Join us on Thursday, September 9th at 6:30 pm with author Celia Ryker at New Haven Community Library.

Celia is the author of Walking Home: Trail Stories, publishing by Rootstock publishing this summer. Celia's work of essays pulls together her experience long-hiking Vermont's Long Trail. Come hear the author read from her work and share her experience first-hand.

Pre-registration is encouraged for this program. Patrons and community members can register by emailing the library nhl@gmavt.net.

Synopsis from the publisher: "Celia Ryker's Walking Home: Trail Stories is about more than mud, sweat, and blisters while distance hiking the Long Trail. Reminiscent of Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Ryker's mind wanders as her legs carry her forward, beyond a woodland path, to places and people she thought she had forgotten. Her grandmother's spirit appears on Mount Baker. A lost cousin waits for her at the bottom of every ladder. Her late father's words reverberate among the calls of barred owls. There were days when she didn't see another hiker, but she was never alone. Celia began writing about a difficult hike and ended up writing about the people who inspired her throughout her life. These are her "trail stories."'

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