Lisa Belkin will discuss her book, Genealogy of a Murder, with Laurel S. Peterson. This new work unwraps a true crime story that took place in Connecticut in 1960. Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on […]
Bonnie Siegler and Helene Stapinski, co-authors of The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe, will discuss investigating the book and crafting this family tale with Emmy Award-winning journalist David Pogue. According to Bonnie's family, her grandfather filmed Marilyn Monroe's legendary white dress flying up with his home camera, but […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical non-fiction and fiction. This month the group will discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. This is your chance to read the book before it becomes a major […]
David Grann returns to Westport to talk about his latest book, The Wager. REGISTER HERE The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, delivers a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court-martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative […]
Journalist Samuel G. Freedman visits Westport to discuss his book, Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights, with Daniel Gross. During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom […]
