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Community Corner

"Out of Reach: the Day Hartford Hospital Burned" presented by author Mark Granato

at the Welles-Turner Memorial Library

On Wednesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m., Welles-Turner Memorial Library’s Friends Room. Join us as Wethersfield’s Pulitzer-prize nominated author Mark Granato discusses his latest novel, “Out of Reach: the Day Hartford Hospital Burned”. Granato’s acclaimed novel is written from the testimony of veterans who fought the December 1961 blaze, a three-alarm flash fire that gutted the Hospital’s ninth-floor and claimed 16 victims including patients, a resident doctor, nurses, staff and visitors. Also, Granato shares excerpts of his new historical fiction thriller, “Unleashed”. Copies of his books will be available for sale. Seating is limited so registration is requested here or at the Reference Desk at 860-652-7720.

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