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7 Days of Surviving Paris

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Welcome to On the Other Side by Robin Allison Davis! This newsletter features anecdotes, resources, musings, and more from Robin, a two-time breast cancer survivor and an American expat living in Paris. Robin is navigating life not only on the other side of her cancer journey but also on the other side of the Atlantic. You can preorder Robin’s memoir, Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light, here.

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It’s been seven days since my debut memoir, Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light, hit the shelves. It’s been 10 days since I started my international book promotion - and I’m exhausted!

In the past 10 days:

I threw an “avant-première” in Paris, where over 70 people from my Paris community celebrated the book, mingled, and even shared with me what they had survived in Paris. I toasted to the book’s release and signed books (I made a few first-time author mistakes - I’m getting better!).

I traveled from Paris to NYC, then NYC to Maryland, to start my US book tour.

My story was covered on my local DC NBC affiliate:

Appeared live on the Tavis Smiley Radio Show:

I traveled back to NYC for the book’s release - and met the team at Amistad/HarperCollins who made my dream a reality.

Had my first US book event at HueMan Books in NYC, in conversation with my editor, Abby West.

Had a book event at Politics and Prose in DC, in conversation with Jummy Olabanji.

Thank you to everyone who attended my events, purchased my book, left a review, asked their library to order it, and helped spread the word on social media!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned this week, it’s that people are watching even when you think they aren’t (so many people came to my events that I had no idea ever saw my posts!).

Here’s where you can find me in the coming weeks:

September 29th: Live on Brown Girl Collective, 8 pm EST

September 30th: Live on Black Authors Matter, 8 pm EST

October 1st: Live on Karen Hunter Show, Sirius XM

October 4th: Sacred Healing: Integrated Breast Cancer Awareness Program, Wolf Creek Library, Atlanta

October 14th: Live on Fox Chicago (time to come)

More to be announced soon!

Check out the new page added to my Substack, which will be updated with events, press, and even cancer-related resources.