Sunday, September 21
11:00 am
Andrea Askowitz
My Miserable, Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy
$15, Discounted Member Price $10
Brunch Included

In this memoir of her 40 weeks and five days in hell, Andrea Askowitz takes an unflinching look at her pregnant life—from struggling with hormones to poor body image to a self-imposed exile from family—to take us on a ride through the turbulence of single lesbian motherhood. Along the way we meet her liberal parents as they struggle with their daughter's choices, the lover she longs to reconnect with who goes M.I.A. before the pregnancy, the friends who turn out to be no help at all, and strangers who offer up some unlikely kindness. Writing in an honest and confessional tone, Andrea is real and raw, impossibly cranky yet deeply touching.

"Andrea is like a girl version of David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs, mining perfect comedic moments from the very worst of life's offereings. You don't have to be miserable, lonely or a lesbian to completely relate to the hilarious journey that is Andrea's life."

Andrea Askowitz is an adjunct professor of creative nonfiction at Florida International University, a full-time mother, and the co-producer of Lip Service, a literary event in Southern Florida.  She has also performed stories about her life at venues throughout Los Angeles and Miami.

Presented in partnership with the 16^th Street J's Stuart S. Kurlander Program for Gay & Lesbian Outreach and Engagement (GLOE)

Co-sponsored by Rainbow Families, DC

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