking too many pictures of her rescue dogs, Tucker and Dale.

Photo Credit: Anastasia Aranovich Photography

Walking from the Harvard Square T station: 2 minutes

As you exit the station, reverse your direction and walk east along Mass. Ave. in front of the Cambridge Savings Bank. Cross Dunster St. and proceed along Mass. Ave for three more blocks. You will pass Au Bon Pain, JP Licks, and TD Bank. Harvard Book Store is located at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Plympton St.

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