All She Wrote Book x Bigger Bodies Boston Present: Lindy West
When:
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 7:00p -
8:30p
Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 7:00p -
8:30p
Where:
Connexion
149 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145
Admission:
$5
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Good for Groups, LGBTQ+, Meetup
Event website:
https://www.allshewrotebooks.com/events-1/all-she-wrote-book-x-bigger-bodies-boston-present-lindy-west
Join All She Wrote Books and Bigger Bodies Boston on Thursday, March 12th at 7:00pm, as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Lindy West, as she celebrates the publication of her latest book, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane. Enjoy an entertaining evening with Lindy, who will be in conversation with Anastasia Kidd (author of Fat Church).
An engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of transformation, Adult Braces brings readers on an uproarious cross-country road trip as West unpacks her tumultuous post-Shrill and Hulu adaptation years.
You have the option to purchase a copy of Adult Braces with your ticket. There will also be copies available for purchase on the night of, at the retail price. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Bigger Bodies Boston.
There will be a book signing following the event.
About Adult Braces
Through Shrill—the book and then the Hulu series—Lindy West became an inspiration. To this day she is stopped on the street and hailed as a beacon of empowerment by women who felt badly for not conforming to a narrow set of societal norms—thin, straight, compliant. But behind the scenes, Lindy never felt like she was the self-actualized woman fans made her out to be. When she found herself in the throes of a deep depression, with her marriage and sense of self-worth hanging in the balance, she knew she needed to make a change.
In Adult Braces, Lindy shares the story of her rock bottom, and of the journey she took to claw her way out of it. With her trademark candor and sense of humor, she examines her post-Shrill emotional implosion, her shifting feelings about traditional marriage, and her search for her long-lost self. She also tracks the highs and lows of her journey, from eye-opening natural wonders and kitschy roadside attractions to lackluster tourist traps and campground epiphanies.
The result is an engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.
About Lindy West
Lindy West is the author of three books: the New York Times bestselling memoir Shrill as well as the essay collections The Witches Are Coming and Shit, Actually. Lindy is a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and her work has appeared in This American Life, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel, and others. She is the co-host of the comedy podcast Text Me Back and the author of the e-mail newsletter Butt News. Lindy was a writer and executive producer on Shrill, the Hulu comedy adapted from her memoir, and she co-wrote and produced the independent feature film Thin Skin. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington state.
About Anastasia Kidd
Anastasia E. B. Kidd is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She founded the Fat Church digital platform to help people of faith disrupt anti-fat bias in their own lives and church communities. You can find @FatChurch on social media and at fatchurch.org.
About Big Bodies Boston
Bigger Bodies Boston is an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to creating fat community, fighting anti-fat bias, and promoting fat liberation for all bodies.
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