b'THE OVERCOMER As a homeless teenager writing college essays in her rusty Toyota Corolla, Emi Nietfeld fought to escape from a dysfunctional childhood dealing with mental illness, Adderall addiction, eating disorders, cutting, homelessness, and foster care.But upward mobility required crafting the perfect resilience narrative to prove she was an overcomer, made stronger by all that she had endured. Nietfeld went on to graduate from Harvard and become a software engineer at Google, but found that success doesnt necessarily mean safety. This searing debut exposes the price of trading a troubled past for the promise of a bright future. Acceptance: A Memoir (Penguin Press) challenges our ideas of what it means to overcome.SHORT AND SWEET Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (Workman Publishing Company), a communication formula built by journalists Jim VendeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact, and deliver it in a concise and visual format. These authors have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and efficientlythink Strunk and Whites Elements of Style for the digital age. In Smart Brevity, readers will learn how to say more with less in virtually any format. The authors also share communications lessons learned from their decades of experience in media, business, and communications.NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 59'