Liz Scheier will introduce her "gripping and darkly funny" memoir, Never Simple, about growing up with her tempestuous single mother who built their life together based on elaborate lies. What do we owe our parents even when they fail us?  Liz grapples with this question, and with how to share her mother's positive traits with her own children without passing down the trauma of her mental illness.  Never Simple has garnered praise from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly (starred review), Kirkus, Library Journal, and other publications. It was chosen as a Best Book of March by Amazon and Apple Books.