Barbara Walsh discusses August Gale

Join us for a discussion with the author of her book August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm.

Sixty-eight years after the hurricane that claimed several of her ancestors, Walsh searches for memories of the August gale and the grandfather who abandoned her dad as a young boy. Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy’s tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met.

This program is part of our monthly Maine Women Write Book Club, which is open to the community, whether or not you have read the book.  Please feel free to bring your lunch.