BOOK LAUNCH: Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead w/Angela Nissel

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Sun Apr 26 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

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Reparations Club | Los Angeles, CA

Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead' by author Angela Nissel in conversation with
About this Event

WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on with author Angela Nissel.

WHEN: Doors at 4:30pm, event promptly at 5pm.

WHERE: Reparations Club, 3054 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016


HOW:

TICKET w/ BOOK: This ticket guarantees a seat including a signed book available for pick up at the event.

FREE RSVP (No Book Included): This Free RSVP DOES NOT include a copy of the book and entry is based strictly on capacity at the door. Books may be available for purchase in-store.

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About the Book:

TELEVISION WRITER, PRODUCER, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE BROKE DIARIES AND MIXED CHARTS HER UNEXPECTED ROLE AS HER TERMINALLY ILL MOTHER'S CARETAKER IN THIS FUNNY, MOVING, AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR.

Angela Nissel always wanted her mother’s approval. But two defining events created a barrier between them: renouncing Christianity and being admitted to a psychiatric ward— events that mirrored failed parenting to her mother.

Beating her depression, Angela moved to Los Angeles where she quickly achieved success as a television writer but soon after found herself dead broke and enduring a painful divorce. It was at this low point that she received heartbreaking news: her mother had cancer. Angela moves her mother to Los Angeles where she attempts to hide foreclosure notices and her live-in boyfriend while also trying to save her mother’s life with everything from crystals to celebrity doctors. Still, her mother succumbs to her cancer.

In this poignant and hilarious memoir, Angela chronicles her odyssey as she tries to remain “strong” like her mother in the face of grief. Delightfully self-deprecating, unsparing in its honesty, yet filled with wacky humor and joy, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead, is an unforgettable portrait of love, yearning, loss, and resilience that reveals the indelible power of introspection to save our lives.


ANGELA NISSEL is the author of the national bestselling comedic memoirs The Broke Diaries and Mixed, and a prolific television producer and writer whose credits include The Other Black Girl, Mixed-ish, and Scrubs. Prior to her television career, she had illustrious careers as a temp for the IRS, a stripper, and a “sleep apnea auditor” watching people snore overnight in a local hospital. She lives in Los Angeles and enjoys beating people half her age in video games.


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