Nowhere for Very Long: Brianna Madia author talk

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Wilkinson Public Library
Lower Terrace

Event Details

Join us for a breezy evening on the patio, featuring NYT Bestselling author and adventurer Brianna Madia, free and open to all! Brianna will read from her recently published book, Nowhere for Very Long, and we'll also have bubbly water, snacks, a little bit of dog mayhem, and a free raffle for a copy of the book. If you'd like to purchase a copy of your own to have signed, our friends from local independent bookstore Between the Covers will be on hand to sell books too. 

More about Nowhere for Very Long: 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • USA TODAY! BESTSELLER

In this beautifully written, vividly detailed memoir, a young woman chronicles her adventures traveling across the deserts of the American West in an orange van named Bertha and reflects on an unconventional approach to life.

A woman defined by motion, Brianna Madia bought a beat-up bright orange van, filled it with her two dogs Bucket and Dagwood, and headed into the canyons of Utah with her husband. Nowhere for Very Long is her deeply felt, immaculately told story of exploration—of the world outside and the spirit within.

However, pursuing a life of intention isn’t always what it seems. In fact, at times it was downright boring, exhausting, and even desperate—when Bertha overheated and she was forced to pull over on a lonely stretch of South Dakota highway; when the weather was bitterly cold and her water jugs froze beneath her as she slept in the parking lot of her office; when she worried about money, her marriage, and the looming question mark of her future. But Brianna was committed to living a life true to herself, come what may, and that made all the difference.

Nowhere for Very Long is the true story of a woman learning and unlearning, from backroads to breakdowns, from married to solo, and finally, from lost to found to lost again . . . this time, on purpose.

BRIANNA MADIA has lived a life of relentless intention, traveling the deserts of the American Southwest in an old Ford van. She made a name for herself on social media with her inspiring captions-cum-essays about bravery, identity, nature, and subverting expectations. She lives in Utah with her four dogs. Nowhere for Very Long is her first book.


Event Type(s): WPL Programs
Age Group(s): Adult, Teen