# Event Details - **Event Name**: K.J. Ramsey THE PLACE BETWEEN OUR PAINS - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 07 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 07 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: K.J. Ramsey will talk about her latest book, The Place Between Our Pains; a book-signing will follow.About this EventJuly 7 | In-Store | 6:00 PMK.J. Ramsey, The Place Between Our PainsAuthor joins us to present her latest book, (Convergent), a memoir Cole Arthur Riley describes as “unapologetically raw, defiantly humorous…the bravest of journeys,” and that traces one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts.Doors and minibar open at 5:30PMGetting here: We are located at 1620 Orrington Avenue, in downtown Evanston, just one block east of the Davis Street Metra and CTA public transit stops. There is metered street parking as well as numerous parking garages nearby.^^^^About the book: After over a decade of fighting chronic illness, trauma therapist and beloved author K.J. Ramsey was the healthiest she’d been in her life. She packed up her Jeep and set out on a summer of road trips, returning to the places where she first glimpsed joy as a kid. More than adventure, her aim was a personal dare to discover that joy is more trustworthy than trauma.The plan was simple but bold: Drive. Write. Heal. What could go wrong?It turns out, everything.“Unapologetically raw, defiantly humorous, this book is the bravest of journeys. . . . A memoir that makes no promises except to tell the truth about joy in the dark. We’ve needed this.”—Cole Arthur Riley, New York Times bestselling author of This Here FleshAbout K.J.: is an increasingly feral mystic who is utterly devoted to the joy of being alive. She is a body-centered licensed professional counselor specialized in trauma recovery and an acclaimed author of prose and poetry, including The Book of Common Courage, The Lord Is My Courage, and This Too Shall Last, as well as the bestselling essay Substack Embodied. KJ advocates for fellow autoimmune patients and lives in Colorado with her husband Ryan, a hospice chaplain, and their two velcro dogs. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/kj-ramsey-the-place-between-our-pains/100001990248362428 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures, nonprofit, dog - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Bookends & Beginnings - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 29, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Evanston - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Bookends & Beginnings - **lat**: 42.0475628 - **long**: -87.68133399999999 - **full address**: Bookends & Beginnings, 1620 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: K.J. 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