Talk and Book Signing with Author E.L. Westbury

Join Half Price Books for an event with author E.L. Westbury, as she discusses her new book, Drowning in Paper Flowers. Meet author E.L. Westbury at your McKinney HPB on Saturday, October 17 at 3 p.m. E.L. will join us to discuss and sign her latest book, Drowning in Paper Flowers, a twisty psychological thriller that asks the question: What happens when you can no longer separate the truth from the lie? Tickets include a copy of the book. About Drowning in Paper Flowers THE LIE: Ruby Powell is perfect. She lives in her dream home in the most affluent neighborhood in Dallas. She's a doting mother, a devoted wife, and a respected member of her community. She takes pride in serving as the president of both her son’s elementary school PTA and her daughter’s high school soccer Booster Club. Her kids adore her, and her husband is still her best friend after eighteen years of marriage. THE TRUTH: Ruby Powell is a full-figured, middle-aged housewife, living in a house she’s grown to despise. She detests her husband, who is engaged in a long and ongoing affair. Her teenage daughter loathes her, and her sweet, gentle six-year-old son suffers from PTSD after being the victim of a kidnapping as a toddler. And she’s addicted to anti-anxiety pills due to a recurring nightmare that has started to blur the distinction between fact and fiction. As Ruby's carefully crafted facade begins to crumble, the discovery of a body threatens to bring a terrible, long-held secret to light. About E.L. Westbury E.L. is a wife, mother of five (three humans and two fur babies), and coffee enthusiast. Even though her writing is full of snaps, crackles, and pops, she’s a hopeless romantic at heart. When she isn’t writing, she’s trying to convince her husband to watch The Notebook for the hundredth time, laughing at her kids’ attempts to teach her Gen Z slang, or curled up on the couch covered in dog kisses. She lives in Texas but often escapes to Colorado, where she finds peace in wildflowers, red wine, and mountain air. *** By purchasing a ticket or attending the event, you acknowledge and agree that Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated, its affiliates, licensees, successors, assigns, and designees (collectively, “Half Price Books”) may photograph, film, tape, or otherwise record you in any manner at or in connection with the event. You also grant Half Price Books an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, display, perform, and otherwise exploit your name, image, voice, and likeness in these photos and recordings (collectively, the “Materials”) for any lawful purpose whatsoever, including advertising, marketing, promotional, and other commercial uses, in any form or media now known or hereafter developed, without further notice, approval, or compensation to you. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any right to inspect or approve the Materials or any uses thereof and release Half Price Books from claims arising out of or relating to such authorized uses to the fullest extent permitted by law.