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by Julie Fingersh (Author)
"Julie Fingersh's Stay is so rich, wise, funny, and beautifully written. It's hard to put down once you start."
--Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Named one of Zibby Owens's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2024
--Booklist
Called "Rich, wise, funny, and beautifully written" by #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott, Stay : A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas is a riveting debut that captures the joyous and painful complexity of family love and loyalty, the cost of family secrets, and the quest to help the people we love most without losing our own way. It's also a rare window into two of the biggest epidemics gripping society today: mental illness and chronic illness and the ways in which they affect relationships, personal identity, and the blueprint of our lives.
Told through the eyes of the author as both a young sibling and a mid-life parent, Julie Fingersh seamlessly weaves together present and past, unlocking the puzzle of her early adulthood with her struggling brother from the vantage point of a mid-life parent on the verge of an empty nest and her next chapter, just as her college-bound daughter's life suddenly careens off track.
Sparkling with warmth, wit, and lyrical prose, Fingersh provides insight and sustenance for everyone wrestling with mid-life's ghosts, parenting adult children, and the twin pillagers of fear and the inner critic. Above all, Stay is for readers who want to think, feel, laugh, cry, and perhaps see their own life's trajectory and path forward with new eyes.
Author Biography
Julie Fingersh is a writer and freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, BusinessWeek, and more. Her Substack newsletter, Take my Advice. I'm Not Using It is a midlife sequel to an award-winning humor column she wrote in New York City in her twenties for Billboard Publications, Inc. Julie also served as the founding executive director of Boston Cares, which became a nationally recognized model for community and corporate partnerships and recently celebrated its third decade of service. A Kansas City native, she has two adult children and lives with her husband in Marin County, California. Read more about Julie and her work at http: //www.juliefingershauthor.com.
