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2 PM - 4 PM WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 20TH Bedside Reading's Bestselling Authors & Friends EVAN DASH DR. DAWN FILOS CATHERINE GRAY GENE S. JONES VALERIE NIFORA AND SPECIAL GUEST ALIX STRAUSS |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alix Strauss is a trend, culture and lifestyle journalist; an award-winning, four-time published author; speaker; and frequent contributor to The New York Times. A media-savvy social satirist, she has been a featured lifestyle, travel, and trend writer on national morning and talk shows including ABC, CBS, CNN, and the Today Show. During the past 25 years she has written over 2,000 articles for a variety are newspapers and magazine. Her books include: The Joy of Funerals (original, St. Martin’s Press; and 20th anniversary edition), Based Upon Availability (Harper Collins), and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous and the Notorious (Harper Collins). She is also the editor of Have I Got a Guy for You (Simon & Schuster), an anthology of mother-coordinated dating horror stories. Her work has been optioned for several TV and film projects. Currently, The Joy of Funerals is in early development with A24 for series adaptation. ABOUT THE BOOK Begun as an essay in the Lives column of The New York Times magazine, The Joy of Funerals is written with raw wit, mordant humor and a uniquely penetrating voice as Alix turns the spotlight on the unattractive subjects of loss, grief and loneliness. Readers will meet a widow who lusts...a daughter who aches...a lover who obsesses...a shopaholic who hungers... a daredevil who desires...a single woman who longs...an outsider who hopes...an artist who craves...and a funeral-junkie who needs. These are the women who inhabit the eerily honest, often heartbreaking world Alix has created. Throughout this powerful and provocative novel, these characters explore the basic need for human connection while seeking to understand themselves better. It is the 'where do I belong' and the 'how do I fit in' that these sad, bright and amazingly strong women seek to answer. In "Recovering Larry," a woman mourns for her dead husband by having sex with grieving men. In "Shrinking Away," a woman pays a daring shiva call on her psychiatrist's widow. "Swimming Without Annette" explores a woman's obsession with her lover's killer, while "Still Life" peers into the life of a pregnant artist who wishes to paint herself out of a bad marriage and into a prettier world. In "Post-Dated," a single woman wonders if her recently defunct date was perhaps the perfect man. Read independently, these vivid and raw stories stand on their own. When read as a collection, they are anchored together by the novella, "The Joy of Funerals," which follows the life of Nina, a lonely, single thirty-something woman who attends the funerals of the deceased characters in the previous stories. She goes in the hope of bonding with the mourners in an attempt to fill the deep loneliness created by the inability to connect with the people in her life. The Joy of Funerals is a heartfelt, honest and often humorous look into the lives of people searching for love and moving through loss. @alixstrauss, alixstrauss.com |
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Catherine Gray is Executive Producer of Show Her The Money movie, a venture capitalist , Author, KeyNote and TedX Speaker and Host of the Invest in Her Podcast. Catherine is also the Founder/CEO of She Angel Investors, and Co Founder of the She Angels Foundation. As CEO of She Angel Investors multi- media platform, Catherine helps connect founders and funders to resources and to each other. She also hosts the popular Invest in Her podcast series- providing powerful information and resources to her listeners- by interviewing renowned women game changers. She has a new book out that is the same name as the movie- Show Her The Money. It’s about the riveting personal stories of the founders and funders behind the movie and the movement. Also known as “The MOVIEment”! ABOUT THE BOOK The global movement that ignited a revolution is now a book! In Show Her the Money, award-winning producer Catherine Gray takes you behind the scenes of the groundbreaking documentary that exposed the staggering funding gap women face—and the unstoppable trailblazers closing it. With honesty and passion, Gray shares her personal journey of bringing this film to life, alongside the powerful stories of over 30 extraordinary individuals who made it possible. Each story is a testament to resilience, vision, and the fight for equity—offering hard-won wisdom and inspiration for anyone daring to challenge the status quo. More than a book, Show Her the Money is a call to action—a blueprint for rewriting the rules of business and finance. If you're ready to claim your power and be part of the change, this is your must-read manifesto. www.ShowHerTheMoney.com www.SheANGELinvestors.com |
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Dr. Dawn Filos has always had a passion for animals, and with a lot of hard work and perseverance, she’s turned that passion into a career. Here, with emotional honesty, Dr. Dawn shares her colorful, memorable journey, from nervous novice to seasoned, self-assured doctor. This modern-day James Herriot, ultimately finds her niche as a house-call vet, where she creates a way to practice on her own terms with the privilege of unique, intimate. Access into the homes and lives of her beloved patients and their human families. Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes sad, and often hilarious, Tales of a Pet Vet will resonate deeply with pet lovers everywhere. ABOUT THE BOOK In stories tailor-made for pet lovers, a seasoned veterinarian shares her good, bad, and messy days on the job—and highlights the undeniable magic of the human-animal bond. Dr. Dawn Filos’s own menagerie of pets, including Willie the woolly monkey, primed her for a. career as a veterinarian. With emotional honesty, Dr. Dawn shares her heartfelt, and often hilarious journey, from nervous novice to seasoned, self-assured doctor. This modern-day James Herriot finds her niche as a house-call vet, with unique, intimate access into the homes and lives of her beloved patients and their human families. She understands with all of her heart that no visit or emergency is too trivial to a pet parent. After reading Tales of a Pet Vet you will never see your own vet the same way. Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes sad, and often hilarious, Tales of a Pet Vet will resonate deeply with pet lovers everywhere. https://drdawnthepetvet.com/ |
