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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - 7:00pm

KATYA CENGEL at Books Inc. Berkeley

Books Inc. Berkeley proudly welcomes acclaimed author and journalist Katya Cengel to the shop for a discussion of her vulnerable and eye opening memoir Straitjackets and Lunch Money: A 10-Year-Old in a Psychosomatic Ward! Katya will be joined in conversation by fellow writer Frances Dinkelspiel.
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