Under The Skin by Nick Hahn, book presentation and signing Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 at Lyme Public Library

Local author Nick Hahn will speak about his novel, Under the Skin, on Thursday, November 7 at 7 P.M. at the Lyme Public Library.  The program is sponsored by The Friends of the Lyme Public Library.

In Under the Skin, a brutal African dictator is challenged by two young women from different worlds: Maggie Kincaid, born to wealth and privilege in New York, and Nabby Kibugu, born to poverty and obscurity in the African bush. Their unlikely friendship sparks a fiery political drama with the potential to upend the leadership of a country and change the lives of millions.  Maggie is working as an intern for an American NGO in Uganda when she meets longtime pen pal Nabby. She becomes ensnarled in a clandestine political campaign to elect Nabby as the first female president of Uganda. The women risk everything as they take on a corrupt, abusive government. In a startling move, they decide to enlist the improbable help of a notorious warlord, and it’s anyone’s guess as to whether their dangerous gamble will pay off.  Under The Skin is fiction but makes a strong statement for women’s rights in the guise of a political thriller. The action takes place in that part of the world where the glass ceiling is made of caste iron.  

Copies of Under the Skin will be available for purchase at the program.  The author will donate the evening’s book sale proceeds toward the construction of the new Lyme Public Library.  The book is also for sale locally at Ashlawn Farm Cafe, The Hadlyme Country Market and Simon's Marketplace in Chester.

Nick Hahn started writing while a student at the University of Notre Dame. His travel diaries reflect fourteen years of working among indigenous peoples in the developing world from Africa to Eastern Europe to Latin America, where he witnessed corruption, political unrest and social inequality.  He spent the first half of his business career as President and CEO of New York based Cotton Incorporated (Cotton; The Fabric Of Our Lives) before founding Hahn International, Ltd, a consulting group doing economic development work in the third world.  Nick and Julie Hahn, married 52 years, have four children and four grandchildren. He makes his home in rural eastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound, where he writes and narrates audio books. Under the Skin is his first novel.

Please call 860-434-2272 to register or email programreg@lymepl.org.