Charles Dubow [photo credit Tanya Malott]

Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m.

Charles Dubow, author of Indiscretion will be in conversation with his editor Henry Ferris.

Every love story has its time, place, and narrator—someone who puts together all the pieces and recounts the sequence of events. Indiscretion starts during an idyllic summer in the Hamptons where the parties are abuzz with an endless supply of flowing spirits, intellectual conversation, and warm hospitality, as only the glow of society could provide. It’s at one such party that the young, vibrant Claire is introduced to the hosts Harry and Madeleine Winslow—an intoxicatingly glamorous couple who quickly welcome Claire into their inner sanctum. Harry and Madeleine’s oldest friend Walter Gervais remembers the day Claire walked into all three of their lives, but could never have predicted all that was about to unfold. Indiscretion is a deeply layered, addictive novel that explores the consequences of decisions made and promises broken.

“Indiscretion richly delves into the complex permutations of love. Charles Dubow writes with nuanced precision, and his characters are captivatingly real. This is a fine, supple, riveting first novel.”—Kate Christenson, author of The Great Man and The Astral

About the Author

Charles Dubow was born in New York City and spent his summers at his family’s house on Georgica Pond in East Hampton. He was educated at Wesleyan University and New York University. He has worked as a roustabout, a lumberjack, a sheepherder in New Zealand, and a congressional aide, and was a founding editor of Forbes.com and later an editor at Businessweek.com. He lives in New York City with his wife, and two children.

Books will be available for purchase at this event. Refreshments will be served.

First Look Darien is our debut author series designed to spotlight first novels handpicked by our staff.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs available on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).

Presented by Leslie K Rogers and Debra Koenig

Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m.

The college process often becomes a "rite of passage" about gaining admission to the "right" school. Despite our best intentions, this process can create stress for the entire family and affect our child's self esteem. Colleges are telling us that we are sending them students who are academically but not emotionally prepared for their college experience.

This presentation offers parents the opportunity and tools to identify and effectively manage the anxiety associated with the college process. We CAN help our children develop the independence and confidence necessary to be resilient young adults, who can successfully make the transition to college and beyond, while maintaining strong bonds with their family. The college application process is ripe with opportunities that help our children hone these life skills.

This presentation will be led by facilitators who have "been there" numerous times and who can help bring a perspective that can help us while we are in the "thick of it."

Leslie K Rogers, LCSW is a psychotherapist with a specialty that includes couples and families. She has been teaching parenting skills for the past 13 years and has been through the college process five times.

Debra Koenig has over 12 years experience developing curriculum and facilitating parenting classes in Fairfield County. She is a JD currently studying for her Masters in Family Therapy at Fairfield University.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).

Becky Aikman, author of "Saturday Night Widows" was our featured speaker on Thursday, January 30, 2013.

One night in 2010, Becky Aikman convened the first meeting of what she called the “Saturday Night Widows”—a group of six women (she among them) shocked to find themselves widowed in the middle of their lives. Becky’s idea was to create an amateur support group to help one another not only past the toughest transition they’d ever made, but to reinvent themselves in the face of grief and build their lives anew.

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Dolcetti #1

December 11 - January 17

L. D. D’Isernia, a Rye New York native, has always been involved in the arts. As a young child she became involved in painting because of her great-grandfather, an accomplished lifetime oil painter in New York City. “I can remember him setting up his palette and asking me to help him.”

A graduate of Suny Purchase, she has continued to pursue her passion of painting. The charming scenery and upbeat palette are pulled from her imagination and experience. Today Laurie strictly studies with her mentor Laurel Stern Boeck, an accomplished award winning congressional oil painter. Working out of her studio “Little Squab” here in Darien, she collaborates with decorators and accepts commissioned paintings for clients. Laurie has ribboned paintings and shows her works in Bedford, New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and Greenwich, Connecticut.