Events: Jillian Lauren discusses and signs her memoir

Jillian Lauren, the author of “Some Girls: My Life in a Harem,” will read from and sign her memoir about 11/2 years that she spent in Brunei as a teenage prostitute, the lessons she learned and how she finally left palace life. Lauren lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, and her son. Book Soup, 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. Fri. Free. (310) 659-3110. https://www.booksoup.com