Childhood issues and environmental injustice at Third Place Books

A couple of intense and introspective books at Third Place Books this week should make for interesting author presentations. Third Place Books is on the upper level of Town Center at the intersection of Ballinger Way and Bothell Way in Lake Forest Park.

Melissa Cistaro

Pieces of My Mother (Sourcebooks)

Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm

Haunting yet ultimately uplifting, Pieces of My Mother chronicles one woman’s quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa’s tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother’s final days, Cistaro’s memoir reveals how our parents’ choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths.

David Gessner

All the Wild That Remains (W.W. Norton)

Thursday, May 21 at 7pm

All the Wild That Remains is an homage to the West and to two great writers, Edward Abbey and Wallace Stegner. Gessner takes us on an inspiring, entertaining journey as he renews his own commitment to cultivating a meaningful relationship with the wild, confronting American overconsumption, and fighting environmental injustice all while reawakening the thrill of the words of his two great heroes.