Esmeralda Santiago's Conversation With Molly Friedrich In Katonah

KATONAH, NY — Chances are you know Esmeralda Santiago from "When I Was Puerto Rican" and "Almost A Woman," which was adapted into a Peabody Award-winning movie for PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, and The Turkish Lover, but the Katonah Village Library is offering a chance to know the author and explore her work personally in the Garden Room.

The Katonah Village Library announced that it will be hosting "Esmeralda Santiago In Conversation with Molly Friedrich," this Sunday, at 1 p.m.

Attendees will be able to join in conversation with the author, followed by light refreshments. Books will be available for sale and signing through Booksy Galore.

The free event will take place in the accessible lower level Garden Room. The Katonah Village Library is located at 26 Bedford Road in Katonah.

From the Katonah Village Library:

Esmeralda Santiago is the author of three groundbreaking memoirs; When I was Puerto Rican and Almost A Woman, which she adapted into a Peabody Award-winning movie for PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, and The Turkish Lover. Her novels include America’s Dream, the national best seller Conquistadora, and, most recently, Las Madres. They refer to themselves as “las Madres,” a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties. Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975 with fifteen-year-old Luz, who tragically loses her parents and is herself injured in a car accident. Now orphaned, Luz navigates the pressures of adolescence and copes with the aftershock of a brain injury, when two new friends enter her life, Ada and Shirley. In a voice that sings with warmth, humor, friendship, and pride, celebrated author Esmeralda Santiago unspools a story of women’s sexuality, shame, disability, and love within a community rocked by disaster. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Esmeralda lives locally with her husband, documentary filmmaker Frank Cantor.

Molly Friedrich founded The Friedrich Agency in 2006, following nearly three decades at The Aaron Priest Literary Agency. The Friedrich Agency is a proud home for a select and beloved list of novelists and authors of non-fiction, both critically and commercially celebrated. Among their writers: Sally Field, Laurie Frankel, Karen Joy Fowler, Ruth Ozeki, Jane Smiley, Elizabeth Strout, and Esmeralda Santiago. The daughter of two children's book authors, Friedrich was born in London, raised in suburban Long Island, and graduated from Barnard with a BA in Art History.