Library to host journalist Sheehy
Gail Sheehy, writer of 17 books, and many magazine and newspaper articles, will be speaking at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library at the end of the month.
Her career started writing for the New York Herald Tribune, and extended to interviewing Robert Kennedy while he was a candidate for president before he was assassinated in 1968. Eight years later, she wrote ‘Passages’, which the Library of Congress names as one of the ten most influential books of our times.
President of the library’s Friends group, Irene Levy, commented that the library is thrilled and honored to have Sheehy speak, adding that she was pioneer for female writers, writing about the conflicts in the world such as Northern Ireland in the 1970s and then inspiring women with ‘Passages’, encouraging them to take another view at their lives and see other opportunities available to them.
Sheehy inspires her audiences to do something daring, regardless of their age. She usually speaks about being young, midlife, being older and then starting over from a divorce, losing a job, and similar events.
Sheehy was born and raised in Mamaroneck in Westchester County and earned a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University.
Her talk is scheduled for June 24 at 2:00 pm. Attendees will get the chance to speak with Sheehy after her talk and discuss their own experiences and potential ideas for writing about them. Pictures taken with Sheehy could make great postcard printing projects.
Her career started writing for the New York Herald Tribune, and extended to interviewing Robert Kennedy while he was a candidate for president before he was assassinated in 1968. Eight years later, she wrote ‘Passages’, which the Library of Congress names as one of the ten most influential books of our times.
President of the library’s Friends group, Irene Levy, commented that the library is thrilled and honored to have Sheehy speak, adding that she was pioneer for female writers, writing about the conflicts in the world such as Northern Ireland in the 1970s and then inspiring women with ‘Passages’, encouraging them to take another view at their lives and see other opportunities available to them.
Sheehy inspires her audiences to do something daring, regardless of their age. She usually speaks about being young, midlife, being older and then starting over from a divorce, losing a job, and similar events.
Sheehy was born and raised in Mamaroneck in Westchester County and earned a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University.
Her talk is scheduled for June 24 at 2:00 pm. Attendees will get the chance to speak with Sheehy after her talk and discuss their own experiences and potential ideas for writing about them. Pictures taken with Sheehy could make great postcard printing projects.