Author Christie Tate on Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

From Volumes Bookstore: We are thrilled to announce we will be hosting Christie Tate in the virtual Volumes sphere to chat about her new book GROUP: How One Therapist and Group of Strangers Saved My Life. Tate will be joined in conversation with novelist Alison Hammer.

“It takes courage to bare your soul in front of a therapist, but when you add six strangers to the mix, it becomes an act of faith. In Group, Christie Tate takes us on a journey that’s heartbreaking and hilarious, surprising and redemptive—and, ultimately, a testament to the power of connection. Perhaps the greatest act of bravery is that Tate shared her story with us, and how lucky we are that she did.” —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

About Christie: Christie Tate is a Chicago-based writer and essayist. She has been published in The New York Times (Modern Love), The Rumpus, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Eastern Iowa Review, and elsewhere. Kiese Laymon selected her essay, Promised Lands, as the winner of the New Ohio Review’s nonfiction contest, which was published Fall 2019.

About Alison Hammer: Alison Hammer has been spinning words to tell stories since she learned how to talk. A graduate of the University of Florida and the Creative Circus in Atlanta, she lived in 9 cities before settling down in Chicago. During the day, Alison is a VP Creative Director at FCB Chicago, but on nights and weekends you can find her writing upmarket women's fiction. Alison is represented by Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary Agency. Her debut novel, “You and Me and Us” is out now from William Morrow (HarperCollins).