Lucie Frost Author Event - HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW THAT?

Join us at Lark & Owl Booksellers for an evening with author Lucy Frost and Certified Health Coach Karen Cerezo as they discuss Lucy's new book, HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW THAT?.

ABOUT THE BOOK: A witty memoir about the power of curiosity and learning how to laugh at inappropriate things.

After quitting her job with an awkward text to her boss, Lucie Frost planned to live out her early retirement fantasy. Except she was lost, an empty nester with no job, no structure, no identity, and no clear purpose. Everything changed after she binge-watched the television program 90 Day Fiancé one day, which led to a stream of answers to her question about midlife stagnation: What do we do with our lives when our jobs or children are no longer making those decisions for us?

Her trivia-filled memoir, How the Hell Did I Not Know That?, follows the first year of Frost’s postretirement era, a year when curiosity pulled her off the couch and into a world where she discovered how to build a fulfilling life from the smallest of wonders—things like how to unboil an egg with urine (but why, oh why?), where the vice president of the United States lives (something we should know?), and why the sky is blue (wait, didn’t we learn that in third grade?).

How the Hell Did I Not Know That? is a witty and honest companion, a girlfriend, if you will, for women in midlife who are struggling to find their place in the world, who are concerned about misogyny, climate change, and the industrial prison complex, just not while watching the latest episode of The Bachelor. Frost shows us that women “of a certain age” need to take themselves seriously while remembering to laugh at inappropriate things and that they can find meaning in life by relying on the power of curiosity.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lucie is a no-longer-practicing lawyer and the author of How the Hell Did I Not Know That? (Trinity University Press, August 2025). She has written humor and satire for NextTribe, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, Points in Case, Emrys Journal, and others. She is active on social media, with 100k+ engaged followers across various platforms. She lives in Central Texas with her three needy, delightful dogs.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Karen Cerezo is a nationally board-certified health coach, menopause expert, personal trainer, and author of Navigating Menopause.  As a certified sports nutritionist and behavior change specialist, she helps women in midlife take control of their health through education, mindset, and personalized tools for their unique journey. Through her coaching, books, and programs, she empowers women 45+ to feel confident, advocate for their health, and thrive in midlife.