Julie Fingersh, a native of Greater Kansas City and acclaimed author and journalist, will return to Kansas City later this month to discuss her new book, “Stay: A Story of Family, Love, & Other Traumas.”
Fingersh will discuss “Stay” twice — first on Tuesday, May 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pembroke Hill School (5121 State Line Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112), and then on Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at Rainy Day Books (2706 W. 53rd St., Fairway, KS 66205).
“Stay” centers around the complexity of relationships, parenting and midlife, while also showing readers what’s behind the veil of those navigating medical or mental struggles. Fingersh explores her past and present, ranging from as a young child in Kansas City to now as a parent, while covering the hidden cost of family secrets, intergenerational ripples from a family member’s illness, the weight of one’s past and more.
“‘Stay’ is for everyone struggling to help loved ones plagued by depression, mental illness, or the isolating veil of chronic illness,” Fingersh said in a press release. “It’s for everyone wrestling with midlife’s ghosts and the twin pillagers of self-judgment and fear. But more than anything, ‘Stay’ is for readers who want to think, feel, laugh, cry and really think about their own life’s trajectory.”
Fingersh’s book garnered praise from New York Times bestselling authors including Anne Lamott, Gretchen Rubin, Kelly Corrigan and Dr. Edith Eva Eger, and it was named People Magazine’s best book of October of 2024 and ranked among the publication’s best books of that year.
Fingersh, daughter of community members Pella and Jack Fingersh, is a graduate of Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. She now lives in California and has two adult children. Her writings have been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Businessweek, Grown and Flown and more.
More information about Fingersh and “Stay” is available at juliefingersh.com/stay.
