Meet the Author: Reeve Lindbergh, Sunday June 24
May 30, 2018
Meet Author Reeve Lindbergh!
Sunday June 24 | 4 PM
Special After-Hours Event!
Portsmouth Public Library Levenson Room
Presented by RiverRun Bookstore
Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator-authors Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writes about the intersection of fame and privacy from her unique perspective—as the spokesperson for the arguably most famous family of the twentieth century. Come meet the author at Portsmouth Public Library and hear from her new book, Two Lives. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. This event is FREE and open to all. Presented by RiverRun Bookstore!
In the book, Lindbergh reflects on her own “two lives,” navigating her role as the public face of her family while, at the same time, leading a very quiet existence in rural Vermont. After devoting years to keeping separate her “Lindbergh life” and her everyday life on her farm, she now finds herself able to make peace with her two lives. Lindbergh takes us into the National Air and Space Museum and her own kitchen drawers with equal ease, discovering that the history-making items on display are, for her, like the memorabilia that most families keep in the attic. Two Lives reconciles the seemingly separate worlds of fame and privacy, even finding a “certain sweetness” when they intersect.
Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was born in 1945 and grew up in Connecticut. After graduating from Radcliffe College in 1968 she moved to Vermont, where she lives on an old farm near St. Johnsbury, Vermont, with her husband, writer Nat Tripp. Reeve is the author of more than two dozen books for children and adults. Her work has also appeared in magazines and periodicals including the New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post. She is active with libraries and other non-profit organizations in Vermont and nationally.
“Two Lives is a beautiful essay collection: funny and wry some moments, wistful and wise at others. Lindbergh may be the daughter of two gifted aviators, but she soars in her own right. This book is insightful, astute, and—best of all—honest.” - Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and The Sandcastle Girls
