Virtual option:The Other Significant Others:conversation w/author Rhaina Cohen

Virtually join a live talk from a Washington, DC cohousing neighborhood this evening for a conversation with Rhaina Cohen, author of The Other Significant Others:Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center. Enjoy a discussion of how life can be different when you know your neighbors.

(Note corrected time: 7 eastern, 4 pacific)

The Other Significant Others tells the stories of people who make a friendship the central relationship in their lives—owning homes together, raising kids together, or caring for each other for decades. Like romantic couples, these friends form a “we.” At a time of declining marriage rates and a loneliness epidemic, these friends help us imagine alternative models for a fulfilling life and ask us to rethink which relationships matter most.

#### “I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book for my entire adult life.” — Anne Helen Petersen

#### “It's become my new Bible” — Trevor Noah

#### “I loved [The Other Significant Others] and recommend it to everybody.” — Ezra Klein

The author is a DC-based journalist who specializes in longform journalism that’s both narrative-driven and ideas-rich. She’s a producer and editor for NPR’s Embedded.

In Person Hosted by Berkeley, California-based Cohousing Coach Raines Cohen (no relation, really!). He has visited over 135 US cohousing neighborhoods, lived in two, and helped many thrive and grow, for intergenerational living and Aging in Community. He serves on the Mid-Atlantic Cohousing (MAC) board and helps support regional community organizing around the country through the Cohousing Open network.

Zoom Hosted by Neil Planchon, Cohousing Research Network leader and longtime CohoUS volunteer, based in Oakland, California.

Free to all. If you don't want to RSVP on/Sign Up for MeetUp, you can RSVP at:
https://www.cohousingopen.org/rhaina_cohen_virtual
or Text BOOKZOOM to +19252815643

If you want to come in person in DC, RSVP here:
https://www.cohousingopen.org/rhaina_cohen_tvc
or Text BOOKTALK to +19252815643

Zoom link and "Join Meeting" button in MeetUp app will be available starting an hour before the event.