A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea.
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Harrisburg Book Festival are pleased to welcome New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he discusses his new novel, UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR. Klune will be in conversation with renowned yoga teacher and author, Kathryn Budig. This event is free and open to the public, with registration.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.
And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead.
But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
About the Speakers:
TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important―now more than ever―to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.
KATHRYN BUDIG is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, author, and co-host of the Webby Award nominated podcast, Free Cookies. Kathryn (she/her) is known for empowering her students and readers through her accessibility, humor, and creative instruction. The Kansas native graduated from the University of Virginia with a double degree in English Literature and Drama before moving to Los Angeles, where she trained at Yogaworks under the tutelage of her mentors, Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller. With nearly two decades of experience in her field, Budig served as the yoga editor to Women's Health magazine for five years, contributed recipes and sat on the Yahoo Health Advisory Board, was an athlete in Under Armour's "I WILL WHAT I WANT" campaign, and regularly contributed to Yoga Journal, The New Potato, and MindBodyGreen. She is the creator of the Aim True Yoga DVD, author of The Women’s Health Big Book of Yoga, and the best-selling book Aim True. Off the mat, Budig founded and runs The Inky Phoenix, a book club for lovers of magic and story, regularly co-designs fashion capsules for KiraGrace, and is working on her first novel. She lives in Charleston, SC with her wife, Kate Fagan, and their two dogs, Ashi and Keonah.
