Author Presentation: "River" by Leslie Day (Hybrid)
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Leslie Day's life changed forever when, in 1975, she moved to a tiny houseboat on the Hudson River at the 79th Street Boat Basin—a new home umbilically tied to Manhattan's Upper West Side. In her heartfelt memoir, River, Day reveals how she fell in love with and married her neighbor, a biology professor at Brooklyn College, and became a naturalist, educator, and author, while raising her son on the boat. As Day invites readers into the intimate and connective stories of the singular floating community on the river, the histories and the people of the Hudson flow along with the tides and currents of Day's life.s.
Join author Leslie Day as she offers you a unique look at life on and off the Hudson. River is a love letter to New York City, its famous waterway, as well as the environment around the people who shape it.
Leslie Day is the author of multiple New York City field guides, including Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City and Honeybee Hotel. A retired science teacher, she now leads classes at the New York Botanical Garden.