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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Uche Okonkwo in conversation with Timothy Schaffert - A Kind of Madness
DESCRIPTION:Join us on April 18th as author Uche Okonkwo launches her new book A Kind of Madness\, named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Oprah Daily!\nAbout the Book:\nA teenage girl from a poor family is dazzled by her rich\, vivacious friend\, but as the friend’s behavior grows unstable and dangerous\, she must decide whether to cover for her or risk telling the truth to get her the help she needs. A young woman and her mother bask in the envy of their neighbors when the woman receives an offer of marriage from the family of a doctor living in Belgium–though when the offer fails to materialize\, that envy threatens to turn vicious\, pitting them both against their community. And a lonely daughter finds herself wandering a village in eastern Nigeria in an ill-fated quest\, struggling to come to terms with her mother’s mental illness. \nIn ten vivid\, evocative stories set in contemporary Nigeria\, Uche Okonkwo’s A Kind of Madness unravels the tensions between mothers and daughters\, husbands and wives\, best friends\, siblings\, and more\, marking the arrival of an extraordinary new talent in fiction and inviting us all to consider the question: why is it that the people and places we hold closest are so often the ones that drive us to madness? \nAbout the Author:\nUche Okonkwo’s stories have been published in A Public Space\, One Story\, Kenyon Review\, Ploughshares\, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019\, and Lagos Noir\, among others. A former Bernard O’Keefe Scholar at Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and resident at Art Omi\, she is a recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship at Phillips Exeter Academy and a Steinbeck Fellowship. Okonkwo grew up in Lagos\, Nigeria\, and is currently pursuing a creative writing PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. \nAbout Timothy Schaffert:\nTimothy Schaffert is the author of seven novels\, most recently THE PERFUME THIEF and THE TITANIC SURVIVORS BOOK CLUB. His work has been recommended by the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, Oprah.com\, People\, NPR\, NBC New York\, and other media. He is the Adele Hall Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, and the co-editor/founder of Zero Street Fiction.
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LOCATION:Francie & Finch Bookshop\, 130 S. 13th Street\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68508\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk ***at First Plymouth Church - Hope Edelman - After Grief: Finding Our Way Along the Long Arc of Loss
DESCRIPTION:Hope Edelman will be at First Plymouth Church on Thursday\, April 18th at 7:00 PM! The event is co-sponsored by Mourning Hope Grief Center. Francie and Finch Bookshop will be there to sell books that can be signed after the talk by Hope!\nAbout the Book:\nA validating new approach to the long-term grieving process that explains why we feel “stuck\,” why that’s normal\, and how shifting our perception of grief can help us grow–from the New York Times bestselling author of Motherless Daughters \n“This is perhaps one of the most important books about grief ever written. It finally dispels the myth that we are all supposed to get over the death of a loved one.”–Claire Bidwell Smith\, author of Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief \nAren’t you over it yet? Anyone who has experienced a major loss in their past knows this question. We’ve spent years fielding versions of it\, both explicit and implied\, from family\, colleagues\, acquaintances\, and friends. We recognize the subtle cues–the slight eyebrow lift\, the soft\, startled “Oh! That long ago?”–from those who wonder how an event so far in the past can still occupy so much precious mental and emotional real estate. \nBecause of the common but false assumption that grief should be time-limited\, too many of us believe we’re grieving “wrong” when sadness suddenly resurges sometimes months or even years after a loss. The AfterGrief explains that the death of a loved one isn’t something most of us get over\, get past\, put down\, or move beyond. Grief is not an emotion to pass through on the way to “feeling better.” Instead\, grief is in constant motion; it is tidal\, easily and often reactivated by memories and sensory events\, and is re-triggered as we experience life transitions\, anniversaries\, and other losses. Whether we want it to or not\, grief gets folded into our developing identities\, where it informs our thoughts\, hopes\, expectations\, behaviors\, and fears\, and we inevitably carry it forward into everything that follows. \nDrawing on her own encounters with the ripple effects of early loss\, as well as on interviews with dozens of researchers\, therapists\, and regular people who’ve been bereaved\, New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman offers profound advice for reassessing loss and adjusting the stories we tell ourselves about its impact on our identities. With guidance for reframing a story of loss\, finding equilibrium within it\, and even experiencing renewed growth and purpose in its wake\, she demonstrates that though grief is a lifelong process\, it doesn’t have to be a lifelong struggle. \nAbout the Author:\nHope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books\, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers\, and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her original essays have appeared in many anthologies\, including The Bitch in the House\, Behind the Bedroom Door\, and Goodbye to All That. Her work has received a New York Times notable book of the year designation and a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. The recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling\, she is also certified as a Martha Beck Certified Life Coach\, and facilitates Motherless Daughters retreats and workshops all over the world. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City.
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