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SUMMARY:Nikki Ervice w/ Alina Grabowski: Roadshow
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 6pm · Conversation at 6:30pm First Light Books\, Hyd
 e Park Annie dances burlesque as Dog-Faced Girl\, a masked act that bare
 ly covers rent. Then a letter arrives from the mother who abandoned her 
 as a newborn\, now dying on the remote Alaskan island where Annie grew u
 p. Join us for the Texas launch of Roadshow\, a debut that National Book
  Award winner Tess Gunty says "redefines the Western." Nikki will be in 
 conversation with Austin novelist Alina Grabowski. how to attend This ev
 ent is free and open to everyone. RSVP for free\, or buy a copy of Roads
 how with your ticket to get a reserved seat and pick up your book at the
  event. about the book Annie is burning out. She performs at Club X as D
 og-Faced Girl\, a burlesque act in which she hides her face behind a dog
  mask. It's the only way she can dance\, her greatest love\, while makin
 g enough money for rent. But when she receives an unexpected letter from
  her estranged mother\, Vera\, postmarked from the remote island in rura
 l Alaska where Annie grew up\, her world stops. Annie's mother abandoned
  her when she was only a few days old. Her father\, a stoic\, workaholic
  aluminum welder and fisherman\, insisted on keeping her mother's identi
 ty a secret. But now\, on her deathbed\, Vera wants to meet Annie. And w
 ith her father recently passed\, Annie knows it's time to return home. S
 o she borrows a Buick LeSabre and sets out on an exhausting journey thro
 ugh the Midwest into Canada. On the road\, Annie sleeps where she can. H
 er attempts at stripping are unsuccessful and humiliating. Her money dwi
 ndles. She begins to steal gas. For a thousand dollars\, she agrees to d
 ance for a bachelor party at a private lodge on a remote lake. After a d
 elirious\, dangerous night that she barely survives\, she finally crosse
 s the border into Alaska. Sexy and fast-paced yet deeply felt\, Roadshow
  explores the power of passion\, inheritance\, legacy\, and class\, and 
 the grueling\, smiling work of the stage and the hospitality industry. "
 Nikki Ervice r\n\nMore info: https://www.firstlightaustin.com/events/nik
 ki-ervice-w-alina-grabowski-roadshow\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/even
 t/6696f6ee-c691-480f-a570-221b96f4a386
LOCATION:First Light Books\, 4300 Speedway\, Austin\, TX
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/6696f6ee-c691-480f-a570-221b96f4a38
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