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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Omar Tyree 
LOCATION:Norcross Branch\nNorcross Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author Omar Tyree will discuss his new psychologic
 al thriller\, "Control.".\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/10639218
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>How much control do we have in our own liv
 es? An Atlanta-based psychologist discusses six fatal clients who went ove
 rboard while dealing with the issues of their personal lives and careers. 
 Bestselling author Omar Tyree returns to writing fiction with this psychol
 ogical thriller based in the music and entertainment hub of Atlanta.</p>\n
 <p><strong>Books will be available for sale and signing. Registration is r
 ecommended.</strong></p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling a
 uthor <strong><em>Omar Tyree</em></strong> won the 2001 NAACP Image Award 
 for Outstanding Literary Work&mdash\;Fiction\, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatl
 ey Literary Award for <em>Body of Work in Urban Fiction</em>. He has publi
 shed more than twenty books on African American people and culture\, inclu
 ding five <em>New York Times</em> bestselling novels. He is a popular nati
 onal speaker\, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in
  Philadelphia\, he lives in Charlotte\, North Carolina.</p>\n<p><img src="
 https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/gwinnettpl/Dr__Joy_Harde
 n_Bradford.jpg" width="146" height="109" alt="" style="float: left\; margi
 n: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Moderating the talk will be&nbsp\;<em><strong>Dr
 . Joy Harden Bradford</strong></em>\, a Licensed Psychologist\, Speaker\, 
 Founder &amp\; CEO of Therapy for Black Girls\, and host of its wildly pop
 ular mental health podcast. She&rsquo\;s also the author of <em>Sisterhood
  Heals: The Transformative Power of Healing Community</em>. Her work focus
 es on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black w
 omen. She specializes in creating spaces for them to have fuller and healt
 hier relationships with themselves and others.</p>\n<p style="text-align: 
 center\;"></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><span style="color: #999999\
 ;"><em>Presented by Adult Services</em></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: 
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