![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Young’s shock quickly turned into devastation, then embarrassment. "I felt so lonely." While a couple of folks did eventually arrive - a local author and a college professor - it wasn’t enough to fill the space, which was lined with “rows and rows of empty chairs.” Further adding to her excitement, Young's teenage son was going to interview her for an author Q&A.īut things took an unexpectedly upsetting turn when the author arrived at her event to find that no one else had shown up. “I even picked up little gift bags for readers with fun items from the book,” Young, who writes teen and young adult fiction, including New York Times best-seller Girls With Sharp Sticks, tells Yahoo Life about the event, which the indie-bookstore host had spent weeks promoting. After all, she'd spent nearly a year writing it. Suzanne Young was thrilled to have a chance to promote her latest novel, In Nightfall, at a book launch event in Tempe, Ariz., last month. (Photo illustration by Joamir Salcedo for Yahoo photos by Getty Images) When all hope seemed lost for these writers, social media rallied together to offer support. ![]()
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