Author Talk and Book Signing with Charlotte Rogan

On Wednesday, May 30, the Farmington Libraries will host Charlotte Rogan, author of the much-buzzed debut novel, The Lifeboat. 

The book follows twenty-two year-old newlywed, Grace Winter, as she sets sail in 1914 on a luxury cruise liner bound for New York. An explosion sinks the cruise liner, where she loses her new husband, and Grace gets thrust into an already full-to-capacity lifeboat by a quick-thinking crew member who climbs in after her. The book opens with Grace on trial for her life due to the events that transpire during their twenty-one days stranded at sea, where cold, wet, starving passengers succumb to the desperation of their circumstances and the cunning power struggles to survive the crowded lifeboat.

A recent article about Ms. Rogan in the Books section of the New York Times proclaims her “on the verge of literary success with this critically praised debut.”  

Charlotte Rogan graduated from Princeton University in 1975. She worked at various jobs, mostly in the fields of architecture and engineering, before teaching herself to write and staying home to bring up triplets. After many years in Dallas and a year in Johannesburg, she and her husband now live in Westport, Connecticut.

This free library event will feature a discussion with the author, a book signing, and Q & A.  More information on Charlotte Rogan and her book, The Lifeboat, can be obtained at her website: http://charlotterogan.com/

Please call 860-673-6791 for details or register through the library’s web site at http://www.farmingtonlibraries.org. The Farmington Library is part of the Farmington Village Green and Library Association.  If you have special needs to attend library programs, contact the library in advance.