An Evening with Fredrik Backman and Patti Callahan Henry: My Friends

The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is honored to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman to Lancaster for a conversation and signing on his new book, My Friends. Backman will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry.

This event will be held at Good Shepherd Chapel, located at 901 Eden Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601 on the campus of Lancaster Bible College. Free parking is available on-site. Every ticket includes a signed copy of the book. Book signing and personalization with the author to follow conversation. Ticketing options are as follows:

Premier Seating + Signed Book

Ticket includes one signed copy of My Friends and one general admission seat in the premier seating area toward the front of the auditorium. Doors will open at 6:00pm; the event will begin at 7:00pm. Book signing to follow presentation. Seating in the premier seating area is first come, first served.

General Admission Seating + Signed Book

Ticket includes one signed copy of My Friends and one general admission seat. Doors will open at 6:00pm; the event will begin at 7:00pm. Book signing to follow presentation.

Live-Stream Ticket + Signed Book

Every live-stream ticket includes one signed copy of My Friends and the live-stream link. The link will be sent at least 24 hours before the event begins. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive the link in time. The books will be shipped via USPS Priority. U.S. addresses only.

About the Book:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.

Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

About the Authors:

Patti Callahan Henry is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of several novels, including Surviving Savannah and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the recipient of the Christy Award, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year Award, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She is the cohost and cocreator of the popular weekly online live web show and podcast Friends and Fiction. She lives in Alabama and South Carolina with her family. Find out more at PattiCallahanHenry.com.

Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.

Prices include applicable PA sales tax.