Author Peter Ferry at Aspen Drive Library

Peter Ferry, author of Old Heart

(Unbridled Books $16.00)

Thursday October 22 at 6:30 p.m.

Register at Aspen Drive Library or call 847-362-2330

Tom Johnson has turned 85 and has suffered a few events, though he knows his mind is sharp. His oldest son, who had Down Syndrome has died, and his remaining two children want to move him out of the homestead lake house and into a retirement home in town. What Tom wants to do is to find the only woman he ever loved, a woman he met in the Netherlands where he was stationed during World War II.

PETER FERRY is a teacher, writer, and editor. He has written textbooks for Rand McNally and travel pieces for the “Chicago Tribune “and the “Chicago Sun-Times,” His short stories have appared in “StoryQuarterly, Overtures, “the “New Review of Literature,”” “and “McSweeney’s,” He has won the Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for Short Fiction. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

There will be a book signing following the program with books provided by Lake Forest Book Store.

Event date: Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm Event address: Aspen Drive Library 701 Aspen Drive Vernon Hills, IL 60061