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In person author event with Debra Whitman and Joanne Griffith at Zibby's Bookshop, 1113 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403!Zibby's Bookshop is excited to welcome Debra Whitman and Joanne Griffith to celebrate the release of Whitman's The Second Fifty! About the book:Expert guidance for living a longer, healthier, more meaningful second half of life.As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, wanted to delve deeper into why so many Americans struggled to live well as they aged. And she began to wonder what was in store for her own second fifty. Suddenly, the questions she’d been studying for years became personal: How long will I live? Will I be healthy? Will I lose my memory? How long will I work? Will I have enough money? Where will I live? How will I die?Americans are now living decades longer than previous generations. These added years offer exciting possibilities but also raise crucial questions. In her groundbreaking book, Whitman provides a roadmap for navigating, and celebrating, the second half of life. Drawing on compelling stories from her own family and people across the country, interviews with experts, and cutting-edge research, she shares insights on brain health, the Read More ...

Gary Philips will be joining us to discuss the 30th anniversary re-issue of his first mystery novel Violent Spring.Gary Philips will be joining us to discuss the 30th anniversary re-issue of his first mystery novel Violent Spring.The story is set in the aftermath of the ’92 civil unrest. As Sarah Weinman wrote recently in the Alta Journal magazine, “…a book that felt like a punch to crime fiction’s solar plexus, so indisputably contemporary was it in its juxtaposition of the private-detective genre and social justice in the wake of the Rodney King riots two years prior.”