Politics and Prose to Host the Author of "Life List"

Please join the author of Life List: A Woman's Quest For the World's Most Amazing Birds (the new biography of birder Phoebe Snetsinger) for a very special evening at Politics & Prose!

On Thursday, July 9 at 7 pm, Olivia Gentile, the author of Life List and a D.C. native, will talk about the book at Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW. Olivia's husband, political satirist Andy Borowitz, will warm up the crowd with some standup, then interview Olivia and invite questions from the audience.

Phoebe Snetsinger had planned to be a scientist, but, like most women who got married in the 1950s, she ended up keeping house, with four kids and a home in the suburbs by her mid-thirties. Numb and isolated, she turned to birdwatching, but she soon tired of the birds near home and yearned to travel the world. Then her life took a crushing turn: At forty-nine, she was told she had cancer and less than a year to live. Devastated, she began crisscrossing the globe, finding rare and spectacular birds that brought her to the heights of spiritual ecstasy. But against all odds, she didn't get sick. She eventually took hundreds of trips to all seven continents, often risking her life in remote, rugged places. She became a hero in the birding world and the first person to see eight thousand species--disregarding the cost to her family, her health, and her safety. Life List is a provocative and powerful portrait of a woman who found refuge from society's expectations in a dangerous and soul-stirring obsession.

Link to Olivia's site: www.oliviagentile.com

Link to Andy's site: www.borowitzreport.com

Link to Politics & Prose: www.politics-prose.com

Location

Politics & Prose

5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC