In-person: MORE: A MEMOIR OF OPEN MARRIAGE by Molly Roden Winter

Join us in welcoming Molly Roden Winter to celebrate the release of More: A Memoir of Open Marriage! For this event, Molly will be joined in conversation by Christie Tate.

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An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother's exploration of sex and relationships—outside of her marriage.

Molly Roden Winter was a mom of two young children in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids' bedtime, again, she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At impromptu drinks with a friend, she met Matt, an unbelievably hot younger man. When Molly told her husband that Matt had asked her out, she was surprised that he encouraged her to accept.

So begins Molly's unexpected open marriage, and with it a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Molly and Stewart, who also begins to see other people, set ground rules to start: Don’t date an ex. Don’t date someone you work with. Don't go to anyone's house. And above all, don't fall in love. Spoiler alert: They end up breaking most of their rules, even the most important one.

Molly follows her sexual desire onto dating sites and to public places around New York City. In therapy sessions, fueled by the discovery that her parents had an open marriage, too, she grapples with her past and what it means to be both a mother and her truest self. Molly Roden Winter narrates her journey with warmth and style in this magnetic, intensely personal debut memoir.
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MOLLY RODEN WINTER was raised in Evanston, Illinois, and lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her husband and two sons. Her personal essays have appeared in Motherwell, Pangyrus, and Capsule Stories. She is half of the guitar-playing, song-writing duo House of Mirth. Her website is http://www.mollyrodenwinter.com.

CHRISTIE TATE is the author of the New York Times best seller, Group, a Reese's Book Club Pick, and B.F.F.-- A Memoir of Friendship Lost & Found. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Shondaland, Carve Magazine, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. She lives and writes in Chicago.

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