Christie Tate is a Chicago-based writer and essayist. She has been published in The New York Times (Modern Love), The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and elsewhere.
"[A] dazzling debut memoir...Readers will be irresistibly drawn into Tate's earnest and witty search for authentic and lasting love." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"What actually helps when we despair? In this therapeutic
page-turner, a boon especially to women struggling with loss,
loneliness, or imposter syndrome, Christie Tate tells the story of
how she overcame trauma and found love. Her hard-won strategy is as
simple to say as it is tough to do: keep showing up." --Ada
Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of Why We
Can't Sleep "Christie Tate's...writing displays a wonderful
combination of clear and simple with sparkle and
intelligence...[Group is] a compelling narrative that
empowers readers to better understand their own lives."
--Booklist (starred review) "Tate takes readers on a
journey through her life-changing road to recovery and in turn
finds hope, human connection and a new take on life." --CNN
(Best Books of October 2020) "A moving, raw account of healing, and
one you'll definitely want to talk about in the group chat." --The
Skimm
"In breathtaking bursts of beauty and vulnerability, Christie
Tate's Group dares to tell the story of a body from the
inside out. There is a place between pain and joy and her body is
the word for it. This book will remind you how to come back to
yourself even when you want to give up, make you laugh, make you
cry, help you breathe. This book will save lives." --Lidia
Yuknavitch, author of Verge and The Misfit's
Manifesto
"Every page of this incredible memoir, Group by Christie Tate, had
me thinking 'I wish I had read this book when I was 25. It would
have helped me so much!'... We need each other through the good
times and the bad. Please read this book with a group of friends
you cherish." --Reese Witherspoon
"Tate's hard-won willingness to become loving and to be loved
ultimately shapes a story that has a lot of heart--one that goes
straight to the messy center of what it means to interrogate our
own limitations and deepest desires, wherever that journey may take
us." --Dani Shapiro, The New York Times "Tate's candid path
to healing is often hilarious and ultimately very touching."
--People "Tate's writing positions the reader as her witness,
watching and cheering as she works her way to psychological
health...[Her] commitment to detail serves Group well. So does her
plain determination to present herself not as a victorious therapy
graduate -- she's a group 'lifer, ' and proud of it -- but as an
ordinary woman who has been lucky enough to beat some extraordinary
demons. Group is consistently determined and grateful, with an
appealing strand of self-deprecation and a deep affection for
[Tate's groupmates]." --NPR
"A wild ride...It gets pretty raw." --The Boston Globe
"Group is an honest, addictive memoir about a woman's experience in
group therapy. She held nothing back with them, and she holds
nothing back with us." --HelloGiggles
"Fearless candor and vulnerability." --Time
"Over-achieving young lawyer Christie Tate gives readers an inside
peek into the highs and lows of group therapy. Recovering from an
eating disorder and battling depression, Tate reluctantly turns to
this communal form of psychotherapy. Funny, emotional, and
insightful, Group is sure to be a breakout hit." --Good
Morning America
"Eugene Onegin made me want to move to Russia and Little
Women made me want to have sisters. Group made me want to rewind a
decade, sit with a number of strangers and one shamanic doctor,
strip down and survive. This unrestrained memoir is a transporting
experience and one of the most startlingly hopeful books I have
ever read. It will make you want to get better, whatever better
means for you." --Lisa Taddeo, New York Times bestselling
author of Three Women
"Group sucked me in and never let go. Real transformation is
not for the faint of heart, and in these pages Christie Tate
captures her evolution in all its misery and hilarity, along with
the beauty of bearing witness to one another as we grow.
Group reminds us that we are hurt by other people, but we
can be healed by them too. Damn, I want to join a group now."
--Sarah Hepola, New York Times bestselling author of
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
"It takes courage to bare your soul in front of a therapist, but
when you add six strangers to the mix, it becomes an act of faith.
In Group, Christie Tate takes us on a journey that's heartbreaking
and hilarious, surprising and redemptive--and, ultimately, a
testament to the power of connection. Perhaps the greatest act of
bravery is that Tate shared her story with us, and how lucky we are
that she did." --Lori Gottlieb, New York Times
bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to
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