Home Brentwood 16th Annual Brentwood Library CityRead Starts October 1

16th Annual Brentwood Library CityRead Starts October 1

by ECT

The 16th Annual Brentwood Library CityRead kicks off on Monday, October 1st, as copies of the autobiography Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor will be available for free in the Brentwood Library.

The book describes the author’s devastating aneurysm she suffered at the age of 28, and how she uses food and writing about food to recover. Part cookbook, part memoir, the book reveals a personal story of courage and determination, and has some great recipes to try and share.

Pick up a copy of the book during library open hours, read it and then share with friends and family, or return to the library for someone else to pick up.

The library will host several programs related to the theme of the book: a sewing class on how to make a market bag, using sewing machines in the library’s new makerspace, at 2:00 p.m. October 3 and 9; a meditation program with Dr. Marshall Zaslove at 7:00 p.m. on October 17; and the library’s Book Ends Book Club will discuss the book at its November meeting on Tuesday, November 6 at 6:30 p.m., and all are invited to come share their thoughts of the book. Author Jessica Fechtor will speak on Wednesday, November 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the Brentwood Community Center. Copies of her book will be available for sale, and Ms. Fechtor will sign the books after her presentation.

For more information about all of these programs visit https://guides.ccclib.org/OneCityOneBook2018/brentwood.

The CityRead program has been offered by the Brentwood Library every fall for the past 16 years. Book purchases  been sponsored by invaluable community partners, including the Friends of the Brentwood Library, the Brentwood Art Society, the Brentwood Rotary, and the Lions Clubs of Brentwood and Discovery Bay. The author presentation this year is sponsored by the Friends of the Brentwood Library and with a grant from Poets and Writers, Inc.

For more information, contact Senior Community Library Manager Liz Fuller [email protected] or (925) 516-5294.

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