An Evening with Lisa Genova and Paul English
Join us for an evening with Lisa Genova and Paul English to discuss Genova’s new release “More or Less Maddy.” This new novel follows a young woman as she navigates a bipolar diagnosis. Genova and English will be interviewed about this book, along with English’s experience with living with bipolar and founding the Bipolar Social Club, a network for people with bipolar to share experiences and create community.
The event will begin at 7:00 PM. Doors will open at 6:30 PM.
Tickets:
$33 - includes a copy of “More or Less Maddy”
About More or Less Maddy:
A breathless, riveting novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally “normal” life for a career in stand-up comedy.
Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it’s normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn’t help that she’s always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut family. But Maddy’s latest low is devastatingly low, and she goes on an antidepressant. She begins to feel good, dazzling in fact, and she soon spirals high into a wild and terrifying mania that culminates in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
As she struggles to find her way in this new reality, navigating the complex effects bipolar has on her identity, her relationships, and her life dreams, Maddy will have to figure out how to manage being both too much and not enough.
About Lisa Genova:
Acclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar–winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She is featured in the documentary films To Not Fade Away and Have You Heard About Greg. Her TED talks on Alzheimer’s disease and memory have been viewed over eleven million times.
About Paul English:
Paul English, a tech entrepreneur and activist, is the cofounder and CEO of Boston Venture Studio, a startup that helps create and launch consumer-focused websites and apps. Most recently, the studio launched Deets, a social app where friends can share restaurant reviews. He has cofounded a number of consumer-tech apps and websites, including Kayak, a travel booker, and GetHuman, which helps connect people with customer service employees. English also cofounded Embrace Boston — a nonprofit that works to dismantle systemic racism and celebrate the work of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King — which unveiled “The Embrace” sculpture on Boston Common in 2023. English also cofounded Winter Walk, a nonprofit that fights homelessness, as well as Summits Education, which works to improve primary education in Haiti. English holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Boston.