Norwood Library Presents Author's Story Of "The Wolf Child"

Norwood MA

21 March, 2022

1:46 PM

Description

NORWOOD, MA - Norwood author Tom O'Connell will discuss his memoir about growing up in Norwood in an orphanage at the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood on Saturday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m. The presentation will consist of readings from his memoir, "The O'Connell Boy: Educating 'the Wolf Child,'" followed by discussion prompted by the audience. In his presentation about World War II-era Norwood, O'Connell will talk with the audience about what it was like growing up in a small Catholic Charities orphanage in Norwood from 1937 to 1946. At her Mountain Avenue home, Mrs. White, an Irish widow, was the guardian of six "discarded" boys sponsored by Catholic Charities of Greater Boston. Registration for this program is required. For more information, please visit the library's websiteor call the reference desk at 781-769-0200 x2.