Buxton Books is proud to be the bookseller for Charleston Library Society as they welcome author Amy Griffin for a conversation with Ashley Graham to celebrate Griffin’s memoir, The Tell. For tickets and more information, please click here.
Please join Charleston Library Society for a conversation with Amy Griffin and Ashley Graham as they discuss The Tell, Griffin’s newly released memoir.
In The Tell, Amy Griffin shares an intimate exploration of the experiences that have shaped her life. Through themes of resilience, vulnerability, and the power of owning one’s truth, this memoir serves as a poignant reflection on healing and personal growth. This conversation will offer a meaningful dialogue about navigating childhood trauma, the transformative impact of memory, and the importance of sharing our stories.
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About The Tell:
For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the campus of the University of Virginia, as a student-athlete; on the streets of New York, where she built her adult life; through marriage, motherhood, and a thriving career. To outsiders, it all looked, in many ways, perfect. But Amy was running from something—a secret she was keeping not only from her family and friends but unconsciously from herself. “You’re here, but you’re not here,” her daughter said to her one night. “Where are you, Mom?” So began Amy’s quest to solve a mystery trapped in the deep recesses of her own memory—a journey that would take her into the burgeoning field of psychedelic therapy, to the limits of the judicial system, and ultimately, home to the Texas panhandle, where her story began. In her search for the truth, to understand and begin to recover from buried childhood trauma, Griffin interrogates the pursuit of perfectionism, control, and maintaining appearances that drives so many women, asking, when, in our path from girlhood to womanhood, did we learn to look outside ourselves for validation? What kind of freedom is possible if we accept the whole story and embrace who we really are? With hope, heart, and relentless honesty, she points a way forward for all of us, revealing the power of radical truth-telling to deepen our connections—with others and ourselves.
About the Amy Griffin:
Amy Griffin is the Founder and Managing Partner of G9 Ventures, a private fund that invests in generation-defining brands. G9 has partnered with over 60 companies, including Bobbie, Bumble, Evvy, Kitsch, Midi Health, On Running, Oura, Saie, and Spanx. Amy is an enthusiastic champion of women with more than 70% of G9’s portfolio companies being female founded or led. She is known for her ability to help build brands by fostering community, creating authentic connections, and solving problems. Amy serves on the Board of Directors of Bumble, Spanx, and Gagosian and is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Women’s Board of the Boys Club of New York, and the Advisory Board of the One Love Foundation. She is a frequent speaker at notable conferences and events, including those hosted by The New York Times, The Information, JPMorgan, among others. Amy’s debut memoir, The Tell, about the transformative power of sharing one’s story, will be published in March 2025. Amy graduated with a BA in English from the University of Virginia where she was Captain and MVP on the women’s volleyball team. She lives in New York City with her husband, John, and their four children.
About Ashley Graham:
Ashley Graham is an American supermodel, designer, author and entrepreneur whose influence has reshaped the fashion and media industries and redefined traditional beauty standards. Ashley has worked in numerous areas of the fashion industry including editorial, catalogue, runway, commercial, television and film. In February 2016, Ashley made history as the first size 14 model to ever be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swim. In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract. In 2024, Ashley was among the first group of curve models to walk in a Victoria’s Secret Runway Show.
Ashley has been featured on the covers of Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar UK, Cosmopolitan, SELF, New York Magazine, Maxim and many more. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including Forbes’ coveted “30 Under 30” list and cover feature; Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” with Mattel simultaneously creating a one-of-a-kind Barbie in her likeness; People’s “25 Most Intriguing People of the Year”; Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the Word”; The Daily Front Row’s “Fashion Force of the Year”; and GQ’s “International Female Model of the Year”. She was honored at the 2023 Women Making History Awards and in 2019 United Nations’ Women for Peace Association presented her with their first “Women Empowerment Award.”
Ashley is a sought-after television personality and has hosted internationally televised programs such as ABC’s “Countdown to the Oscars” in 2019 and 2023, Miss Universe, Miss USA and Lifetime’s “American Beauty Star”, a competition series to find the next best hair or makeup artist. In 2023, she hosted HGTV’s “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge”, where teams transformed a Southern California home into a real-life Barbie Dreamhouse. Most recently, Graham hosted Roku’s “Side Hustlers” alongside entrepreneur and investor Emma Grede.
Ashley is regularly invited to speak about body image, self-acceptance and female empowerment. Her first TEDx talk “Plus Size? More Like My Size” given at TedxBerleeValencia was viewed over 4.3 million times.
Amy Griffin Headshot Photographer Credit: Jake Rosenberg