Name: Navigating Uncertainty with Amy Low
Start: 2024-06-27T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Magic City Books

Magic City Books is proud to welcome Amy Low for a free, in-store event to celebrate her new book, The Brave In-Between: Notes from the Last Room on Thursday June 27. There will be a reception starting at 5:00 pm followed by a discussion of Amy's book at 5:30 pm.
Amy Low has written an honest and emotional memoir with lessons and advice for navigating uncertainty in the worst of times. Diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, she has lived four years with her diagnosis, defying the odds of long-term survival.
The Brave In-Between explores the space between triumph and tragedy and shows how forgiveness--toward her body, toward others, toward herself--became her wisest light.
Amy will be joined in conversation by Audrey McCraw, Executive Director of The Tristesse Grief Center.
The Brave In-Between will be published on June 4 and available at Magic City Books at that time. Copies are also available online at: https://magiccitybooks.square.site/product/the-brave-in-between/2332.
About The Brave In-Between
This honest and emotional memoir presents much needed lessons and advice for navigating uncertainty in the worst of times.
Amy Low resides in a room that is her last--her medical team is clear-eyed with her: there is no cure for Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, and the odds of long-term survival are scant. Miraculously, she's lived four years with her diagnosis, and that life between life has changed her.
Through the swirl of prolonged trauma and unbearable grief, a vantage point emerged--a window that showed her the way to relish life and be kinder to herself and others while living through the inevitable loss and heartbreak that crosses everyone's paths. Instead of viewing joy and sorrow as opposites, she saw how both exist in harmony, full of mystery and surprise. Instead of seeing days as succeeding or failing, and physical selves as healthy or unwell, she's learned to carry both achievements and afflictions in stride. And instead of bitterness and betrayal, forgiveness--toward her body, toward others, toward herself--became her wisest light.
Mapping her experiences to the words that St. Paul wrote in his own last room , The Brave In-Between is a sacred invitation to explore that space between triumph and tragedy. We all have a heart to marvel at miracles, a lightness to spot the absurdity, and an imagination to pause and extend empathy for others--even when tragedy strikes. Sometimes we just need a guide.
Amy Low has been a storyteller all her life. She grew up in and continues to live life through parables and metaphors. She sees her life as an invitation to discovering the new every day and even records some of these discoveries in her Substack, Postcards from the Mountain. As the managing director for fellowships and nonprofit journalism at the Emerson Collective, she directs efforts to empower individuals and newsrooms to strengthen our shared conversation in the public square. Most important, Amy is mom to Connor and Lucy. Her proudest achievement is raising a son and daughter who are unafraid, grateful, and curious, whether in class, at home, on stage, and especially in the band.