Local author Debby Mayer will read from her memoir, RIPTIDES & Solaces Unforeseen, at the New Lebanon Library on Thursday, August 21, at 7 pm. The reading will be followed by Q & A and discussion, after which she will sign copies of her books.
Part mystery, part love story, part report from the medical front in the United States today, RIPTIDES relates the fast onset brain cancer that ripped through a strong, healthy man and led to his death four months later at the age of fifty-six. The book is a searing chronology of the effects of devastating illness, of being caught in the maw of hospitals, of unthinkable decision making and small, unexpected solaces. Tightly written, fact based, it is never maudlin, and it offers an element of hope without sentimentality.
In addition to her memoir, Debby Mayer is author of Sisters: A Novel (Putnam’s, Berkley). A blogger and journalist, her work has been widely published. She retired from the Publications Office at Bard College as Editorial Director and is now a Contributing Editor at The Columbia Paper. She lives in Hudson, NY.
The public is welcome to this free event. For more information, please call the Library at 518-794-8844. The Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.