Julie Gerstenblatt Author Talk with Wakefield Books at The CTC

Join us on the CTC patio as we welcome local author Julie Gerstenblatt to discuss her new novel, The Stargazer of Nantucket - an epic tale of adventure on the high seas, a spunky stowaway, and a family confronting the past to secure their future. Winifred Starbuck, forbidden from joining her parents on their final merchant voyage, does what any strong-willed eighteen-year-old would do: she stows away. As she drifts farther from shore, she uncovers a long-buried secret, and as she continues to chart her own course, she’ll have to plumb the depths of her courage to take on a world far bigger—and more dangerous—than she ever imagined. Julie Gerstenblatt is the author of Daughters of Nantucket, which won the New England Society Book Award for Fiction. She holds a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Teachers College, Columbia University and has taught everything from middle school English to graduate studies. Her essays have appeared in Huffington Post and Grown & Flown, among others. A native New Yorker who has been visiting Nantucket since childhood, Julie now lives in coastal Rhode Island with her family and one very smart shichon poo. This event is free to attend, but registration is required: https://juliegerstenblatt-wb.eventbrite.com