About the In-Person Event

“Annabelle Gurwitch’s You’re Leaving When? is a pure delight, full of ambivalence, regret, laughter, rage, melancholy, and most importantly, honest observations about grappling with life’s bewildering cavalcade
of surprises and disappointments.”
—Heather Havrilesky, New York Magazine’s Ask Polly columnist

 You may recognize stunning actress Annabelle Gurwitch as the longtime cohost of the fan favorite “Dinner & a Movie” or from her appearances on television’s “Seinfeld,” “Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal,” and “Dexter.”

But did you know that she is as talented as she is beautiful, earning a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022, as well as being a New York Times bestselling author, who has written and developed adaptations of her books for HBO, F/X, NBC, Lifetime networks, including a current film project for the Hallmark Channel based on You’re Leaving When? to star Andi MacDowell.

As if that weren’t enough, Time Magazine featured Annabelle in their “Ten Ideas that are Changing the World” annual series, and her media appearances include GMA, The Today Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, CBS Early Morning, Oprah, PBS Newshour, and many CNN, MSNBC programs.

Annabelle has been chronicling living with Stage IV lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during Covid, and she’s given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including in Vienna, Rome, Singapore, and Brisbane.

And now you have the opportunity to meet this remarkable woman at a Special Meet and Greet Adventure at the Coronado Public Library, where she will discuss her book, You’re Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility.

Registration

Registration is not required for this event, as it is free and open to the public. But we think you will want a front row seat to meet Annabelle and hear her remarkable story. To receive guaranteed VIP seating, simply pre-order a copy of the book below, which will be delivered to you at the event for signing.

About the Author and Book

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, activist, and author of five books including the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. She’s written for The New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and Hadassah amongst other publications.

She was the longtime cohost of the fan favorite “Dinner & a Movie” on TBS and a regular commentator on NPR. She’s performed on the Moth Mainstage, Joe’s Pub, at Carolines on Broadway, The New York and Aspen Comedy Fests, and at arts centers around the country. Her acting credits include: “Seinfeld,” “Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal,” and “Dexter.” Once in while she returns to acting playing Rabbi Gurwitch on “Better Things” on FX or a therapist for an FBI agent in Michael Bay’s “Ambulance.” Annabelle has been chronicling living with stage iv lung cancer and inequities in healthcare in the New York Times and Washington Post since her out-of-the-blue diagnosis during covid. She’s given patient advocate talks at scientific conferences around the globe including in Vienna, Rome, Singapore, and Brisbane.

Her most recent collection of essays You’re Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility is a 2021 New York Times Favorite Book for Healthy Living, a Good Morning America Must Read and a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing 2022.

In these essays, Gurwitch embraces homesharing, welcoming a housing-insecure young couple and a bunny rabbit into her home. The mother of a college student in recovery who sheds the gender binary, she relearns to parent, one pronoun at a time. She wades into the dating pool in a Miss Havisham-inspired line of lingerie and flunks the magic of tidying up. You’re Leaving When? is for anybody who thought they had a semblance of security but wound up with a fragile economy and a blankie. Annabelle uses personal stories and humor to illuminate issues in the social zeitgeist including “harnessing resilience and learning how life’s disappointments can teach you about the things that matter most” (Tara Parker Pope, New York Times).

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