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Southport, CT - Join Pequot Library on Saturday, February 20 at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom for a talk with Antonio (Anthony) Gomes about his novel Have A Heart . Gomes is a Professor of Medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC. He has published more than 150 articles in Cardiovascular Medicine and two textbooks of Cardiology. He has also published three novels, The Sting of Peppercorns , Nas Garras Do Destino and, most recently, Have A Heart. Dr. Gomes will be interviewed by N.Y.U. professor Dr. Rochelle Almeida.
In Have A Heart , Gomes explores the intertwined romantic and professional lives of three individuals; a torpid romance between a patient, Anna, and her doctor, Ali; the clash of cultures; the political upheavals of our times; the tribulations of waiting for a heart transplant; and the search for inner truth.
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Southport, CT - Join Pequot Library on Thursday, February 11, at 6:00 p.m. in a talk with Author Nina Sankovitch about her newest book American Rebels: How the Adams, Hancock, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution , which explores the intimate connections between three families in the years leading up to the Declaration of Independence. She will be interviewed by author and Pequot Library board member Charlotte Rogan.
Nina Sankovitch is a bestselling author, avid historian, and voracious reader. In addition to being profiled in the New York Times (twice), she has written for the New York Times, the LA Times, Vogue, the Huffington Post, and other media. She is the author of four books of nonfiction: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading, a memoir of the year she spent reading a book a day following the death of her sister; Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Celebrating the Joys of Letter Writing, which explores the histor