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Author reading: Clare Hanrahan

Adrienne Little sent this invitation from our friends at Highland United Methodist Church

Join author Clare Hanrahan for a reading and book signing

The Half Life of a Free Radical: Growing Up Catholic in Jim Crow Memphis

Tuesday, November 15, 7 p.m.

Highland United Methodist Church
1901 Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC  27609

Clare Hanrahan will present her new book, and speak on the importance of telling one's story in the context of the political and social realities of the times.  Ms. Hanrahan lives in Asheville and is author of Jailed for Justice: A Woman’s Guide to Federal Prison, Conscience & Consequence: A Prison Memoir, and Dissenting Opinions and Public Addresses on Justice, Peace, & Consequences of Dissent. She is a member of the National Writers Union and North Carolina Writer’s Network.  Her most recent publication will be available at book signings and local book stores.

Praise for The Half Life of a Free Radical
“First and foremost this is an entertaining tale of childhood and adolescence told with great humor, honesty, and empathy.  But it’s also told by someone who became a peace and justice and environmentalist activist in later life, someone able to look back on the poverty, racism, militarism, sexism, and Catholicism of her youth with passion and perspective…” David Swanson, author of War is a Lie