Brianna Madia | Homesick Nomad

Thu May 21 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-07:00

Changing Hands Bookstore | Tempe

Changing Hands Bookstore
Publisher/HostChanging Hands Bookstore
Brianna Madia | Homesick Nomad
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Brianna Madia as she discusses and signs her memoir addressing life's big questions.
About this Event

Join New York Times bestselling author of Nowhere for Very Long and Never Leave the Dogs Behind, Brianna Madia as she discusses and signs her memoir addressing life's big questions, including where and how to live, how to commit to a relationship, and whether to become a mother.


ABOUT THE LIVE EVENT

  • Talk and audience Q&A.
  • Meet-and-Greet book signing will follow event.


ABOUT THE BOOK
Brianna Madia is renowned for her honest and enthralling accounts of life in the wilderness, finding her own way by rejecting society’s expectations, so what happens when she falls in love and has to reset the boundaries of her fierce independence?
Homesick Nomad finds Bri splitting her time between her beloved wild desert in Utah and her boyfriend’s cozy suburban home in the Pacific Northwest, reckoning with:
— A new urge to soften into the embrace of the comforts of home
— Defining her purpose and direction in life, including the big decision facing women, the question of motherhood, and
— The fear that committing to others means sacrificing independence.
She’s not only defying convention to prove something to herself or to others—a simpler way of life out in the desert actually brings her peace, as she realizes when resisting “upgrades” to her trailer like running water.
Balancing the liberation of the wilderness with the natural compromises of love, Bri navigates these familiar tensions by embracing her life in its wholeness, richer for both the stability of home and the profundity of wide open spaces.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brianna Madia has lived a life of relentless intention, traveling the deserts of the American West in an old Ford van. She made a name for herself on social media with her inspiring captions-cum-essays about bravery, identity, nature, and subverting expectations. She lives in Utah and Oregon and wherever the road takes her, so long as her five dogs Bucket, Dagwood, Birdie, Banjo, and Delilah are in the backseat. Her previous books, Nowhere for Very Long and Never Leave the Dogs Behind, were New York Times bestsellers.

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Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 South McClintock Drive, Tempe, United States

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