Empowered Women Book Club

About the Book Club

We meet online about once a month with women authors who have written bold memoirs that inspire us to think differently, perhaps more broadly, about our lives.

Through stories of defying patriarchal expectations and finding one’s voice and agency, their memoirs incite us to think about what makes an empowered woman. What choices do they make or fail to make? How do they recover and become who they want to be?

Join our private Facebook group for meeting information and online joining details or contact me at joelle@joelletamraz.com. We'd love to have you with us.

Meet the Author Upcoming Events – 2pm EST / 7PM UK time

February 25 - Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up As a Good Girl with Anna Rollins

April 8 - This Incredible Longing: Finding Myself in a Near-Cult Experience with Blair Glaser

Meeting Authors since 2025

I co-host the book club with my mother and fellow memoirist, Dr Djenane Nakhle, who published her memoir, Finding Home: From Cairo to New York in December 2024. You can view our interview here.

Previous Meetings

2025

February 27 - Finding Home: From Cairo to New York by Djenane Nakhle

April 30 - Growth: A Mother, Her Son, and the Brain Tumor They Survived by Karen DeBonis

June 25 - A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings

July 22 (Tuesday) - Henry's Classroom: A Special Education in American Motherhood by Amy Mackin

August 27 (Wednesday) - The Secret Practice: Eighteen Years on the Dark Side of Yoga by Joelle Tamraz

October 8 - Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman

November 5 - Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young

December 3 - Camouflage: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage by Heather Sweeney

2026

January 28 - The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir with Karin K. Jensen