Shirlene Obuobi

Chicago

Contributor, Well+Being at The Washington Post

🫀 fellow / author (ON ROTATION, BETWEEN FRIENDS & LOVERS @avonbooks)/ cartoonist. 🇬🇭. Both my tears + my comics are full of salt. She/her. Views = my own

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just the hits #3

Aug 18, 2024 | hitha.substack.com | Nancy Pelosi |Hitha Palepu |Shirlene Obuobi |Bethany Cantor

A few wins (little and big) from the week:I spoke at two separate Harris-Walz events - a fundraiser I co-hosted with some heroes of mine (Susan McPherson, Cindi Leive, Gloria Feldt) and a phone banking event with South Asians for Harris. Most of my civic participation is offline (postcard writing with the kids, planning some canvassing weekends, fundraising), and this was a nice change. We tackled all of the kids’ school things (school forms, clubs + sports registration, shopping).
Win A 'Crooked Lane' Books Prize Pack

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Jessa Maxwell |Win A Copy |Shirlene Obuobi

AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine in stores on Tuesday, August 6thKansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, eleven-year-old Dorothy goes missing. As the days pass, the Gales are increasingly terrified the worst has happened. But when the girl turns up unharmed four days later, the townsfolk breathe a sigh of relief. That is, until Dorothy herself relates her account of the events that took place during her disappearance.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Between Friends And Lovers: A Novel' By Shirlene Obuobi

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Win A Copy |Shirlene Obuobi |Danica Nava

The book is in stores now from Avon. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3ygjTNoKennedy Ryan meets Carley Fortune in this swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of social media—where what you see might not be all you get. To thousands of Instagram followers Josephine Boateng is the dazzling Dr. Jojo, and her opinions on health and self-love matter. Her message: be smart, be significant, and do not put up with foolish men. Off-camera, Jo’s story is more complicated.
Book Review: 'I Need You To Read This: A Novel' By Jessa Maxwell

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Jessa Maxwell |Shirlene Obuobi |Allison Brooke

The book is in stores on Tuesday, August 13th from Atria. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4fjBWTDAlex Marks is a copywriter and a fan of the New York Herald’s column, Dear Constance, who gives advice. She is sad when she finds out the writer is dead, having been murdered. One night Alex has drank too much, and decides to apply to take over writing the column, and gets hired.
Book Review: 'Between Friends And Lovers: A Novel' By Shirlene Obuobi

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Shirlene Obuobi |Allison Brooke |Gordon McAlpine

The book is in stores now from Avon. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3WIQVPWDr. Josephine Boateng is known on Instagram as Dr. Jojo, and has quite the following, giving out medical advice. Off-camera her life is different, burned out by the medical field and a lack of a love life. At the 30th birthday party of her celebrity best friend Ezra, she confesses her feelings for him, only to be shunned.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Name Your Price: A Novel' By Holly James

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Holly James |Jessa Maxwell |Shirlene Obuobi

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 30th from Dutton. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3RyeurlIn Holly James’s newest rom-com, sparks ignite as a pair of broke exes get locked in a house together on a reality show for a chance to win a million dollars, a second-chance romance that perfectly captures the absurd sincerity of made-for-TV love. Olivia Martin and Chuck Walsh have chemistry. Too much chemistry, perhaps.
Win A Copy Of 'The Bookshop Sisterhood: A Novel' By Michelle Lindo-Rice

Jul 28, 2024 | redcarpetcrash.com | Michelle Lindo-Rice |Jessa Maxwell |Shirlene Obuobi

The book is in stores on Tuesday, July 30th. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4c7p9BNWhen life rewrites the story, only friendship will see them through. After years of hard work, four best friends—Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni and Leslie—are finally on the verge of opening the bookstore of their dreams. A place where their community can find solace with an intriguing new read, a comforting beverage and book-loving friends. But before they can cut the ribbon, their worlds are upended.
Summer Book Recs from Abby Jimenez

Apr 5, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Abby Jimenez |Kennedy Ryan |Shirlene Obuobi |Isabelle McConville

What am I giving my readers this summer? Just for the Summer is an unforgettable love story set on the shores of gorgeous Lake Minnetonka. Here in Minnesota we dream about our summers all year round. I loved writing about the season we all wait for here in the Twin Cities, and watching Emma fall in love with Justin and his beautiful state at the same time.
Redesigning the Future of Medicine

Jul 18, 2023 | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | Linda Sue Liu |Shirlene Obuobi |Martha Gulati

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Redesigning the Future of Medicine

Jul 17, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Linda Sue Liu |Shirlene Obuobi |Martha Gulati

In 2019, most medical students in the US were women for the first time, a feat representing years of effort to improve gender representation in the field. The low reservoir of candidates has long been used as an explanation for the underrepresentation of women and other marginalized groups in academic medicine. However, the pervasive gender disparity that worsens at every rung up the academic ladder cannot be explained by a paucity of candidates alone.