Books & Books presents…

AN AFTERNOON WITH ADINA CIMENT

discussing

Wasn’t Expecting This

Sunday, December 1st, 5PM | Books & Books, Coral Gables

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Books & Books is proud to present an afternoon with Adina Ciment discussing Wasn’t Expecting This.

This event is FREE and open to the public and books will be available for purchase the night of the event! Please RSVP only if you intend to join us.

About the Book:

Adina Ciment started a blog 10 years ago in order to work on her writing. But after a breast cancer diagnosis for her and a brain tumor diagnosis for her son, her blog suddenly shifted onto topics she never expected to write about. Wasn’t Expecting This is a collection of her reflections and changing philosophy as she navigated each challenge. It’s a collection that explores the changing roles she juggled – mother, patient, and caretaker – and her ultimate discovery of herself as a strong and powerful woman.

Blurbs:

“Erma Bombeck famously found meaning in a place no one else was looking – the everyday lives of everyday women. Adina Ciment does her foremother proud with these essays of surviving school supply shopping, summer camp, movie night negotiations – and breast cancer. Her work is humorous, hopeful and human. Some bit of Erma lives in these pages.”-Leonard Pitts, Jr. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Last Thing You Surrender

“Adina writes with the clarity of a teacher, the wit of a blogger and the fearlessness of a superhero because she is all three. This book will take you to the edge of what is possible for one human to endure before throwing a protective arm across your chest like a mom performing an emergency brake maneuver, reassuring you that all will be ok, even when it isn’t.”-Gila Pfeffer, humor and essay writer, and author of Nearly Departed, a memoir.

“From the tremors of young womanhood and motherhood to their mortal terrors, Adina Ciment tells it all in a battle-scarred, urgent, irreverent voice, with a cool eye and a warm heart.”-Tova Reich, author, most recently, of The House of Love and Prayer: and Other Stories

“In this often hilarious and candid memoir, Adina takes readers through the chaos of motherhood, her own battle with breast cancer, and the challenges of caring for a son with a brain tumor. Armed with a razor-sharp wit and a healthy dose of sarcasm, she navigates the absurdities of life, offering a refreshing and humorous perspective on the highs and lows of facing adversity.”Carmen Calfa, MDAssociate Professor of Clinical MedicineBreast Medical OncologistClinical Research Lead, Breast Site Disease GroupPhysician Leader, Genetic Predisposition Syndrome (GPS) ProgramAssociate Director of Community Outreach-Breast Cancer Program-PlantationMedical Co-Director Cancer SurvivorshipSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Miller School of Medicine University of Miami

Adina Ciment is a writer and educator from South Florida where she lives with her husband and five children. After teaching High School English for 30 years, she started The Raven Writing Company, a private tutoring company. Her essays have appeared on HuffPost, Kveller, Tailslate, and Aish.Com and she has been a keynote speaker for various non-profit organizations. Wasn’t Expecting This is her first book.