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Where Sobriety and Forgiveness Meets and Heals-Book Signing Event

Presented by Barnes and Noble at Barnes & Noble

Sep 07, 2019

Where Sobriety and Forgiveness Meets and Heals-Book Signing Event

This Book Signing/ Meet the Author Event kicks off the U.S. Department of Health’s National Recovery Month with a true story that is centered around the daughter of a recovering addict, how she felt growing up & how forgiveness came.

Gaváta is the local Author who wrote Get Yourself Together First which is a true story about forgiveness and restoration. It encourages addicts to get themselves “together” before trying to restore relationships, all the while still encouraging broken families that they can forgive. Through raw and honest storytelling, Gaváta uncover the lie that broken people feel – isolation and shame, or that they are the only ones going through these things. This book serves as encouragement that ... view more »

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Book Signing/Meet The Author Event at Barnes & Noble (DMV Area)

Author: Gaváta

Email: mym4christ@gavata.org

Instagram: @gavatamym4christ

Facebook: gavata.smith

Phone: (202)878-0235

Website: www.gavata.org

WHERE FORGIVENESS AND SOBRIETY

MEETS AND HEALS

Columbia, Fredrick, and Gaithersburg, MD; Fairfax, VA

Gaváta’s book signing of her debut work, Get Yourself Together First: Events from the Diary of a Child of a Crack Addict ($14.99, paperback, 9781545649060; $7.99, e-book, 9781545649077) will be held at Barnes and Noble:

Columbia Mall, 10300 Little Patuxtent Parkway, Columbia MD, 20144 on 8/17/19 /11am – 4pm

Francis Scott Key Mall, 5500 Buckeystown Pike, Frederick, MD 21703 on 8/24/19 /10am – 2pm

Moasic District, 2921 District Ave , Suite 180, Fairfax, VA 22031 on 9/1/19 /1pm-5pm

Washington Center, 21 Grand Corner Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 on 9/7/19 / 11am-3pm

Get Yourself Together First is a true story about forgiveness and restoration. It encourages addicts to get themselves “together” before trying to restore relationships, all the while still encouraging broken families that they can forgive. Through raw and honest storytelling, Gaváta uncover the lie that broken people feel – isolation and shame, or that they are the only ones going through these things. This book serves as encouragement that forgiveness can happen. If someone has suffered at the hands of an addict physically, mentally or emotionally, or if an addict is trying to figure out how to regain trust and receive forgiveness, this book is a must read. It is encouraged that professionals in the field of addiction recovery also consider reading, understanding and incorporating this view into their therapy and group sessions. Come meet the Author, get a book, and have a conversation.

Gaváta is the child of an addict of 24 years (who has been clean since 1999) and the granddaughter of the late Bishop Walter “Sweet Daddy” McCollough, a very prominent figure all throughout all of the United States but especially the entire DMV Areas and East Coast in the 70’s-80’s. (McCollough Circle in Baltimore was named after the late Bishop McCollough and, both he and his wife received Keys To The City) Gaváta currently attends Calvary Bible Institute and Calvary Leadership Academy both in Washington, DC, and she’s a four-year graduate of Evangelical Training Association (ETA) with a Leadership in Ministry Degree. She is also an approved teacher through ETA, a Mime and a Motivational Speaker.

Website: https://www.recoverymonth.gov/event/get-yourself-together-first-book-sig...