Julie Fingersh

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Stay

A Story of Family, Love, & Other Traumas

Now available from Rowman & Littlefield

Julie Fingersh Stay

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Advance praise for Stay:

Anne Lamott review

Stay is profound, funny, and masterfully told; a beautiful memoir centered on the power of love — the joys of love, the pain of love, the responsibility of love. I read it in a single day.”

Gretchen Rubin
#1 New York Times best-selling author of The Happiness Project and host of the award-winning Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast

“Julie Fingersh’s invaluable and highly readable memoir is asking us who we thought we were, how that squares with who we’ve become and what we might want to do about it. A question every woman I know is asking right about now.”

Kelly Corrigan
Four-time New York Times bestselling author, host of PBS’s “Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan,” and the “Kelly Corrigan Wonders” podcast

Stay is a work of art, a treasure. The journey through its pages is an exhibit of integrity, vulnerability, talent, and raw humanity. You will be enthralled.” 

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
New York Times bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and How to Talk with Anyone About Anything

“When does parenting end and adulthood begin? Stay is a rare and compelling narrative about what it means to have a struggling child who is actually an almost grown-up. It’s a bittersweet look at parenting adult children, and a balm for those whose children are on the cusp. Immersive, warm, real––like having a cup of coffee with an intimate friend. I loved the writing.”

Zibby Owens
“NYC’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer” (Vulture), founder of Zibby Media, author of USA Today bestselling Blank, and host of “Moms Don’t Have Time to Read” Podcast

Stay is a book of remarkable emotional depth and wisdom for anyone in search of moving past their pain and making the most of their one precious life. Fingersh writes with a brilliant mind and a loving heart.”

Dr. Edith Eva Eger
New York Times bestselling author of The Gift, The Choice, and featured guest on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday

Stay is an enthralling, deeply personal book that will touch readers and bring greater understanding to raising young adults in today’s world of depression and anxiety. It’s also an inspiring story for empty nesters about life after kids. I could not put it down.”

Lisa Heffernan
New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Grown and Flown, the #1 site for parents of teens, college students and young adults, reaching millions of parents every month, and co- author of Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a family, and Raise Independent Adults

“Lyrical, wise, freewheeling, both heartbreaking and laugh out loud funny, Stay is proof of the possibility that awaits us all to claim our creative lives, no matter what stage of life we are in.”

Laura Zinn Fromm
Founder of Sweet Lab Writing Workshops and author of Sweet Survival

“Luminous, irreverent, captivating…With a voice you’ll fall in love with, Stay is a love letter to all of us mid-lifers searching for a new roadmap of joy and meaning. It’s also for us mothers, daughters, and sisters who want to love fiercely without losing our way.”

Laura Munson
USA Today and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Not The Story You Think It Is and founder of Haven Writing Retreats

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Upcoming Events

2 events this week!

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Books Inc.

Julie Fingersh in conversation with Kate Brady, Board President of NAMI San Francisco

Book Passage

Book Passage

Julie Fingersh in conversation with Diane Provo

SheisMe Conference

Keynote speaker

Book Passage

Shakespeare & Co.

Details to come

Book Passage
Rainy Day Books

Pembroke Hill School w/ Rainy Day Books

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Book Passage
Rodef Sholom

Congregation Rodef Sholom

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tucson festival of books

Tucson Festival of Books

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Interviews

Good Grief with Cheryl Jones

Cheryl Jones and I talked about the many faces of grief in life beyond losing loved ones, the grief of life transitions, the empty nest, etc. She asked me about Danny and it took my breath away. It made me realize (a) how little I talk about him and (b) how my book is going to, in a sense, give him a second life in the world. It feels both amazing and sad, but I'm grateful to have a reason to get to talk about him.

Sports Byline USA

I talked with Sports Byline about how we love without losing ourselves, how we parent in a way that doesn't hurt our kids, and what is the line between helping them and hurting them? What is the cost of our past on our present and how does it shape our future?

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