Meet, Mingle, Read: Up: a Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure

The Director’s “Meet, Mingle, Read” series continues! Join us in welcoming author

Patricia Ellis Herr who will discuss her new book, Up: a Mother and Daughter's (Random House).

When Trish Herr became pregnant with her first daughter, Alex, she and

her husband, Hugh, vowed to instill a bond with nature in their

children. By the time Alex was five, her over-the-top energy levels led

Trish to believe that her very young daughter might be capable of hiking

adult-sized mountains.

In Up, Trish recounts their always exhilarating--and sometimes

harrowing--adventures climbing all forty-eight of New Hampshire's

highest mountains. Readers will delight in the expansive views and

fresh air that only peakbaggers are afforded, and will laugh out loud as

Trish urges herself to "mother up" when she and Alex meet an

ornery--and alarmingly bold--spruce grouse on the trail. This is, at

heart, a resonant, emotionally honest account of a mother's

determination to foster independence and fearlessness in her daughter,

to teach her "that small doesn't necessarily mean weak; that girls can

be strong; and that big, bold things are possible."

All are invited to attend this free program. Books will be available for purchase from The Harvard Coop Bookstore. Light refreshments will be served.