The MJCCA "In Your Living Room Live" Series: Lisa Taddeo and Chelsea Handler
Join our partner, the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, for an evening of intimate and fascinating conversation with two of today’s most dynamic women, New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Taddeo and Chelsea Handler. Taddeo and Handler will discuss their latest books, “Three Women” and “Life Will Be the Death of Me…and you too.”
Presented in partnership with the JCCs of Boulder, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Indianapolis, Miami, and St. Louis, this virtual Zoom event is free to attend, but space is limited. Register below to ensure your spot.
A Cappella Books will have copies of both titles available after the event. Pre-order via the links below. At checkout, choose between the local delivery, curbside pick-up, or shipping options. For zip codes not listed in the above banner, select curbside pick-up or USPS shipping.
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About "Three Women"
When Lisa Taddeo’s “Three Women” hit bookstore shelves last summer, it became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and one of the most talked-about books of the year. “Three Women” is, without a doubt, “the most in-depth look at the female sex drive that’s been published in decades” (New York) and a “groundbreaking...breathtaking…staggeringly intimate” (Entertainment Weekly) look at the sex lives of three real American women—based on nearly a decade of reporting.
In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, the homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social media, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, the seventeen-year-old high school student who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her handsome, married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial will turn their quiet community upside down. Finally, in the northeast we meet Sloane, the successful, refined restaurant owner whose husband enjoys watching her have sex with other men and women.
Based on years of immersive reporting and told with astonishing frankness and immediacy, “Three Women” is both a feat of journalism and a triumph of storytelling, brimming with nuance and empathy. “A work of deep observation, long conversations, and a kind of journalistic alchemy” (Kate Tuttle, NPR), “Three Women” introduces us to three unforgettable women—and one remarkable writer—whose experiences remind us that we are not alone.
About "Life Will Be the Death of Me…and you too"
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, comedian and television host Chelsea Handler comes the funny, sad, super-honest, all-true story of her year of self-discovery—featuring a nerdily brilliant psychiatrist, a shaman, four Chow Chows, some well-placed security cameras, various family members (living and departed), friends, assistants, and a lot of edibles.
In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in L.A. in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydreams about what life will be like with a woman in the White House. And then Donald Trump happens. In a torpor of despair, she decides that she’s had enough of the privileged bubble she’s lived in—a bubble within a bubble—and that it’s time to make some changes, both in her personal life and in the world at large.
At home, she embarks on a year of self-sufficiency—learning how to work the remote, how to pick up dog poop, where to find the toaster. She meets her match in an earnest, brainy psychiatrist and enters into therapy, prepared to do the heavy lifting required to look within and make sense of a childhood marked by love and loss and to figure out why people are afraid of her. She becomes politically active, finding her voice as an advocate for change, having difficult conversations, and energizing her base. In the process, she develops a healthy fixation on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and, through unflinching self-reflection and psychological excavation, unearths some glittering truths that light up the road ahead.
Thrillingly honest, insightful, and deeply, darkly funny, Chelsea Handler’s memoir keeps readers laughing, even as it inspires us to look within and ask ourselves what really matters in our own lives.
About the Authors
Lisa Taddeo has contributed to New York magazine, Esquire, Elle, Glamour, and many other publications. Her nonfiction has been included in the “Best American Sports Writing” and “Best American Political Writing” anthologies, and her short stories have won two Pushcart Prizes. She is the author of “Three Women.” She lives with her husband and daughter in New England.
Chelsea Handler is a five-time New York Times bestselling author with titles, including “My Horizontal Life” (2005), “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” (2008), “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” (2010), “Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me” (2011), and “Uganda Be Kidding Me” (2014). In 2012, Time named her one of the most influential people in the world as part of its annual “Time 100.”
