The next
meeting of Bernardsville Public Library’s book discussion group, Memoirs and
Coffee, will be held on Tuesday, June 26 at 10:30 am in the library’s
Community Room. Pat Kennedy-Grant,
Readers’ Services Manager for the library, will lead the discussion of
“Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa” (2009) by
renowned journalist Mark Seal. [The author will not be present.]
The book is a
compelling work of narrative nonfiction in which the shocking death of Joan
Root, a dedicated environmentalist, becomes a broader story of Kenya, a
beautiful country in peril. Veteran
journalist Mark Seal set out to investigate this gripping 2006 murder mystery
and instead found an unforgettable story not only of a tragic death, but of the
remarkable life that preceded it. The
Los Angeles Times Magazine reviewer wrote of the book: “Full of letters and
diary entries, [Wildflower]…boils over with romance and adventure. The film rights have been optioned by Julia
Roberts’ production company. But don’t wait for the movie–grab this compelling
story as soon as it hits store shelves.”
Mark Seal has
been a journalist for more than thirty years. Currently a contributing editor
at Vanity Fair, he has written for many major magazines and served as a
collaborator on almost twenty nonfiction books. Although he has written
thousands of stories, Seal says none has struck a chord with readers more than
the story of the incredible life and brutal death of Joan Root, which he
originally reported in the August 2006 issue of Vanity Fair. He lives in Aspen,
Colorado.
There is no
charge and no sign-up is needed to join the discussion. Call the library at
766-0118 for more information.
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