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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Tolani Akinola
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DESCRIPTION: Join author Tolani Akinola as she discusses her debut novel\,
  "Leave Your Mess at Home\," about forgiveness\, unconditional love\, and 
 becoming who you want to be..\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/159900
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Longe siblings are really botching the
 ir parents' American Dream.</p>\n<p>Sola Longe\, eldest daughter\, estrang
 ed from the family\, is secretly back home in Chicago for the first time i
 n a decade. She&rsquo\;s a newly single and recently disgraced influencer 
 trying to quietly put her life back together again. The other three Longe 
 siblings aren't doing much better.</p>\n<p>Anjola is in love with her best
  friend\, who just got engaged to someone else\; Karen\, a college junior 
 and the baby of the family\, is grappling with her sexuality and self-imag
 e\; and Ola\, the golden child with a baby of his own on the way\, is ques
 tioning his marriage and how to raise a Black son in America.</p>\n<p>Sola
 &rsquo\;s unexpected return sets them on a crash course towards each other
 \, and when the four siblings find themselves together again at their Nige
 rian immigrant parents' Thanksgiving table\, a decade&rsquo\;s worth of se
 crets and a lifetime of resentments explode to the fore.</p>\n<p>In the wr
 eckage of their fateful reunion\, each Longe is forced to reckon with the 
 past\, take stock of what really matters\, and find a way back to each oth
 er. Big-hearted\, hilarious\, and poignant\, <em>Leave Your Mess At Home</
 em> is an insightful debut about forgiveness\, unconditional love\, and be
 coming who you want to be\, asking the question: what do we owe to our fam
 ilies\, and what do we owe to ourselves?</p>\n<p style="text-align: center
 \;">Books will be available for sale and signing from Johns Creek Books.</
 p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/editor/gwinnettpl/JC-Books.jpg" width="100" height="42" alt
 ="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Registration is reques
 ted.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">* By registering
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 sp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/
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 <p><strong>Tolani Akinola</strong> is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club LitUp Fel
 low. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MPH from the Har
 vard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She lives outside of Atlanta.</p>
 \n<p></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/
 gwinnettpl/AS_Adelma_Stanford_Brown.png" width="75" height="101" alt="" />
 </p>\n<p>Moderator&nbsp\;<strong>Adelma Stanford Brown\,</strong> a Senior
  Digital Communication Manager\, is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha 
 Sorority. Adelma's passion for literature is evident with her longstanding
  book club membership which spans over 15 years.</p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.l
 ibnet.info/event/15990020
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