Conversation with louisa hall about her new book louisa. Thats great. A searching american biography of louisa atoms. Louisa hall is the author of two novels. She examines the clash between conscious objectors and soldiers during world war i. It was called daring by the new york times. Jessica dray ellis said of louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams, for a long time i have been waiting for a biographer with sufficient style and emotional range to tell the quite extraordinary story of Louisa Kaplan Adams in all its splendor and sadness. Louisa the extraordinary life of mrs. Adams has been worth the wait. Please join me in welcoming her. [applause] guest hi everyone, thanks for coming. I am so happy to be here to talkabout this book. Also just happy to be part of this group of louisa. I feel like many other louisas might have been chosen but im honored to be the one. This book also is one of my favorite books that ive read this year, i love this book very deeply, not just because o