SPECIAL HOURS NOTICE: Book Society will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, AUG 15 from 2:30-6pm for a private event.
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Tue, Jul 07
|Book Society
[SOLD OUT] The Leading Ladies Book Club: The Other Side of Change
Join the Leading Ladies Book Club for a thought-provoking dive into The Other Side of Change by Maya Shankar—a revelatory exploration of how life's unexpected disruptions can transform us in extraordinary ways, backed by science and told through unforgettable human stories.
Time & Location
Jul 07, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
Sorry, this book club is sold out. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know if a spot opens up!
Join this month's meeting of Book Society's "Leading Ladies" Book Club!
Life rarely goes according to plan—and this month, we're leaning into that truth with a book that might just change how you think about change itself. Our latest selection, The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans, is a rich, deeply human exploration of how we find meaning when the unexpected upends everything we thought we knew.
Author Maya Shankar is no ordinary writer: a cognitive scientist with a BA from Yale, a PhD from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, she went on to found the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team in the Obama White House and became the first behavioral science advisor to the United Nations. She's…