Author Visit - Jedidiah Jenkins - Mother, Nature ***Event at UNL Student Union

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• Friday, Feb 23, 2024  6pm - 8pm

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Francie & Finch will be joining Jedidiah Jenkins at the University of Nebraska Student Union for his guest lecture, Adventure and Authenticity: Exploring Identity and Relationships Through the Outdoors on Friday, February 23rd at 6:00 PM

This lecture is part of The Beyond Adventure speaker series sponsored by the Outdoor Adventures program through the financial gift of Joel and Patti Meyer. Every speaker in this series comes to UNL to share their story about finding the outdoors and how it has challenged and transformed their life. Historically, the pursuit of the outdoors has been hard to access for many. The stories told here share that struggle and provide empowerment to seek the outdoors. Jedidiah will touch on his newest book Mother, Nature, and two previous books To Shake the Sleeping Self, and Like Streams to the Ocean.

10% of all book sales from the event will be donated back to a UNL scholarship fund.

About the Book:
"In this poignant memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self, a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: Our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They landed on an idea: retrace the thousands of miles Barbara trekked with Jedidiah's father, travel writer Peter Jenkins, as part of the "Walk Across America" book trilogy that became a sensation in the 1970s. They began in New Orleans and set off for the Oregon coast, listening to podcasts about outlaws and cult leaders-the only media they could agree on-while reliving the journey that changed Barbara's life. Jenkins discovers who she was as a thirty-year-old writer walking across America; who she became later, as a wife scorned by infidelity; and now, who she is as a parent who loves her son while holding on to a version of faith that sees his sexuality as a sin. Along the way, he peels back the layers of questions millions are asking today: How do we stay in relationship when it hurts? When do boundaries turn into separation? When do we stand up for ourselves, and when do we let it go? Tender, smart, and profound, Mother, Nature is a story of a remarkable mother-son bond and a moving meditation on the complexities of love"--

About the Author:
Jedidiah Jenkins is the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self and Like Streams to the Ocean. A graduate of USC and Pepperdine University School of Law, Jenkins began his professional career with the nonprofit Invisible Children, where he helped orchestrate multinational campaigns to end the use of child soldiers in central Africa. His parents, Peter and Barbara Jenkins, are the authors of the bestselling A Walk Across America series. He is the executive editor of Wilderness magazine. Jenkins's work has appeared in The Paris Review and Playboy, and he has been covered by National Geographic.