New Adult Book Club at Barnes & Noble Oak Brook, IL

Join Barnes & Noble - Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook, IL for our New Adult Book Club meeting on May 21, 2024. This month we will discuss THE FAMILIAR, the newest release from New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo!

Our discussion will begin at 7pm on the second floor in front of the fiction department.

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To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of reserving a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day.

• Seating will be provided but is not reserved. The discussion will begin at 7pm on meeting night.
• Your ticket will serve as your reservation for the book club. It does not come with a copy of THE FAMILIAR. If you would like to purchase a copy of THE FAMILIAR please contact the store directly.

• If you have any additional questions, please call the store directly at: 630-684-0586.

• Barnes & Noble may cancel this event at any time with or without notice to the ticket holders.

Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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ABOUT THE FAMILIAR:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 by The Washington Post, NPR, Goodreads, LitHub, The Nerd Daily, Paste Magazine, Today.com, and so much more!

“A must-read for those who are seeking a little magic in their lives.” —Deborah Harkness, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.

What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor.

Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santángel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.