Upcoming Author Interview: Jennifer Romolini — June 4, 2024
Register now for our upcoming live-streamed interview with writer, editor, and podcast host Jennifer Romolini! She will be discussing her new book Ambition Monster: A Memoir with Sally Haldorson, Porchlight's Managing Director.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
2pm CST
Live on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook
→ Pre-order single copies of Ambition Monster from our event partner, Boswell Books.
→ If you’d like to pre-order bulk copies for your book club, organization, or group of recovering workaholics/nonfiction essay lovers, we at Porchlight Book Company offer competitive discounts on all bulk book purchases.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A deeply personal memoir about workaholism, the addictive nature of ambition, and the humbling process of picking yourself up when the world lets you down—an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.
After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success many crave: a high-profile, C-suite dream job, a book well-received enough that reporters wanted to know the secrets to her success, and a gig traveling around the country giving speeches on “making it.” She had a handsome and clever husband, a precocious child. But beneath this polished surface was a powder keg of unresolved trauma and chronic overwork. It was all about to blow.
Written with self-deprecation and wit, Ambition Monster is a gutsy and powerful look at workaholism and the addictive nature of achievement, the lingering effect of childhood trauma, and the failures of our modern rat race. This is a Cinderella story of success and a brutal appraisal of the cost of capitalism—perfect for people pleasers, overachievers, and those whose traumas have driven them to strike for “goodness,” no matter the cost. With its timely and resonant deconstructing of the American Dream, Ambition Monster is a singular excavation of selfhood, an essential interrogation about the way we work, and an inspiring and affirming call to always bet on yourself.
