NORTH READING — The Flint Memorial Library is hosting an author talk with North Reading’s own Nancy Parsons who will discuss her newest novel, “Old Crow,” next Thursday, July 31 from 7-8 p.m.
She will also be signing and selling books at this event, which is being held in the Activity Room off the rear parking lot at 147 Park St.
Crow is a nice man who is outliving his life. A modest man, not given to putting on airs, Crow claims he never got out of high school. Four years at R.J. Converse High as a student and 43 years there as a teacher of plane geometry. Time off in between for eight semesters at the state university in Bowling Green.
“Learned about Hammurabi’s Code and the Gadsden Purchase, learned how to dissect a frog and how to explicate a poem, but the only thing that made sense to me was plane geometry.”
This is a simple story about what can happen when we outlive most—or all—the people we care about. It’s about what happens when the only place to go is someplace we don’t want to be. And Crow just wants to go home. But circumstance has dictated that may not happen—circumstance being his declining health and the hospital social worker, physician, and pastor who have taken the decision from him.
About the author: Nancy Parsons is the author of the Nell Bane Ghostwriter novel series. After serving as a principal and creative director in an advertising agency, she retired to write her own books that include memoirs, essay collections, three novels published privately and several ghostwritten books.
Nancy and her husband, Don Doyle, are longtime residents of North Reading. She also facilitates a writers’ group called the Writers Collaborative Learning Center in Reading. More books written by the author may be found on her website: nancyparsonsbooks.com.
Registration is required. Visit www.flintmemoriallibrary.org and go to the event calendar to sign up or call the library at 978-664-4942 for assistance.