PLEASE COME JOIN US AS
MELANIE BROOKS
in conversation with
MEL ALLEN
read from and discuss Melanie’s book:
A HARD SILENCE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 11AM
THE TOADSTOOL BOOKSHOP
12 DEPOT SQ
PETERBOROUGH, NH 03458
Please come join us as author Melanie Brooks presents her latest book, “A Hard Silence”. Melanie will be joined by the current editor for Yankee Magazine and Melanie’s colleague at Bay path University, Mel Allen. Melanie and Mel will be discussing Melanie’s latest book which chronicles the personal impacts of one of Canada’s greatest healthcare disasters. Undergoing open heart surgery in 1985, Melanie’s father was administered a blood transfusion, only to find that post-transfusion, he was HIV positive. We hope you will join us for this profound and poignant discussion on grief, family, and accountability.
This book is not returnable