{"id":68521,"date":"2026-02-18T15:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=68521"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:55:17","slug":"emma-straub","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/emma-straub\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Straub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"3698:218279;a\">From\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0<em>This Time Tomorrow<\/em>, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you\u2019re already an adult. In Emma Straub\u2019s tradition of books \u201cthat will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love\u201d (Emily Henry),\u00a0<em>American Fantasy<\/em>\u00a0is a richly textured, uplifting story about the magic of revisiting youthful feelings, and the even greater magic of starting anew.<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"3698:218279;a\">When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boy band, and three thousand screaming women who have worshipped them for thirty years.<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"3698:218279;a\">Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, her tastes have matured, and she feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzled, air-brushed t-shirts bearing the singers\u2019 faces. Yet when the lights come up and the idols of her youth begin to sing before her, something is unlocked. \u201cMaybe that was nostalgia after all, the music a direct vein to her childhood, the least complicated part of her life. A shortcut to happiness.\u201d Between the slushy alcoholic drinks, the music of her youth, and the thousands of middle-aged women acting like lovesick teenagers, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself. By the time she befriends one of the band members \u2014 not just a celebrity but someone also in need of a friend \u2014 she feels like anything is possible. 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