Dear Reader Welcomes Lauren Sisler, Author of Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction (and Found My Sideline Shimmy)

Join us as we welcome Lauren Sisler, Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster, ESPN
sideline reporter, author, and keynote speaker known for her sideline shimmy as she discusses her memoir, Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction (and Found My Sideline Shimmy). 

When: Wednesday, 10/2 at 6pm 

Where: Dear Reader Books and Stationery

382 Main Street, Wyckoff, NJ 07481

Your ticket includes access to the event and one copy of Shatterproof.

When you arrive at the event, please check in with the bookseller at the door to receive your copy of Shatterproof. Light refreshments will be served. 

About the Book, Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction (and Found My Sideline Shimmy)

She lost her parents to secret opioid addictions. She lost her voice when the shame shattered her heart. But when she fell in love with her story, she became shatterproof.

College football fans have welcomed Emmy Award-winning ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler into their homes weekly since 2016. But the popular journalist known for asking insightful questions and for the viral videos dancing her signature "sideline shimmy" shielded a tragic secret behind her smile for nearly two decades: her mother and father died within hours of each other, victims of their hidden battle with prescription drug addiction.

In Shatterproof, Sisler enters the dark and mysterious pasts her parents hid from everyone but each other. She applies her skills as a reporter to uncover details of the double lives they led even as they loved and supported her athletic career as a gymnast. She also lays bare her shock and grief after their deaths, confessing the lengths to which she went to avoid facing the unimaginable truth.

Only by summoning the courage to honestly confront the tragic story has Sisler been able to redeem it. She's been freed to grieve her parents while appreciating the loving legacy they left her. And she's embraced her calling as an inspirational speaker and addiction awareness advocate, helping audiences to fall in love with their own stories-and to recognize that they, too, are shatterproof.

About the Author, Lauren Sisler

Lauren Sisler is an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster, ESPN sideline reporter, author, and keynote speaker known for her sideline shimmy. After landing her dream career with ESPN, reporting on college football and gymnastics, she began to open up about a story she once kept hidden: losing her parents to opioid addiction. Through sharing her story, she’s been able to shed light on the stigma of addiction. Now, whether she’s on the sidelines or on stages, her purpose lies in helping people tell (and love) their own stories, live more courageous, resilient lives, and find their own sideline shimmies.