Elliott Bay Book Company presents: Maria Semple

Elliott Bay Book Company presents: Maria Semple at Town Hall Seattle on Sat. Oct 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets ($32) admit two people and includes a copy of Today Will Be Different (Little, Brown).  This event includes an appearance by bestselling and beloved Seattle author, Maria Semple, and will include a booksigning. 

 Today Will Be Different is a brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future. It's set during one terrible day (October 8, actually). But read on: 

"Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret." 

"A day in the life of an enchanting and gifted woman who is almost too frazzled to go on.The women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, the mad housewives, and the Annie Halls can welcome a new member to their club: Eleanor Flood,..This book is so packed with interesting characters and situations, it could have been three times as long."- Kirkus Reviews.