2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Everything You Ever Wanted

Friday, March 13
5:00PM - 5:20PM

Austin Convention Center
Ballroom G
Austin Convention Center

In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei’s harem, an experience she immortalized in in her bestselling memoir, Some Girls. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act was learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs. After Jillian loses a close friend to drugs, she herself is saved by her fierce, bold love for her son as she fights to make him—and herself—feel safe and at home in the world.

Exploring complex ideas of identity and reinvention, Everything You Ever Wanted is a must-read for everyone, especially every mother, who has ever hoped for a second act in life.

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Presenters

Jillian Lauren

Author

Plume

Details

Access
Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Type
Book Reading
Theme
Art, Science and Inspiration
Level
Beginner

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