BOOK EVENT: Ten Lives w/ Mona Chalabi & Traci Thomas

Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are' by author Mona Chalabi w/ moderator Traci Thomas WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are' by author Mona Chalabi and moderator Traci Thomas. Interweaving her own story with those of her interviewees and illustrated throughout with the data visualizations for which Chalabi is renowned, Ten Lives asks how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States. WHEN: Doors at 6:30pm, event promptly at 7pm. WHERE: Reparations Club, 3054 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016 HOW: TICKET w/ BOOK: This ticket guarantees a seat including a signed book available for pick up at the event. FREE RSVP (No Book Included): This Free RSVP DOES NOT include a copy of the book and entry is based strictly on capacity at the door. Books may be available for purchase in-store. SIGNED BOOK ONLY: Can't make it IRL but still want a signed copy? Order directly from our site! Please email us at [email protected] if you have any additional needs, questions, or accessibility concerns. About the Book: A VISUALLY STRIKING EXPLORATION OF MONEY—AND THE LACK OF IT—IN AMERICA TOLD THROUGH THE LIVES OF TEN INDIVIDUALS, FROM A PULITZER PRIZE–WINNING DATA JOURNALIST AND ARTIST “ASTONISHING . . . CHALABI’S TABOO-BUSTING TRANSPARENCY ABOUT PEOPLES’ FINANCIAL LIVES IS REVOLUTIONARY ENOUGH. BUT IT’S THE PELLUCID CLARITY OF HER DATA VISUALIZATIONS THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE HOW YOU UNDERSTAND CAPITALISM.”—ALISON BECHDEL, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC Anna has a comfortable life in a mansion in Maine thanks to her husband (well, his parents, really) until he suddenly asks for a divorce. In Arizona, Hunter is a U.S. veteran, feeling ashamed about claiming disability benefits. Then there’s Levi, who is trying to pay off his debts from a gambling addiction, one social media video at a time. And Christian, stifled by his job at an Amazon warehouse before a union-organizing effort offers a way out for his comrades and his young kids. Ten people, ten different incomes, all of them afraid for their futures. For five years, data journalist Mona Chalabi followed them all, documenting how wealth shaped their feelings, their choices, their identities, and their insecurities. She researched the data behind their taxes, groceries, inheritances, and so much more to understand the systems that keep people stuck. But then, she too found herself facing the same fears, when her mother’s sudden illness and subsequent medical bills threatened her own financial safety and made the questions she had been writing about all too real. How much money is enough? To live a “good” life? To protect the people you love in an emergency? Interweaving her own story with those of her interviewees and illustrated throughout with the data visualizations for which Chalabi is renowned, Ten Lives asks how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States. It explores how difficult it is for us to be honest and open about what we have and argues that until we get better at it, we will never be able to address the underlying problems that drive inequality and insecurity for us all. MONA CHALABI is an award-winning writer and illustrator. Her work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize, an honorary fellowship at the British Science Association, an Emmy nomination, a fellowship from New America, and recognition from the Royal Statistical Society. In recent years, her art has been exhibited at the Tate, the Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her writing and illustrations have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The Guardian. TRACI THOMAS is the creator and host of The Stacks, a podcast about books and the way they shape culture. The show asks the questions that provoke meaningful, poignant, and often hilarious conversations. Traci also hosts a live literary series with LAist called One for the Books, is a monthly contributor for NPR's Here & Now, and she writes a monthly column on shereads.com.