Join us to hear author Laura Cathcart Robbins discuss Stash, her brilliant memoir of addiction in a world that wants only perfection. This is an IN PERSON, IN STORE event, please RSVP here.
The host of the popular podcast, The Only One in the Room, gives fans a voice-driven, gripping, and propulsive addiction memoir. Her story is one of a wealthy Black woman on a journey to become whole while grappling with issues of substance abuse, race, class, self-sabotage, and love. Inspired by the response to her Huffington Post piece about her experience on being the only Black woman in the room at the 600-person famed writer's retreat, Brave Magic, Laura Cathcart Robbins explores the secrets she's harbored for years despite appearing as a curated presentation of herself.
Praise for Stash
"An irresistibly delicious story you cannot stop feasting on, that will sit in your bones and write over your memory like it happened to you. You have to read this book." - Holly Whittaker, New York Times bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman
"In Stash, Laura Cathcart Robbins pulls back the curtain on her addiction to alcohol and pills to give readers a close-up look at the desperation of a young mother in the grips of a deadly disease. Robbins explores the high price of keeping secrets and curating a false persona, which helped her survive an abusive stepfather, but fueled her addiction later in life. Robbins writes with unparalleled humor and compassion for everyone in her story, including herself, without glossing over the misdeeds that necessarily accompanied her addiction. Readers will cheer Robbins as she slowly learns to trust others, and most triumphantly, trust the still, small voice inside her, urging her toward sobriety and freedom. Robbins' compelling story will inspire, awe, entertain, educate, and help so many readers." - Christine Tate, New York Times bestselling author of Group (9/27/2022)
About the author
Laura Cathcart Robbins is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and host of the popular podcast The Only One in the Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles in HuffPost and The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker, and an LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ Podcast Festival. She lives in California. Follow her on Instagram @LauraCathcartRobbins and find out more at TheOnlyOnePod.com.