Join Maui author Rachel Bennett Steury in Kahului for an afternoon of talking story and signing of her debut memoir Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor. The event takes place on Saturday, July 11 at Barnes & Noble at the Maui Marketplace from 12pm to 2pm. Books will be available for purchasing in store. Stop by and speak with the author while also getting your book signed. 

Losing My Kidney and Finding My Voice: Confessions of a Living Donor,  explores the author’s experiences giving away an organ to a stranger through a kidney chain, an innovative form of altruism spearheaded by the National Kidney Registry. The questions Rachel grappled with led her on a path of self-discovery to unravel why she felt moved to give of herself in an unusual way.

Rachel reveals insights from television celebrities Katie Couric, Oprah Winfrey, and her own grandmother, which prompted her to continue the family legacy of donation that began with her uncle, a beloved deceased donor. She explores her family’s history with grief and suicide, and how it influenced her decision to put her kidney on a plane to Pennsylvania without her. Rachel’s family expanded to include the organ donation community, which was activated all across the country to engage, motivate, and inspire their neighbors through the simple but impactful act of storytelling. More about the author can be found here https://www.bennettsteury.com/memoir