Bookclub Party
When: Monday, January 14th, 2019 at 6pm
Where: Fiction Addiction
Cost: $15
Are you in a bookclub? Thinking about joining or starting a bookclub? Like to read “bookclub-type books”? Then come join us for another Bookclub Party at Fiction Addiction! Store owner Jill Hendrix will present suggested titles for bookclubs, and Marie Benedict, author of The Other Einstein, will discuss her new book, The Only Woman in the Room. We will be serving wine and cheese and giving away a number of “advance reader copies.”
*Note: Tickets are $15 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off any merchandise purchased at the event. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling us at 864-675-0540. We prepare gift bags in advance for our attendees, so please make sure to RSVP.
About The Only Woman in the Room
She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?
Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich’s plans while at her husband’s side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.
But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis…if anyone would listen to her.
A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece.
Bryan Robinson Book Talk & Signing
When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, 11am
Where: Fiction Addiction
Cost: $25/$10
If You Cannot Make the Event
Preorder signed books to be picked up after the event or shipped.
If You’re Attending the Event
Southern author and psychotherapist Bryan Robinson will be discussing his new book, #Chill: Turn Off Your Job and Turn On Your Life, a mindfulness and meditation guide for workaholics at a book talk and signing at Fiction Addiction. There are two ticket options for the event. The $25 ticket admits one, guarantees a seat at the event, and includes a copy of #Chill. The $10 ticket admits one, is standing room only, and is redeemable for $10 off a purchase the day of the event. Please plan to arrive fifteen minutes prior to the event as we will start promptly. We will have books for sale prior to the event and at the event itself.
About #Chill: Turn Off Your Job and Turn On Your Life
Stop stressing and learn to chill with this mindfulness and meditation guidebook that can help workaholics and others let go of anxiety and achieve and maintain the healthy work/life balance they need.
We all know good health and happiness depends on having proper balance between our professional and private lives. But in today’s hectic work environment, in which we must do more in less time with fewer resources, that goal can feel impossible to attain. We stay late at the office rather than being home with our families. We work into the night and on weekends to perfect that presentation or just catch up, rather than relaxing with a hobby or spending time with our friends. Under constant pressure to over-perform, work easily becomes the dominant force in our lives.
Licensed psychotherapist and professor Bryan Robinson understands the demands we face. He also knows that it’s difficult to stop the cycle of over-work. But there is a solution. In #Chill, Robinson explains how ending the cycle of work addiction can be achieved by reframing priorities and cultivating mindfulness in our daily lives. He provides a month-by-month guide with meditations that help center and soothe us, allowing us to step back, close our eyes, take a long breath, and focus on the moment.
Filled with wise advice, inspiring quotes, and gentle guidance, #Chill gives us the tools we need to quiet our anxiety, break our addiction to work, and bring compassion, calm, confidence, and creativity into our daily existence—and at last, have the peaceful, balanced life we all deserve.