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Before the pandemic, the dynamic duo of Sheryl WuDunn and Nick Kristof published a heartfelt tome featuring deeply personal stories of ordinary Americans to address the crises in working-class America while focusing on solutions mend half a century of failures.

In the last several months, another disaster has likely upended the fragile existence of ordinary Americans. And the results are unimaginable.

WuDunn and Kristof will join the HBS Club of NY for a wide ranging discussion of the issues of the day and share the takeaways from their book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope (Knopf, Jan. 20). The paperback releases this fall, and we urge everyone to pick up a copy.

“Tightrope is a heroic, harrowing, and at times tender, look at the high wire act that is survival for too many people today. Kristof and WuDunn know there are no easy solutions here, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take action, whether by pushing for better policies, or changing our own attitudes. This book will shake you—it did me—and that is the point,” Bono observed.

“This is a must-read that will shake you to your core. It’s a Dante-esque tour of a forgotten America, told partly through the kids who rode on Kristof’s old school bus in rural Oregon. A quarter are now dead, and others are homeless, in prison or struggling with drugs. They made bad choices, but so did America, in ways that hold back our entire country. Tightrope shows how we can and must do better,” Katie Couric noted.

Join us for this unforgettable discussion.

Participants must register by October 26th to receive details on joining the discussion.

Please note that no refunds will be issued.