Mimi Zieman, Tap Dancing on Everest

The 33^rd Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA Presents

Mimi Zieman, MD, Tap Dancing on Everest

In Conversation with Holly Firfer, Local Atlanta Media Personality

Author Talk, Q & A, and Book Signing

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Community Partner: Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender & Sexual Diversity (SOJOURN)

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Winner, 2024 Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence

The plan was outrageous: A small expedition of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. Mimi Zieman would accompany the climbers as the doctor—and only woman—although she was still in her third year of medical school.

Full of self-doubt, Zieman grappled with whether to go but couldn't resist the call of the wilderness and mountains. On Everest, when three climbers disappeared during their summit attempt, she reached the knife edge of her limits and dug deeply to fight for the climbers' lives and to find her voice.

In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mimi Zieman, MD writes about medical topics to empower people with information and writes creatively to explore the meaning behind experiences we share. In addition to Tap Dancing on Everest, she has written a play, The Post-Roe Monologues, and is a co-author of the medical guide, Managing Contraception. Other writing has appeared in Newsweek, The Sun Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, NBC News THINK, The Forward, and other publications. A married mother of three grown children, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and dog.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Holly Firfer is the Vice President of Programming and Development and an on-air Anchor and Correspondent at Reach TV Networks. She has also worked for CNN and CBS Radio.

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