Rob posses with a fan. Credit: Rebecca Sikes

Rob Sheffield, rock critic, Rolling Stone contributor, and BookPeople favorite, made a special appearance reading experts from his heartbreaking and hip memoir, Love Is a Mix Tape. The book documents Sheffield’s idyllic five-year marriage to his unforgettable wife, Renee, through the songs on his personal mix tapes. Stitched together, the songs tell the story of their love, marriage, and her tragic death. This touching story will strike a chord in anyone who has used songs to try to express the ineffable. Reading was followed by a question & answer session and book signing.

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This article appears in January 25 • 2008.

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