Are you ready to change your thinking and live Brave-ishly?
SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 at Small World Books, Venice Beach, California Join Adira Hadassah as we enjoy the evening with the inspiring and motivating award-winning author, Lisa Niver with giveaways worth over $700.
Ready to transform your mindset and embrace a Brave-ish life? Join us for an unforgettable evening with the inspiring and motivating award-winning author Lisa Niver, hosted by Adira Hadassah. We’re celebrating the 1st birthday of her empowering memoir, Brave-ish, on Thursday, September 19, 2024! Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Lisa, hear her incredible journey, and get your very own signed copy of Brave-ish. It’s more than just a book—it’s a guide to courage, growth, and living life to the fullest.Mark your calendar, bring a friend, and come celebrate with us. Let’s make this night one to remember!
Jennifer Lang’s book: Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature –and SAVE THE DATE: Join me to talk about her new book, Landed, at Zibby’s Bookshop March 20, 2024.
Books from my publisher, Post Hill Press: Shanda by Letty Cottin Pegrebin, The Upstander by Jori Epstein, The Letters Project by Eleanor Reissa and Surviving the Survivor by Joel Z. Waldman
Although Lisa Niver has traveled in far-off locales from Vanuatu to Nepal and received numerous accolades for both her writing and her top ranked website, what people don’t realize is that this began from the wreckage of a rotten romance.
Newlywed Niver was on the adventure of a lifetime. She had quit her job, rented out her condo, and was traveling around Asia. To the outside world, Niver was a woman living out her dreams of exploring ancient ruins in Cambodia and seeing orangutans in Borneo. In private, she was keeping a dark secret. But, when she found herself lying on a sidewalk in Thailand, looking up at the sky in severe pain, she knew things had to change. At age forty-seven, Niver found the courage to set course on a new life.
Feeling like a failure, pushing fifty, and moving home to her parents’ house to start again from scratch, Niver started taking one tiny “brave-ish” step at a time to take her life far away from the old one and into the adventurous world of travel writing. These small hurdles led to the challenge of trying fifty new things before turning fifty. From diving into shipwrecks, swimming with sharks, bobsledding at 3 Gs, to indulging in wild escapades, Niver found herself traversing the world on a journey of reinvention, personal growth, and discovering what it actually means to be “brave.”
While Brave-ish chronicles Niver’s inspiring expeditions to distant corners of the world including Myanmar, Cuba, Morocco, Kenya and Mongolia this is more than a travelogue. Niver’s story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of perseverance. Brave-ish inspires readers to dream big, take risks, and embrace the unknown to create a life filled with wonder and excitement, even when courage seems elusive.
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Become Your BRAVE-ish Self!
Lisa Ellen Niver
Are you ready to change your thinking and live Brave-ishly?
SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 at Small World Books, Venice Beach, California Join Adira Hadassah as we enjoy the evening with the inspiring and motivating award-winning author, Lisa Niver with giveaways worth over $700.
Ready to transform your mindset and embrace a Brave-ish life? Join us for an unforgettable evening with the inspiring and motivating award-winning author Lisa Niver, hosted by Adira Hadassah. We’re celebrating the 1st birthday of her empowering memoir, Brave-ish, on Thursday, September 19, 2024! Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Lisa, hear her incredible journey, and get your very own signed copy of Brave-ish. It’s more than just a book—it’s a guide to courage, growth, and living life to the fullest.Mark your calendar, bring a friend, and come celebrate with us. Let’s make this night one to remember!
DATE: Thursday, September 19, 2024
TIME: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
REGISTER: https://events.hadassah.org/LisaNiverauthorevent
Registration includes a copy of BRAVE-ish which Lisa will sign for you $36 Member • $40 Non-Member
LOCATION: Small World Books, 1407 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291
QUESTIONS: email gayejacobs@gmail.com
over $700 in GIVEAWAYS:
AS SEEN IN PRINT in the Jewish Journal Sept 13, 2024 on p 47
MORE ABOUT BRAVE-ish
Although Lisa Niver has traveled in far-off locales from Vanuatu to Nepal and received numerous accolades for both her writing and her top ranked website, what people don’t realize is that this began from the wreckage of a rotten romance.
Newlywed Niver was on the adventure of a lifetime. She had quit her job, rented out her condo, and was traveling around Asia. To the outside world, Niver was a woman living out her dreams of exploring ancient ruins in Cambodia and seeing orangutans in Borneo. In private, she was keeping a dark secret. But, when she found herself lying on a sidewalk in Thailand, looking up at the sky in severe pain, she knew things had to change. At age forty-seven, Niver found the courage to set course on a new life.
Feeling like a failure, pushing fifty, and moving home to her parents’ house to start again from scratch, Niver started taking one tiny “brave-ish” step at a time to take her life far away from the old one and into the adventurous world of travel writing. These small hurdles led to the challenge of trying fifty new things before turning fifty. From diving into shipwrecks, swimming with sharks, bobsledding at 3 Gs, to indulging in wild escapades, Niver found herself traversing the world on a journey of reinvention, personal growth, and discovering what it actually means to be “brave.”
While Brave-ish chronicles Niver’s inspiring expeditions to distant corners of the world including Myanmar, Cuba, Morocco, Kenya and Mongolia this is more than a travelogue. Niver’s story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of perseverance. Brave-ish inspires readers to dream big, take risks, and embrace the unknown to create a life filled with wonder and excitement, even when courage seems elusive.
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