LINDY WEST: "Adult Braces"

White Whale is thrilled to host Lindy West, the hilarious New York Times bestselling author of Shrill—which she adapted into a TV show about her life—to celebrate her new memoir, Adult Braces. This offsite event will be at the First Unitarian Church in Shadyside.
***Tickets are required to attend this event. Each ticket includes a SIGNED HARDCOVER OF ADULT BRACES. We will have additional copies for purchase, along with copies of Lindy's previous books, Shrill; The Witches Are Coming; and Shit, Actually on hand for purchase. Following the talk, there will be a signing line for personalization.***
Can’t make it? We'll have signed books after the event, and you can snag a copy Just make a note at checkout that you'd like to wait for a signed copy.

ABOUT THE BOOK
In New York Times bestselling author Lindy West’s ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process.
Through Shrill—the book and then the Hulu series—Lindy West became an inspiration. To this day she is stopped on the street and hailed as a beacon of empowerment by women who felt badly for not conforming to a narrow set of societal norms—thin, straight, compliant. But behind the scenes, Lindy never felt like she was the self-actualized woman fans made her out to be. When she found herself in the throes of a deep depression, with her marriage and sense of self-worth hanging in the balance, she knew she needed to make a change.
In Adult Braces, Lindy shares the story of her rock bottom, and of the journey she took to claw her way out of it. With her trademark candor and sense of humor, she examines her post-Shrill emotional implosion, her shifting feelings about traditional marriage, and her search for her long-lost self. She also tracks the highs and lows of her journey, from eye-opening natural wonders and kitschy roadside attractions to lackluster tourist traps and campground epiphanies.
The result is an engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.

Lindy West is the author of three books: the New York Times bestselling memoir Shrill as well as the essay collections The Witches Are Coming and Shit, Actually. Lindy is a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and her work has appeared in This American Life, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel, and others. She is the co-host of the comedy podcast Text Me Back and the author of the e-mail newsletter Butt News. Lindy was a writer and executive producer on Shrill, the Hulu comedy adapted from her memoir, and she co-wrote and produced the independent feature film Thin Skin. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington state.

Event Venue

First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States

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