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Author Talk: Lisa Smith 'Girl Walks Out of a Bar' @ YWCA Greenwich

Wednesday, March 29 at 10am at YWCA Greenwich. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Register at jccgreenwich.org or 203-552-1818.

The Good Girl Who Had It All...Including Addiction

PEOPLE Magazine Best New Books Pick!

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Author Lisa Smith was a bright young lawyer at a prestigious law firm in NYC when alcoholism and drug addiction took over her life. What was once a way she escaped her insecurity and negativity as a teenager became a means of coping with anxiety and stress of an impossible workload.

Her book, Girl Walks Out of a Bar, a darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story explores her formative years, decade of alcohol and drug abuse and her road to recovery. Sober for ten years, Lisa Smith is passionate about breaking the stigma of drug and alcohol addiction.

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“GRIPPING...Readers will root for this extraordinary woman as she travels the path to recovery, healing, and triumph over addiction; her riveting story will inspire both those who have been there and those who have not.” - Publishers Weekly

Wednesday, March 29 • 10am at YWCA Greenwich (259 E. Putnam Ave)

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Register at jccgreenwich.org or 203-552-1818.

This program is presented by JCC Greenwich in partnership with YWCA Greenwich, Liberation Programs, Inc., Jewish Book Council, Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, UJA Greenwich.

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