ENOUGH | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Jan 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Location
Hyattsville
5331 Baltimore Ave, Hyattsville, Maryland, 20781
Jan 8, 2023 6:00 pm
Hyattsville
ENOUGH | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Join us to learn about transcending our mistakes, mania, and the journey of motherhood.
Author Amelia Zachary is a bicultural child of a Malay mother and an Indian father. Amelia was different from the get-go, never quite fitting in. In this raw, inspiring memoir, she chronicles the long, winding journey that brought her from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Kentucky, USA—the place she and her family now call home.
Amelia was nineteen years old, her future wide open, when a fellow student from her Kuala Lumpur university sexually assaulted her. After that night, she felt sullied—and convinced that what had happened was her fault. In the months and years that followed, she spiraled, first into isolation and then into promiscuity, as she attempted to try to take back some of the power that had been stripped from her that night. Eventually, she met the man who would become her husband and greatest advocate, Daniel, and began to emerge from that dark place—but even he couldn’t fight her demons for her. In her late twenties, Amelia was diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar II disorder, both of which would go on to shape her adult life as an individual, a wife, and a mother.
A memoir of trauma and healing, mental illness and resilience, culture shock and new beginnings, devastation and triumph, Enough is one woman’s story of learning to make peace with the fact that things are as they should be, even if she sometimes wishes they were different—and of discovering that however far away it may seem, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Amelia is joining on the Busboys and Poets stage for a celebration event, joined in conversation by LaJune Singleton. This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of Enough will be available for purchase before and during the event. Please note that this event will NOT be livestreamed.
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Amelia Zachry was born and raised in Malaysia. She obtained a bachelor of commerce, majoring in marketing from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. When she met her husband, she moved to live with him in Japan, then Canada. During her time in Canada she obtained a bachelor’s in human ecology with a concentration in family studies from the University of Western Ontario.
She began writing her debut memoir after finding her voice, bringing to light secrets she had kept. Secrets of sexual assault and subsequently bipolar disorder. She is an advocate for mental health and sexual assault awareness, supporting causes to dismantle rape culture and normalize mental health. She maintains a blog where she writes regularly on topics of mental health, sexual assault awareness, life as an immigrant, and parenting.
When she’s not writing, she can be found tending to her many houseplants or hiking with her husband and two daughters. Amelia currently resides in Lexington, Kentucky.
LaJune Singleton is the CEO & Founder of LaJune Singleton, LLC a fitness, health, mindset, nutrition, and wellness business. A Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Mindset Strategist, Nutritional Lifestyle Coach, Writer, the author of “Releasing My Trauma: The Root of Self-Sabotage”, Actress, Podcaster, Cycling Instructor, and Personal Trainer with over 10 years of experience working with busy diverse busy career women and girls, in the areas of obesity, fitness, chronic illnesses, trauma, mindset, nutrition, wellness, mental/physical health, and injury recovery.
