When federal agents knocked on her door with an indictment in hand, Piper Kerman barely resembled the reckless young woman she was shortly after graduating Smith College. Happily ensconced in a New York City apartment with a promising career and attentive boyfriend, Piper was forced to reckon with the consequences of her very brief, very careless affair with the world of drug trafficking. Following a plea deal for her 10-year-old crime, Piper spent a year in the infamous women's correctional facility in Danbury, which she found to be no "Club Fed." Piper takes readers into a community of colorful, eccentric, vividly drawn women. Their stories raise issues of friendship and family, mental illness, the odd cliques and codes of behavior, and the almost complete lack of guidance for life after prison.
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Norris Church Mailer's magnetic personality and affecting delivery captivated the AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary audience, leading to a lively Q and A. At one point, she referred to a previous reading that she had done, and decided not to do again because both she and the audience had ended up in tears. As the book points out, aging is not for the weak. Mailer demonstrated an incredible abundance of courage, strength and charm.
New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross launched his latest thriller Reckless as part of AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibray on April 29. This novel begins with a shooting on Cat Rock Road and propels the reader full force into the world of high finance, international intrigue and offers peeks into the lifestyles of the rich and famous. This is the third in his series of novels set in Greenwich. Andrew read the riveting opening chapter of Reckless and fielded a host of questions like, "Why Greenwich?" with honesty and humor. Gross has also co-authored several books with bestselling author James Patterson.
New York Times Best Seller and Pulitzer Prize-winning coulmnist Anna Quindlen discussed her latest book, Every Last One, at AuthorsLive@GreenwichLibrary. Quindlen also talked about her time as a columnist at The New York Times and Newsweek, the future of books vs. eReaders and America's unquenchable thirst for celebrity news.
Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich presented the William C. Crooks Distinguished Lecture in the Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library on November 17, 2009. The lecture featured Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World and was co-sponsored by Greenwich Library.
Listen to the podcast here: Shorto Podcast.mp3
Library Director Carol Mahoney began a series of monthly appearances on 1490 WGCH Radio's "Darby and Friends Show" on Thursday, October 29 at 5 p.m. Listen to the podcast here.
