SMCL: A Conversation With Bestselling Author Janelle Brown

East Palo Alto CA

11 April, 2022

7:40 AM

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Press release from San Mateo County Libraries: April 7, 2022 I'll Be You Sunday, May 1 at 1 PM Register Now To join the livestream, visit our San Mateo County Libraries Facebook, opens a new window page. Purchase a signed copy of Janelle's book through the Foundation for San Mateo County Libraries, opens a new window. From the bestselling author of Pretty Things, Janelle Brown's I'll Be You is a story packed with surprising revelations and sharp insights about the choices that define our families and our lives—and could just as easily destroy them. About I'll Be You As children, Sam and Elli were inseparable. Beautiful identical twin sisters attached at the hip, they began their Hollywood careers together, oftentimes playing the same role—and sometimes each other. Now adults, they've drifted apart: Sam is a recovering addict and Elli a seemingly devoted homemaker. But then Elli goes to a spa retreat and stops answering her phone. After Sam's destructive behavior fractured the unwavering trust Sam and Elli always had in each other, Elli hasn't spoken to her in over a year. So when Sam's father calls to say that Elli's husband has moved out and they need help caring for Elli's daughter while she's gone, Sam is shocked. Elli has a daughter? Now caring for a niece she never knew existed, Sam is on a mission to find out where Elli has disappeared to. Is her new women's self-help group to blame? Could it possibly be a cult? As Sam investigates her sister's secrets, she comes to realize that Elli was more complicated than she ever imagined. Praise for Janelle Brown and I'll Be You About the Author Janelle Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things, Watch Me Disappear, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything and This Is Where We Live. An essayist and journalist, she has written for Vogue, The New York Times, Elle, Wired, Self, Los Angeles Times, Salon and more. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children. Register Now This press release was produced by San Mateo County Libraries. The views expressed here are the author's own.