Sundays, in person in the CBI Social Hall and on Livestream
10:30-11:00 am: Coffee and nosh  
11:00-12:00 pm: Presentation and discussion 
No registration required

Lesléa Newman had the honor and privilege of being the primary caretaker for each of her parents as they made their separate journeys from this world into the world to come. In this presentation, she will read and discuss both her memoirs-in-verse, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father." A book sale and book signing will follow. Lesléa Newman has created 87 books for readers of all ages including the dual memoir-in-verse, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father" and the children's books, "Ketzel, the Cat who Composed," "GIttel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story," "The Babka Sisters," and "Joyful Song: A Naming Story." She has received two National Jewish Book Awards, two American Library Association Stonewall Honors, the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award and the Massachusetts Book Award. She is a former poet laureate of Northampton, MA.