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Evan Dash is a former firefighter turned business executive turned entrepreneur. In 2010, Dash and his wife, Rachel, founded StoreBound, which develops, markets, and distributes their namesake kitchenware brand, Dash. Their products are sold in retail chains around the world and have achieved sales of over $1 billion. His accolades include INC’s list of Fastest Growing Businesses, Crain’s Fast 50, and the top 100 of Entrepreneur’s 360 list. Dash hails from New York City and has two grown sons, Daniel and Charlie. ABOUT THE BOOK “A Dash of Good” is the story of an unconventional entrepreneur whose path to success was anything but linear. In 2010, Evan Dash, the founder of Dash, a rapidly growing kitchen products brand, stood at a career crossroads. Having just been fired as Senior Vice President of Macy’s, he reflected on his journey from a two-time college flunk-out to becoming a firefighter and eventually a successful business leader. Stripped of his identity and purpose overnight, Evan began a journey of self-discovery where he would reinvent himself as an entrepreneur. Navigating the dark days after getting fired and drawing from his early experiences as a firefighter, Evan redefined his business approach, focusing on authenticity, empathy, and kindness—values often lacking in corporate leadership. Finally seeing clearly for the first time in years, Evan founded his own company based on the simple mission of not just selling products, but enriching lives. A decade later, with over $250 million in sales, Evan negotiated a majority sale of his company to an iconic $8 billion giant of his industry. He and his wife Rachel continue to run the business building to their goal of $1 billion in annual sales. https://bydash.com/ |
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As an author and creativity coach, Gene S. Jones relates the profound lessons learned during his colorful professional life and miraculous personal growth to encourage readers to live happier, more fulfilling lives. As a nationally acclaimed game show host, Jones has dedicated his life to inspiring others to strive for creative excellence. From seminars on innovation to more than thirty years of professional speech writing, the breadth of Jones’s eclectic career in the world of entertainment spans more than four decades. Throughout those years, Jones also enjoyed success as a professional juggler, fire-eater, producer, director, radio personality, sound healer, arts administrator, and television sports commentator. As a popular concert Master of Ceremonies in the 1970's, he appeared as an MC for major concerts such as the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, Duke Ellington, James Taylor, and many others. ABOUT THE BOOK Wisdom Quotes That Provide The Keys To Living A Better Life Much more than just a quote book, Consolidated Wisdom is a superb resource for speeches, business presentations, term papers, trivia contests and life in general, featuring life-enhancing insights from timeless wisdom. The pages of Consolidated Wisdom form a fascinating museum of ideas that create a panoramic view of the evolution of human thought throughout the global rise of civilization. While providing insights and practical advice from antiquity to modern times, this book’s treasure trove of brilliant quotations deciphers the full spectrum of life’s struggles to help master personal, business and societal challenges. The author’s all-encompassing approach and rich commentaries further demonstrate the interconnection of all aspects of human nature, filling Consolidated Wisdom with diverse ideas and practical advice on an extraordinary array of subjects including business, leadership, creativity, spirituality, technology, sports, the arts, love, history, Native American wisdom, education, humor and much more. As it highlights many of the greatest minds from the past 5000 years, Consolidated Wisdom provokes productive thinking, stimulates conversation, arouses curiosity, promotes cultural expansion and deepens human understanding. Its profound phrases serve as inspiring nuggets of wisdom to guide our daily lives, illuminating a path for us to harness the power of wisdom and create a better future. https://genejoneswisdom.com/ |
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Valerie Nifora is a best-selling and award-winning author, who was born and raised in New York to Greek immigrant parents. She credits her Greek heritage for her love of words and storytelling. Her first romance novel, The Fairmounts, debuted as a #1 New Release. It's a historical romantic-suspense story that follows Harry LaCroix as he returns from war looking to settle into a quiet life with his last living relative and confidant, Lois Fairmount. But his plans take an unexpected turn when he falls for a mysterious heiress with a missing fortune. The Seattle Book Review gave The Fairmounts 5-Stars stating quote the story is "a beautiful romance novel, full of suspense, mystery, tales of old legends, and so much more." ABOUT THE BOOK An heiress who's lost her fortune. A whirlwind romance. Abandoned by all she once knew; can she dare to trust this newfound love? It's the turn of the 19th century, and Mary Whitcombe lives in blissful ignorance of the wider world. An orphan born into wealth, her guardian sends her away to a convent, where she grapples with the abrupt transition from opulent living to the austere cloister. But as she matures, Mary's heart discovers its first love in the form of the young gardener at the institution... Unprepared for a heart-wrenching tragedy that strikes, Mary decides to forgo her vows. Now, she's compelled to depart, leaving behind her sheltered existence. In a society where her innocence could render her a pawn in a treacherous game of power and wealth, Mary faces the harsh realities of life. Will these cruelties shatter her last hope of a happily ever after? 'Mary Whitcombe' is the captivating second installment in The Fairmounts romantic fiction series. If you relish deeply passionate characters, enthralling mysteries, and dramatic deceit, you'll adore Valerie Nifora's timeless storytelling. https://valerienifora.com/ |
