Empowered Women Book Club

About the Book Club

We meet with women memoir authors online about once a month and discuss bold, thought-provoking stories that inspire and perhaps challenge us.

Personal stories of women defying patriarchal expectations, overcoming significant challenges, and finding their voice and agency 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 us - we'd love to have you with us!

Events are free. Join our private Facebook group for meeting information and replays or contact me directly at joelle@joelletamraz.com.

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

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