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  Come meet author Amber Madison in an event co-sponsored by Wellesley Booksmith and Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.   Parents will have the unique opportunity of meeting award-winning sex education author Amber Madison! In an event co-sponsored by the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Amber will speak about her latest book, Talking Sex With Your Kids: Keeping Them Safe, and You Sane—By Knowing What They’re Really Thinking.  There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.  Don't miss this "mandatory reading for all parents." --Library Journal (starred review)   ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amber Madison graduated from Tufts University in 2005 where she wrote a popular sex column and studied human sexuality through a double major in Community Health and American Studies.  Shortly after graduating she published, Hooking Up: A Girl’s All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality, a book for high school and college aged young women about sexual health, sexuality, and relationships.  Since then, she’s traveled around the country speaking with teens and adults about sex and relationships.  She’s spoken everywhere from Harvard University to the University of California at Irvine to The Fieldston School.  In 2008 she won a sexual health communication award from Choice USA. Amber is frequently quoted in national publications such as: Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Newsweek, US News and World Report, and USA Today, and has appeared on The Today Show, MTV News, NPR, and dozens of local TV and radio broadcasts.  She has written about sex for Glamour Magazine, and is the sex expert for BettyConfidential.com.  Her sex education efforts have been written about by Cosmopolitan, US News and World Report, the Boston Globe, USA Today and more. She lives in New York City.     ABOUT THE PPLM: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is the largest freestanding reproductive health care provider in the state. For over 80 years PPLM has protected and promoted sexual and reproductive health and freedom of choice through clinical services, education and advocacy. Let's Be Honest: Communication in families that keeps kids healthy, is a PPLM education program designed for parents and other trusted caregivers of children.  It provides useful skills, information and resources to help parents effectively and comfortably take the lead role in educating children about sex and sexuality.  For more information, visit www.pplm.org.