About the featured author:
From the author’s website:
“I grew up in the Bay Area (San Mateo, California, to be specific), and I lived in San Francisco for years after I graduated college (I’m a proud alum of Chico State).
My nostalgia for city life is pretty evident in my writing (cut to me fighting the urge to reference I Left My Heart in San Francisco… oh no. I just did.).
I worked in the corporate world for years, but secretly always wanted to become a writer. My addiction to books runs deep – I’ve loved reading for as long as I can remember. My early favorites included Goosebumps, Little House on the Prairie, Babysitters Club, Nancy Drew, and Little Women (I also adore the 1995 and 2019 movies and am in a one-sided friendship with Greta Gerwig).
I live in Southern California with my husband, Brian, and our mischievous dachshund mix, Indiana Jones.
We adopted Indy from the Peninsula Humane Society about thirteen years ago, and he’s such a sweet, hilarious, and loving boy.
Indy’s hobbies include: asking for treats, napping, being stubborn, asking for more treats, sunbathing, cuddling, asking for treats again, and burrowing under soft blankets. He’ll be fifteen(ish) in April, and every day with him is such a gift (even when he’s acting a little bit naughty, which is at least 50% of the time).”
About Jaclyn’s book Dear Dotty:
Rosie Benson does not have it all together. Like most twenty-somethings, she struggles to figure out life and soon finds herself following the advice of her late great-aunt through a series of revelatory emails about pursuing long-buried dreams rather than society’s idea of perfect in this fun, highly relatable debut. Perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, and Sophie Kinsella.
“Compelling characters, a page-turning plot, and laugh-out-loud humor…A remarkable debut!” —Stacey Swann, author of GMA Book Club Pick Olympus, Texas
What’s a twenty-something gal to do when her parents announce a divorce after thirty years of marriage, she finds out her best friend has cozied up to her archnemesis, and she accidentally sleeps with the Wrong Guy? Turn to her great-aunt for advice, of course.
Rosie Benson has always struggled to fit in with her over-accomplished family, type-A roommate/best friend, and workaholic boss. But she’s nearly losing herself as she strives to become everyone else’s idea of perfect. When Rosie is abruptly fired from her job at a tech start-up where her boss was way too enthusiastic about synergy and company swag, the illusion that she has life figured out is shattered. Knowing she needs a push, her great-aunt Dotty—a globe-trotting, martini-swilling occasional nudist, and the only person Rosie has ever truly felt herself around—challenges her to pursue a long-buried dream, others’ expectations be damned.
But then Dotty dies.
And Rosie spirals.
As new details of Dotty’s past emerge through revelatory emails from her many friends, Rosie realizes that maybe her aunt’s life wasn’t as charmed as she thought. With her career, friendships, and family unraveling, Rosie must drown out the noise of the world telling her what she should pursue—boyfriend, babies, boss-babe role at a corporate job—and finally focus on what she actually wants.
Author visits:
Author visits with Jaclyn are available via Adventures by the Book here.