A discussion on the authors’ latest: Shetterly’s ‘Gulf of Lions’ & Simon’s ‘Ulysses S. Cat’

Two writers and old friends, Caitlin Shetterly and Scott Simon, will come together for an unusual evening of celebrating family, forgiveness, and the art of telling stories.

Caitlin Shetterly’s latest novel The Gulf of Lions, is set in France and explores motherhood, cancer, daughters, love, and the ways the stories we tell become the fabric of our lives. She’ll be joined by NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon, whose forthcoming book, Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known, is a charming and poignant collection of vignettes about the animals who have shaped his life and the deep, often surprising bonds between humans and animals.

Together, and in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo, they’ll explore such themes as living in France, memory, storytelling, and the relationships, human and animal alike, that accompany us through our lives. This promises to be the kind of evening we all need so badly right now: A warm, life-affirming, and lively discussion about writing, friendship, and the experiences that not only shape a story but make us better people along the way.

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