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Author to speak at the Library about three women at the crossroads

Author Victoria Shorr will speak at the Shelter Island Public Library on Tuesday, July 23, at 5:30 p.m. about her book “Midnight: Three Women at the Hour of Reckoning.”

In “Midnight,” Shorr vividly reimagines the lives of three extraordinary women at the most challenging junctures  in their lives: Jane Austen accepting a marriage proposal, only to withdraw it; Mary Shelley writing “Frankenstein” in the midst of personal chaos; and Joan of Arc’s thoughts at the stake.