Book Launch: “Shaken Free” with Author Ilana DeBare

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Ilana DeBare

Enjoy a devilishly fun reading by author Ilana DeBare, celebrating the release of Shaken Free, her new novel set in Hell. (And Heaven and… Mill Valley?)  Ilana will read a selection from Shaken Free and join in conversation with San Francisco writer Audrey Ferber. Signed copies and hellish snacks available. You’ll even have an opportunity to take a selfie in the afterlife!

Shaken Free is a sequel to Shaken Loose, Ilana’s debut novel that was published in 2023. Here’s what it’s about:

She went to Hell and returned to life. Hell was the easy part.

Annie Maple died, went to Hell, then escaped back to Earth through a mysterious portal. But amidst her gratitude, she is painfully alone. No one believes her story of visiting the afterlife. When unexpected tragedy strikes, Annie returns to Hell with old and new allies—the Hun horseman Trua whom she loves, the fumbling revolutionary Haisheng, and Kezia, a devout Christian widow with losses of her own. As Annie learns that the systemic ruptures in Hell go far beyond her own “shaking loose,” she embarks on a quest to protect earthly life and answer the question: how can a supposedly just God permit a universe with so much injustice?

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