Registration opens:
February 01st, 2027

A Conversation with Tory Henwood Hoen, Author of "Before I Forget" (Adults)

ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY EVENT - REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Celebrate the finale of Geneva's One Book, One Community event with author Tory Henwood Hoen. Learn about her writing process, characters, and more!

Geneva's sixth annual One Book, One Community event concludes with a dynamic presentation from author Tory Henwood Hoen. Before I Forget is her newest novel and tells the story of a young woman who returns home for the first time since she was a teenager to be her father's caretaker. While Cricket reconnects with her community and reconciles her past, her father's memory continues to fade.

This event is made possible with generous sponsorship by the Geneva Library Foundation. You can find more information here: https://www.genevalibraryfoundation.org. 

Visit the Library to pick up a copy of our One Book, One Community book selection. Copies will be available as giveaways and available for checkout starting Feb. 13, 2027. Giveaway copies are made possible by a generous donation from the Friends of the Geneva Public Library and are available while supplies last. Find out more about the Friends of the Library here: https://gpld.org/employment-volunteers. 

One Book, One Community is an annual community-wide reading event sponsored by Geneva Public Library and is dedicated to creating a shared conversation along through a range of related events and activities for Geneva residents. 

Praise for Before I Forget: 

"Tory Henwood Hoen approaches Alzheimer's with generosity, wonder, and tender-hearted storytelling. The result is an uplifting tale full of wisdom, healing, and deeply human, funny characters. When I got to the end, I had tears in my eyes and expansion in my heart." ―Rebecca Barry, author of Recipes for a Beautiful Life

"An emotional, tender, yet restorative read. What I liked most was that there wasn't just a focus on the loss of memory but the gaining of something, too. A wonderful and necessary reminder that whilst life’s worst cases can take away, the same cases can also give." ―Jessica George, New York Times bestselling author of Maame

"A tender, funny portrait of love in its myriad forms, Before I Forget cleverly examines the way memories can shape, challenge, and haunt us―but also inspire us to take charge of our own fates. Tory Henwood Hoen crafts a setting so vivid and sensory that you'll be longing to spend a lazy summer in the Adirondacks." ―Mikki Brammer, bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover

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