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Stamford, CT

An Evening with The Bridge Ladies Author Betsy Lerner at Ferguson Library on May 17

In Betsy Lerner's "The Bridge Ladies," 50-year-old bridge game and the secrets it held provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between mother and daughter. The result is an intimate and powerful literary journey where we learn a little about bridge and a lot about life.

On May 17, Ferguson Library will host author Betsy Lerner, who will speak about her memoir, at the Harry Bennett branch for an event co-sponsored by the Fairfield County Jewish Historical Society featuring. Refreshments will be served, and a book sale and signing will follow the talk. The event begins at 7 p.m.

After a lifetime of defining herself against her mother's Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell generation, Betsy Lerner, a poster child for the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll generation, finds herself back in her childhood home of New Haven, Connecticut, five miles from the mother she spent a lifetime avoiding. Before long, she braves the intimidating world of her mother's Monday Bridge club, and the Bridge Ladies become a Greek chorus - a catalyst for change between mother and daughter. The result is an unforgettable and profound journey into a hard-won-but never-too-late-bond between mother and daughter.

Betsy Lerner is an agent, former editor, and celebrated writer. The author of two nonfiction books, "Food and Loathing" and "The Forest for the Trees," she has won numerous awards, including the Thomas Wolfe Poetry Prize, an Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize, the Tony Godwin Publishing Prize for Editors Under 35, and was one of PEN's Emerging Writers.

The Harry Bennett Branch of the Ferguson Library is located at 115 Vine Road in Stamford, Conn. For more information, please phone (203) 351-8292, or visit fergusonlibrary.org.

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