Love Advice Live: Tackling Romantic Roadblocks Q&A

Do you have burning questions about your love life? Is it important to play the field before settling down? How do you know if your current partner is right for you?

Elizabeth Segran is coming to Lovestruck Books! Along with Love Letters advice columnist and podcaster Meredith Goldstein, Elizabeth will answer your questions using insights from her most recent book:

In The Rocket Years, Elizabeth blends personal storytelling with compelling data to explore the pivotal choices we make in our twenties—why they matter, and how they shape the rest of our lives.

Whether you're navigating your twenties or know someone who is, this event offers an insightful and empowering discussion on how to think critically and holistically about building a meaningful life during these formative years. From job-hopping and city-hopping to relationship missteps and self-discovery, it's a conversation you won’t want to miss!

Sip a drink, settle in, and get your copy of The Rocket Years signed by Elizabeth Segran. Books will be available for purchase through your Eventbrite ticket selection.

EVENT DETAILS

• 6:30 PM: Doors Open – Settle in, grab a drink from our cafe and wine bar, and get ready for a great Q&A!
• 7:00 PM: Q&A Session – Elizabeth and Meredith use lessons from The Rocket Years to answer questions about your love life!
• 8:00 PM: Signatures, Snapping Pics, and Salutations – Meet the author, get your book signed, and snap a photo.
• 9:00 PM: Event Wraps Up – Thanks for joining us!

Tickets are limited, so grab yours soon! If the event sells out, you can join the waitlist. Should any spots open up, you’ll have 24 hours to register before we offer them to the next person.

ACCESSIBILITY

Check-in will take place at our front entrance on Brattle Street. If you have any accessibility needs, you're welcome to use our side entrance (located on the right side of the building), which is wheelchair accessible and has a ramp.

Guests who would benefit from priority seating or any additional assistance are encouraged to reach out in advance — just email us at [email protected]. We're more than happy to make arrangements to ensure you feel comfortable and supported.

We’re always learning and looking for ways to make our events more accessible. If you have suggestions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you!

BOOK PICKUP POLICY

If you purchased a book with your event ticket but can’t make it to the event—and don’t request a refund—we’ll happily hold your book for pickup for up to 6 months after the event date.

We’ll be in touch via the email you provided at checkout to help coordinate pickup. After 6 months, if we haven’t heard from you or made other arrangements, we’ll consider the book abandoned property and may donate it or return it to inventory so it can find a new home.

Thanks so much for your understanding and for supporting our events—we love doing this with you!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elizabeth Segran has been a senior staff writer at Fast Company magazine for more than a decade, covering the fashion industry. She received her Ph.D. in South Asian Studies and Women's Studies from U.C. Berkeley, after getting her B.A. from Columbia University. She lives in the Boston area with her books, her husband, and her two daughters. Her upcoming children's picture book, Mended, about the people around the world who make our clothing, will be published in early 2027 by Penguin Random House.

ABOUT THE ROCKET YEARS

The Defining Decade for the #Adulting generation—a book that blends storytelling and data to unpack the choices you make in your twenties, why they matter, and how to turn those critical years into a launchpad for the life you want.

We tend to think of our twenties as a playground for life: A time for low-consequence experimentation and delaying big decisions. But the truth is that while you’re muddling through those years—exploring new cities, dating the wrong people, hopping between jobs—a small shift in your flight path can mean the difference between landing on Mars or Saturn.

As the data shows, the choices we make (or put off) during this critical decade about our career, marriage, health, friends, even downtime have the greatest impact on how our lives play out. For example, did you know that people who marry between the ages of 28 and 32 have the lowest risk of divorce? And that the average 25 year old has 20 close friends, but this will shrink to 8 after age 40? And that most of us don’t acquire new hobbies after we hit our thirties?

Rather than prescribing one correct path (who are we kidding, there’s no such thing anyway!), Elizabeth Segran invites readers to think critically and holistically about the life they want to build. With signature warmth and humor, Segran is the guide we all wish we had to show us the way. Blending insightful anecdotes with research from economics, sociology, and political science, The Rocket Years is an empowering exploration of these exciting, confusing, wonderful years.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

Meredith Goldstein is a longtime writer for The Boston Globe who also writes other things, including books. Her advice column, Love Letters, is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the lovelorn that started in 2009. The first season of the Love Letters podcast launched in 2018.

Her books include the novels Things That Grow, Chemistry Lessons, and The Singles, as well as a memoir, Can’t Help Myself: Lessons and Confessions From a Modern Advice Columnist.

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