Chester County Library System: Virtual Author Talk With Caroline Ailanthus

West Chester PA

09 December, 2021

2:18 PM

Description

Press release from the Chester County Library System: December 8, 2021 Elzy Rodriguez still can't remember how—or where—she survived the fall of civilization. It's been twenty years. All she has now is a few memories of the trees she played among as a child. Fortunately, Elzy is apprenticed to the brilliant and mysterious itinerant ecologist, Andy Cote. If anyone can figure out where the forests of her memory grew, he can. But Andy, too, is lost. When the old civilization fell, his son vanished. Now he has questions he can neither answer nor let go. In helping Elzy reclaim her home, can Andy, too, find peace? Part scientific detective story, part post-apocalyptic travelogue, Ecological Memory is at heart a tale about what happens after you lose everything. In the summer of 2019, Caroline Ailanthus published a novel about a scientist in the aftermath of a catastrophic pandemic. Less than six months later, life began to imitate art. Join Caroline for an online reading from her novel, Ecological Memory, discussion of the creation of a fictional pandemic (and how it differs from a real one!) and an exploration of the potential of ecology as a source of perspective and hope in the face of loss. Participants will also have an opportunity to order signed copies through her website. Caroline Ailanthus is primarily a science writer; even her fiction blends science and story. She is also the author of the Climate in Emergency blog. Ecological Memory is her second published novel. She grew up in Delaware and attended various small, odd schools, mostly in New England, earning a BA in Environmental Leadership and an MS in Environmental Studies. She lives in Maryland with her husband and assorted animals. Date: December 20, 2021 Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM Please register here to receive the zoom link: Author Talk: Caroline Ailanthus: "Ecological Memory" - LibCal - Chester County Library System  This press release was produced by the Chester County Library System. The views expressed here are the author's own.