The virtual book launch
Celebrate Chosen with Lisa.
Hear from Lisa Romero Dugal and celebrate the release of her memoir together.
11 a.m. Central · Live on Zoom
Registration opens on Zoom.
A memoir · October 27, 2026
Chosen
A Memoir of Adoption, Addiction, and One Woman’s Unapologetic Becoming
Lisa spent much of her life carrying labels. In Chosen, she traces her journey from the lifelong questions of adoption to addiction, seventeen years of sobriety, a devastating relapse, and her recommitment to recovery — an invitation to release the labels that keep us small.
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“I cannot change the beginning of my story. But I can choose what happens next.” Lisa Romero Dugal
About Lisa
Author, speaker, wellness advocate, and health educator.
Adopted as an infant, sober after relapse, and widowed after thirty-eight years with her husband Steven, Lisa writes and speaks with candor about identity, belonging, recovery, faith, grief, and reinvention. A Louisiana native, mother, and grandmother, she returned to college at fifty-six and earned her degree in Kinesiology before turning sixty.
October 27, 2026
Virtual Book Launch
Zoom · Tuesday · 11 am Central
Hear from Lisa Romero Dugal and celebrate the release of Chosen together.
For event details and joining instructions, visit the launch page.
October 29
Mandeville
Barnes & Noble · Thursday · 5:30–7:30 pm
An evening signing on the North Shore. Copies of Chosen are available in store.
October 31
Covington
Dane Books & Gifts · Saturday · 10:30 am–12:30 pm
A Saturday morning at an independent bookshop — the smallest room of the three, and usually the best conversation.
Dear friend,
Lisa writes to the people who ask: new posts, her letters, news of the book. Let her write to you.