Enjoy Dinner with Sarah Smiley on Sept. 16

Milford nonprofit The SHARE Center, in partnership with Toadstool Bookshop, is hosting author, mother, and military wife Sarah Smiley, as a guest of honor at their weekly community dinner in celebration of the paperback release of Sarah’s memoir, “Dinner with the Smileys.”

The event will be held at The Masonic Lodge, 30 Mont Vernon St. in Milford at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

“Dinner with the Smileys,” which comes out on paperback on the same day, is Sarah’s memoir of her weekly dinners hosting members of her Bangor, Maine, community during the year her Navy Pilot husband was deployed. During the course of the dinners, Sarah and her memoir became an Internet hit on Parade.com, won the American Legion’s Auxiliary Public Spirit Award, and was chosen as the “One Town, One Read” in Monroe, CT.

Sarah’s engaging voice resonates with audiences everywhere, from the military community, to single parents, and people of every age living alone.

At the book signing and event, Smily will offer tips on building community, what real life is like for military families, relationship building, and other tips.

For more information visit sarahsmiley.com.