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Come join us for a revealing look at domestic violence against children through an award winning novel by author Lisa Braver Moss, herself the victim of domestic violence. How do children cope, survive, even thrive, and ultimately escape the throes of parents who are their sole means of support, their authority figure, and source of love. How do these ideals get twisted to fit the new meaning of family? How does family propel one toward one’s truth? Drop in & find out. AWARDS that Shrug has won — 2020 IPPY Awards Gold Winner, YA Fiction 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Winner, Fiction 2019 Moonbeam Award Gold Medal Winner, YA Fiction, Historical 2019 Best Book Award Finalist in YA Fiction 2019 Sarton Women’s Book Awards Finalist, Historical Fiction 2020 Goethe Awards (post-1750 historical fiction) Finalist 2020 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite, YA Fiction 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist 14th Annual NIEA Winner, Regional Fiction West

Lisa Braver Moss

Lisa Braver Moss is the author of the novels The Measure of His Grief (Notim Press, 2010) and the award-winning Shrug (She Writes Press, 2019). Her essays have appeared in the Huffington Post, Tikkun, Parents, Lilith, and many other publications. Lisa’s nonfiction book credits include Celebrating Family: Our Lifelong Bonds with Parents and Siblings (Wildcat Canyon Press, 1999) and, as co-author, The Mother’s Companion: A Comforting Guide to the Early Years of Motherhood (Council Oak Books, 2001) and Celebrating Brit Shalom (Notim Press, 2015). Hear Lisa’s insightful takes on family life when one or more parents is mentally disturbed and abusive — and how children of such a family can become not only survivors, but advocates, torch bearers to light the way, and givers of voice to others. How does one family’s intergenerational trauma stop with one talented writer, mother, and wife? Drop in with Lisa Braver Moss and come away heartened and sensitized to this very real problem