Worth the Wait: A Launch Party for Thanks for Waiting
JUNE 28 & 29, 2021
SUMMARY
A two-night virtual book launch party, celebrating the launch of Doree Shafrir's memoir, Thanks for Waiting.
SCHEDULE
JUNE 28 from 8 - 10pm ET
JUNE 29 from 8 - 10pm ET
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About this event
**This is a virtual event that will be hosted on Zoom - you will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing and sufficient Internet access. If you have not used Zoom before, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom.**
Join Doree Shafrir, author of the memoir Thanks for Waiting and co-host of the Forever35 podcast, for Worth the Wait: A Launch Party for Thanks for Waiting, a two-night virtual book launch party, brought to you by Well Enough, Random House's wellness community.
Held on June 28 and 29, from 8pm to 10pm ET each night, Worth the Wait: A Launch Party for Thanks for Waiting will feature a series of special guests in conversation with Doree about self-care, fertility, motherhood, work, and living life at your own speed, plus expert insights on topics like skincare, money, and fashion. Joining Doree on the virtual stage will be: Maurene Goo, Jasmine Guillory, Elizabeth Holmes, Kate Spencer, Logan Ury, Courtney Chiusano, Emily Farris, Rachel Wilkerson Miller, and Tonya Rapley.
In the spirit of living at your own pace, two ticket types are available: With the $35.28 ticket, you will receive an autographed hardcover copy of Thanks for Waiting, the chance to chat with Doree live, and access to the VIP Zoom afterparty. With a free registration, you won’t receive a book or admission to the launch party, but you will receive free access to the livestream of the event.
Each person who signs up will receive the Well Enough newsletter, which features helpful tips for wherever you are on your wellness journey, and the Random House Events newsletter, so you won’t miss the next great conversation.
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About the book
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A memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected.
Doree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples’ counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy & Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of Gawker’s early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn’t find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Forever35—at forty.
Now, in her debut memoir, Shafrir explores the enormous pressures we feel, especially as women, to hit particular milestones at certain times and how we can redefine what it means to be a late bloomer. She writes about everything from dating to infertility, to how friendships evolve as you get older, to why being pregnant at forty-one is unexpectedly freeing—all with the goal of appreciating the lives we’ve lived so far and the lives we still hope to live.
Thanks for Waiting is about how achieving the milestones you thought were so important don’t always happen on the time line you imagined. In a world of 30 Under 30 lists, this book is a welcome reminder that it’s okay to live life at your own speed.
“Thanks for Waiting is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.”