# Event Details - **Event Name**: Offsite Book Event: Lindy West - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: An engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.About this EventWe are so excited to welcome back Lindy West for an event celebrating the release of Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane.This is a ticketed, off-site event, which will be hosted at Wilson Abbey, 935 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640. This event will include a reading, conversation, and book signingIn New York Times bestselling author Lindy West’s ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process.Through Shrill—the book and then the Hulu series—Lindy West became an inspiration. To this day she is stopped on the street and hailed as a beacon of empowerment by women who felt badly for not conforming to a narrow set of societal norms—thin, straight, compliant. But behind the scenes, Lindy never felt like she was the self-actualized woman fans made her out to be. When she found herself in the throes of a deep depression, with her marriage and sense of self-worth hanging in the balance, she knew she needed to make a change.In Adult Braces, Lindy shares the story of her rock bottom, and of the journey she took to claw her way out of it. With her trademark candor and sense of humor, she examines her post-Shrill emotional implosion, her shifting feelings about traditional marriage, and her search for her long-lost self. She also tracks the highs and lows of her journey, from eye-opening natural wonders and kitschy roadside attractions to lackluster tourist traps and campground epiphanies.The result is an engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.Lindy West is the author of three books: the New York Times bestselling memoir Shrill as well as the essay collections The Witches Are Coming and Shit, Actually. Lindy is a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and her work has appeared in This American Life, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel, and others. She is the co-host of the comedy podcast Text Me Back and the author of the e-mail newsletter Butt News. Lindy was a writer and executive producer on Shrill, the Hulu comedy adapted from her memoir, and she co-wrote and produced the independent feature film Thin Skin. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington state.Accessibility: This event is hosted at Wilson Abbey, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Face masks are strongly encouraged but not required. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, comedy, trips-adventures, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 16.74, max: 53.49, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Wilson Abbey - **lat**: 41.96505730000001 - **long**: -87.6539535 - **full address**: Wilson Abbey, 935 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Offsite Book Event: Lindy West - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/52c9fda47e7cc578f8b4d1d4b4f31353b7d761543b02f5388c7e92bbb95282bb-rimg-w1200-h600-dccad9e9-gmir.jpg?v=1770523703 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Offsite Book Event: Lindy West being held? - **A:** Offsite Book Event: Lindy West takes place on Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Wilson Abbey, 935 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Offsite Book Event: Lindy West? - **A:** Ticket prices for Offsite Book Event: Lindy West range from USD 17 to USD 53 depending on the ticket type. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityAdmission for 1 + 1 copy of ADULT BRACESUSD 43 + USD 3 feeAvailableAdmission for 2 + 1 copy of ADULT BRACESUSD 53 + USD 3 feeAvailableGeneral Admission OnlyUSD 17 + USD 2 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Offsite Book Event: Lindy West? - **A:** Offsite Book Event: Lindy West is organized by Women & Children First. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Offsite Book Event: Lindy West", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/52c9fda47e7cc578f8b4d1d4b4f31353b7d761543b02f5388c7e92bbb95282bb-rimg-w1200-h600-dccad9e9-gmir.jpg?v=1770523703", "startDate": "2026-03-21", "endDate": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Wilson Abbey", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "935 West Wilson Avenue", "postalCode": "60640", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.96505730000001", "longitude": "-87.6539535" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "An engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-21", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "16.74", "highPrice": "53.49", "price": "16.74", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548", "price": "42.99", "name": "Admission for 1 + 1 copy of ADULT BRACES" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548", "price": "53.49", "name": "Admission for 2 + 1 copy of ADULT BRACES" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/offsite-book-event-lindy-west/100001982363819548", "price": "16.74", "name": "General Admission Only" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Women & Children First", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/women-and-children-first/17676387", "description": "Women & Children First is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country, stocking more than 30,000 books by and about women, children's books for all ages, and the best of lesbian and gay fiction and non-fiction. 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