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SUMMARY:Books Are Magic - Mona Chalabi: Ten Lives w/ Jia Tolentino
DESCRIPTION:A visually striking exploration of money—and the lack of it
 —in America told through the lives of ten individuals\, from a Pulitzer 
 Prize–winning data journalist and artist. Get your tickets HERE. Doors o
 pen 6:30 pm\, event starts at 7:00 pm.\n\n\n\nAnna has a comfortable life 
 in a mansion in Maine thanks to her husband (well\, his parents\, really) 
 until he suddenly asks for a divorce. In Arizona\, Hunter is a U.S. vetera
 n\, feeling ashamed about claiming disability benefits. Then there’s Lev
 i\, who is trying to pay off his debts from a gambling addiction\, one soc
 ial media video at a time. And Christian\, stifled by his job at an Amazon
  warehouse before a union-organizing effort offers a way out for his comra
 des and his young kids. Ten people\, ten different incomes\, all of them a
 fraid for their futures.\n\nFor five years\, data journalist Mona Chalabi 
 followed them all\, documenting how wealth shaped their feelings\, their c
 hoices\, their identities\, and their insecurities. She researched the dat
 a behind their taxes\, groceries\, inheritances\, and so much more to unde
 rstand the systems that keep people stuck. But then\, she too found hersel
 f facing the same fears\, when her mother’s sudden illness and subsequen
 t medical bills threatened her own financial safety and made the questions
  she had been writing about all too real. How much money is enough? To liv
 e a “good” life? To protect the people you love in an emergency?\n\nIn
 terweaving her own story with those of her interviewees and illustrated th
 roughout with the data visualizations for which Chalabi is renowned\, Ten 
 Lives asks how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States. It ex
 plores how difficult it is for us to be honest and open about what we have
  and argues that until we get better at it\, we will never be able to addr
 ess the underlying problems that drive inequality and insecurity for us al
 l.\n\n\n\nMona Chalabi is an award-winning writer and illustrator. Her wor
 k has earned her a Pulitzer Prize\, an honorary fellowship at the British 
 Science Association\, an Emmy nomination\, a fellowship from New America\,
  and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent years\, her
  art has been exhibited at the Tate\, the Smithsonian Design Museum\, and 
 the Brooklyn Museum. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in T
 he New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, and The Guardian.\n\nJia To
 lentino is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the essay co
 llection Trick Mirror.\n\n\n\nEvent guidelines:\n\n 	Additional copies of 
 the book will be available for purchase at the event.\n 	A signing line wi
 ll follow the talk.\n 	As a reminder: If you are not feeling well\, please
  do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket\; email us and we'll
  work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guidelines or t
 o request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@booksare
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