The Friends of the Library is proud to present acclaimed novelist Geraldine Brooks as the featured speaker at its 52nd Annual Richard D. Whittemore Book and Author Program on Friday, May 14 at 12 noon via Zoom.
For the first time, the Book & Author, the FOL’s sole fundraising event, will be held virtually. The program’s format will be very similar to that of the traditional luncheon.
Program moderator Susan Isaacs, Port’s own best-selling novelist, will introduce Brooks, and FOL President Amy Bass will serve as Emcee. There will be a Q&A with the author.
All registrants will be entered in a free drawing for a $1,000 gift certificate generously donated by the Americana Manhasset.
Cost is $50 per person. To register for this online event visit pwpl.org/fol/bookandauthor.
About Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is the acclaimed author of five novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning March; the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing, People of the Book, and Year of Wonders; and, most recently, The Secret Chord. Her first novel, Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, continues to be an international bestseller and has been translated into more than 25 languages. It tracks a housemaid’s perseverance and heroism as the bubonic plague overtakes a British village in 1666.
Brooks told the FOL: “My remarks will primarily focus on Year of Wonders, which I wrote 20 years ago, never dreaming that we would be facing a pandemic in our lifetime. I will also share some thoughts about Horse, my new novel due to be published early next year.” Horse is a “braided narrative” set in three time periods: the racing world of the mid-19th century, the birth of Abstract Expressionism in New York City in the 1940s, and the present day at the Smithsonian Museums.
For further information visit pwpl.org/fol or email fol@pwpl.org.
