New Jackie O Book's Author, Cranston Native, at Central Library Today

In the midst off wall-to-wall Hurricane Sandy coverage, you'll be glad to know local writer Tina Cassidy will be discussing her book, Jackie after O: One Remarkable Year when Jackie Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered Her Dreams this afternoon at the Central Library.

Stop by from 2 to 4 p.m. to meet Cassidy, a former Cranston resident and Cranston West grad, and learn more about her "fascinating account of one year in the life of the former First Lady [that] details the remarkable events of 1975 that would define the rest of her life," according to a library press release.

Cassidy is a former reporter and editor at the Boston Glove and lives in Massachusetts. She is widely recognized for her book Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born. 

The event is free and open to the public at the Central Library at 140 Sockanosset Cross Road.

For more informationa about Cassidy, visit www.tinacassidy.net.