BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//65.60.9.2//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://jfsneworleans.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20261101T020000,20271107T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20270314T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-10735@jfsneworleans.org DTSTAMP:20260512T012447Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Quarterly Event CONTACT:https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062171039-0 DESCRIPTION: “This beautifully written book is a powerful and moving story of a family’s struggle with mental illness.”\n– Walter Isaacson\, bestsell ing biographer of Steve Jobs\, Benjamin Franklin\, Albert Einstein and Elo n Musk.\n \nJoin JFS Executive Director\, Roselle M. Ungar\, CFRE and memo irist Tripp Friedler for a conversation and author signing event Saturday\ , September 28th! A portion of proceeds will benefit our Teen Life Counts program\n \nThe Tunnel opens in New Orleans on a March evening when author Tripp Friedler takes a call from his 21-year-old son\, Henry\, who is mid span on the Mississippi River Bridge and too scared to jump.\nWhat follows is an elaborate game of chase across the United States as Tripp and his w ife\, Heidi\, spare no expense to get Henry the treatment he requires but resists. The Tunnel advances from one unforgettable scene to the next as H enry’s depression deepens to bipolar disorder. You’ll hold your breath eve ry paragraph\, waiting for what happens next.\nThroughoutthe wild journey\ , author Tripp Friedler exposes the flaws in the social fabric when it com es to dealing with mental illness. He wonders what people without means do when faced with this wall of indifference.\nThe Tunnel is a book about wh at holds a family together and what tears a family apart. It’s a journey y ou’ll never forget.\n \n \nAbout the Author\n\nTripp Friedler is Heidi’s h usband\, a father\, a business owner\, an author\, and a philanthropist. H e’s donating 100% of his royalties from The Tunnel to mental health charit ies. Tripp is the author of FreeGulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planni ng. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Amherst College and hi s law degree from Tulane. Tripp is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)\, a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)\, an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) \, and has finished all class requirements for a masters in counseling at Loyola University. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240928T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240928T140000 LOCATION:Barnes & Nobel @ 3721 Veterans Boulevard Metairie\, LA 70002 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tripp Friedler Author Signing & Conversation with JFS Executive Dir ector URL:https://jfsneworleans.org/event/tripp-friedler-author-signing-conversat ion-with-jfs-executive-director/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://jfsneworleans.org/wp-content/uploads/202 4/08/Final-Cover-cropped-4-inches-211x300.jpg\;211\;300\,medium\;https://j fsneworleans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Final-Cover-cropped-4-inches-2 11x300.jpg\;211\;300\,large\;https://jfsneworleans.org/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/08/Final-Cover-cropped-4-inches-211x300.jpg\;211\;300\,full\;https:// jfsneworleans.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Final-Cover-cropped-4-inches- 211x300.jpg\;211\;300 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

 “This beautifully written book is a powerful and moving story of a family’s struggle with mental illness.”

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– Walter Isaacson\, bestselling biographe r of Steve Jobs\, Benjamin Franklin\, Albert Einstei n and Elon Musk.

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Join JFS Exe cutive Director\, Roselle M. Ungar\, CFRE and memoirist Tripp Friedler for a conversation and author signing event Saturday\, September 28th! A port ion of proceeds will benefit our Teen Life Counts program

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The Tunnel opens in New Orleans on a March evening when author Tripp Friedler takes a call from his 21-year-old son\, Henry\, who is midspan on the Mississippi River Bridge and too scared to jump.

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What follows is an elaborate game of chase across the United States as Tripp and his wife\, Heidi\, spare no expense to get Henry the treatment he requires but resists. T he Tunnel advances from one unforgettable scene to the next as Henry’s depression deepens to bipolar disorder. You’ll hold your breath every paragraph\, waiting for what happens next.

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Throughoutthe wi ld journey\, author Tripp Friedler exposes the flaws in t he social fabric when it comes to dealing with mental illness. He wonders what people without means do when faced with this wall of indifference.

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The Tunnel is a book about what holds a fa mily together and what tears a family apart. It’s a journey you’ll never f orget.

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About the Author

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Tripp Friedler is Heidi’s hus band\, a father\, a business owner\, an author\, and a philanthropist. He’ s donating 100% of his royalties from The Tunnel to mental health charities. Tripp is the author of FreeGulliver: Six Swift Lessons in Life Planning. He earned a bachelor’s degree in econ omics from Amherst College and his law degree from Tulane. Tripp is a Char tered Life Underwriter (CLU)\, a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)\, a n Accredited Estate Planner (AEP)\, and has finished all class requirement s for a masters in counseling at Loyola University.

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