Come join Vibha Akkaraju as she converses with Martha Gies, author of Broken Open (Trail to Table, 2024), a memoir told in 18 essays. The discussion and reading will take place in person at Books Inc, Mountain View, on Friday, Oct 25, at 7 pm. Gies has been writing, publishing, and teaching in Oregon for more than 50 years. Her previous book, Up All Night, was called “a fine example of living, breathing oral history,” by Booklist, and “intriguing” and “stirring” by Publisher’s Weekly. More info here.