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SUMMARY:Barcelona Meets Charleston/ Regina Rodriguez Sirvent
DESCRIPTION:At Charleston Library Society. Barcelona-based writer Regina 
 Rodriguez Sirvent\, Forbes Women 50 Most Influential in Catalonia\, is m
 aking a special stop through Charleston on her US tour to share her prio
 r and most recent work on the heels of incredible success from Spanish-t
 o-English translations. Her 2022 bestselling debut novel\, Les Calces Al
  Sol or Singing to the Sun\, continues as a bestseller four years runnin
 g\, with a film adaptation and musical in development. The most recent\,
  Crispers de Matinada or Popcorn at Dawn released this past March and ha
 s continued the same trend\, and we look forward to hosting this up-and-
 coming author for a celebration of her work\, her heritage\, and what’s 
 next. Purchase Tickets HERE! If you are unable to attend the event but w
 ould like to purchase one or more copies\, please visit Buxton Books. Ab
 out the Book After Rita Racons fails her college’s required English cour
 se and her plans for a summer with friends are ruined\, she loses all se
 nse of direction. Until Rita heeds her free-spirited grandmother’s advic
 e to get off their roof terrace and go out and find her place in the wor
 ld. Boarding a plane from Barcelona to New York is just the beginning. F
 ate eventually lands Rita in Atlanta as an au pair with two questions: W
 hat is an au pair\, and where the hell is Atlanta? The Booklands\, a cul
 tured\, well-read\, picture-perfect American couple\, hope that Rita wil
 l meet the standards set by their three intellectually gifted children. 
 She won’t be. Entirely. But Rita can brush up on her English\, the kids 
 can refine their Spanish―and what’s more\, during Rita’s sometimes-chaot
 ic stay in America\, her charges will experience a life beyond books and
  privilege. As for Rita\, her grandmother’s words have never sounded tru
 er: “You don’t go travelin’ to escape. You go travelin’ to find yourself
 .” Rita is well on her way. About the Author Regina Rodríguez Sirvent is
  a novelist based in Barcelona. She has a degree in psychology and runs 
 a boutique company offering private culinary tours of the city—two rathe
 r different worlds that often find their way into her writing. She has a
 lso contributed to newspapers and written for satirical programs\, refle
 cting her fondness for humor and the quirks of everyday life. Her debut 
 novel\, Les calces al sol\, was published in Catalan in 2022 and became 
 an unprecedented word-of-mouth phenomenon. Four years later\, it remains
  among Catalonia’s bestselling books\, having spent more than 200 weeks 
 on the charts and sold nearly 150\,000 copies. It has been translated in
 to several languages and published in English as Singing to the Sun . A 
 film adaptation and a stage musical are currently in development. Her se
 cond novel\, Crispetes de matinada —which translates as Popcorn at Dawn 
 —was published in March 2026 and has remained near the top of the bestse
 ller lists ever since. That same year\, Forbes Women named her one of th
 e 50 Most Influential Women in Catalonia. She is still processing all of
  this.\n\nTickets: https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/barcelona-
 meets-charleston-regina-rodriguez-sirvent/\n\nhttps://findlocal.communit
 y/event/c58b0045-9933-43b2-8fdc-d1c3024d5e08
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King St\, Charleston\, SC 29401
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/c58b0045-9933-43b2-8fdc-d1c3024d5e0
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