Book about adoption scandal is topic of Derby Public Library discussion

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will hold its monthly Lunchtime Book Discussion at 12:30 p.m. April 24. 
The featured book is “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate.

This New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller

is based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals.  
Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country. 
Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.

Lunchtime Book Discussions are held the last Wednesday of the month and are free and open to the public. 

Multiple copies of the book will be available at the circulations desk. 
Drop-ins are welcome; no registration is required. The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.  

For information call 203-736-1482.


This is a press release from Kathy Wilson, head of adult circulation, Derby Public Library.

Author to discuss parenthood journey at Ansonia Library

ANSONIA - Author Gilda Simpkin will discuss her memoir, “My Baby Chase: Our Roller Coaster Ride from Infertility to Parenthood,” at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Ansonia Library.

The book depicts the serious and sometimes hilarious aspects of fertility treatments through two hair-raising international adoptions.

The adoptions are fraught with unpredictable birth mothers, unreliable baby brokers, media competitions, midnight crank calls and repeatedly changing government regulations and strangling red tape. 

Their journey has so many surprising twists and cliffhangers it reads like a suspense novel which will keep readers at the edge of their seats. All of this takes place against the backdrop of pressure from her aging holocaust survivor parents eager for a grandchild.

Join Simpkin as she discusses her memoir of her harrowing 20-year quest to become a mother. Copies of her book will be available for purchase.

The Library is at 53 S. Cliff St.

This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.

Seymour animal rescue group selling 2018 calendar

Sharing from the Facebook pages of CARES and the Office of the First Selectman: 

Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller holds the 2018 Rescue Calendar. 

"Look who has our 2018 Rescue Calendar! We here at CARES (Coco's Animal Rescue Efforts of Seymour) are grateful for the support from our First Selectman Kurt Miller, the Board of Selectmen, and the community. Can you guess the breed of his two rescue dogs? 
"Order your calendar at www.seymourcares.org"

The rescue pets were photographed for the calendar with members of the Seymour Fire Department.