Thursday, August 5, 2010

Author talk: Burned: A Memoir

Saturday, August 5

4:00 pm

Local author, Louise Nayer, will read from Burned: A Memoir. When Louise was four years old her mother struck a match to light the pilot light in a rented vacation home. Immediately she and her husband were engulfed in flames. While their parents underwent treatment and surgery, Louis and her sister stayed with relatives. Eventually the children were reunited with the parents they no longer recognized. The story details the tragedy, separation and the family's return to love and life.

She will read a short piece from the book and talk about the process of writing and publishing a memoir including navigating through the world of agents and editors to get a book to publication.