14th Annual Neustadt JAAMM

Amy Fish - "I Wanted Fries With That: How to Ask For What You Want and Get What You Need"

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Join JAAMM as we welcome author Amy Fish to discuss her humorous self-help book, "I Wanted Fries With That: How to Ask For What You Want and Get What You Need."


Sponsored by Robin and Ken Glickstein


Special thanks to the Jewish Book Council for their assistance in routing recently-published Jewish-interest authors to our community. We encourage you to purchase this title through our 2020-2021 Bookstore Partner, The Bookies, to receive a signed bookplate from the author!



About "I Wanted Fries With That":

At some point in our lives, we've all experienced a small injustice - like, a fellow airline passenger squashing us by moving their seat back - and we suffer in silence for fear of offending anyone. When we fail to speak up, however, we end up shortchanging ourselves. I wrote this book so that we could all benefit from my career as a university ombudsman, and structure our complaints to make sure we get what we want and need. I illustrate each point with funny real-life stories, which I promise will ring true for you- whether you're trying to right the wrongs of the world or just claim the French fries you ordered.


About Amy Fish:

Amy Fish is the Chief Complaints Officer, also known as the Ombudsperson, at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She is responsible for promoting fairness and making sure everyone's voice is heard. Amy regularly teaches, speaks and writes about how complain effectively (i.e., stand up for yourself and ask for what you need). Amy teaches writing workshops at the Quebec Writing Federation, Hippocamp Conference for Creative Non-Fiction and at her kitchen table. She specializes in humour writing and memoir. Amy's work has been published in Hippocampus Magazine, Readers' Digest, Huffington Post and several other journals.