Robert Kolker Talk & Book Signing

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Robert Kolker joins a reception and conversation about his book “The Vanishing Family.”

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Join for a reception & conversation with NYT bestselling author Robert Kolker, about his book "The Vanishing Family." All are welcome! About the book: In Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nine siblings watch their young mother become withdrawn, neglectful, and unrecognizable. Journalist Robert Kolker’s The Vanishing Family , a follow-up to Hidden Valley Road , reveals a genetic mutation causing dementia that can strike as early as the forties, stripping away inhibitions and personality, with a fifty-fifty chance of passing to each child. As the siblings begin changing one by one, Sue finds her calling in caring for them, and Barb searches for a cure. Kolker weaves in the science of frontotemporal dementia, which could lead to breakthroughs against all dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Moving and unexpectedly hopeful, it’s both a family story and a medical detective story. Robert Kolker is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road , named an Oprah’s Book Club Pick, a New York Times Book Review Top 10 book of the year, a GQ Best Book of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century. His first book was Lost Girls , named a New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2013. -------- At 5:30 p.m. , we'll have a casual reception with drinks for purchase.

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