July 2025 Book Club - "Ambition Monster" by Jennifer Romolini

Join Next Chapter Society Book Club on Thursday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. as we meet to discuss "Ambition Monster," a memoir by Jennifer Romolini. Visit the Nashville Public Library's online catalog at nashville.overdrive.com to get your copy!

After years of relentlessly racing up the professional ladder, Jennifer Romolini reached the kind of success many crave: a high-profile, C-suite dream job, a book well-received enough that reporters wanted to know the secrets to her success, and a gig traveling around the country giving speeches on “making it.” But beneath this polished surface was a powder keg of unresolved trauma and chronic overwork. It was all about to blow.
Ambition Monster is a gutsy and powerful look at workaholism, the lingering effect of childhood trauma, and the failures of our modern rat race. This is a Cinderella story of success and a brutal appraisal of the cost of capitalism—perfect for people pleasers, overachievers, and those whose traumas have driven them to be perfect, no matter the cost.
Where are we meeting: East Nash Beer Works
Food menu: available here
Parking info: Free parking available at the taproom main lot, next door at Custom Sling Co., the lot directly across the street from the taproom and 401 E. Trinity Ln. (across from Community Market)

Gather with some of Nashville's fellow book lovers and learn more about the Next Chapter Society, the Nashville Public Library Foundation's emerging leaders group. Even if you haven't read the book, you are still welcome to join us!