"Blowin' in the Wind": Can Life Be as Simple as Making a Wish?

On Sunday, February 2, from 3:30-4:30pm, Joel Samberg, author of Blowin’ in the Wind, will host an Author Talk at the Storyteller’s Cottage to discuss his book. Admission includes light refreshments, and Joel will have signed copies of his book available for purchase. Tickets are just $5 and can be purchased here: https://www.storytellerscottage.com/bookings-checkout/author-talk-with-joel-samberg

ABOUT THE BOOK: Nine-year-old Daniel Hillman, a musical prodigy on Long Island, knows he’ll be the first preteen in history to write, arrange, and perform his own hit album, even though there are many other things he’d like to do. He knows that his older brother Steven will become the first teenager to circumnavigate the globe, his terrible school grades notwithstanding. He knows that his sister Lori is destined to become something great, even though she cries almost every day in school and is an emotional wreck.

What Daniel does not know is that life can get in the way. Parents. Cheaters. Vietnam. Jealousy. Desire. If Daniel’s journey proves anything at all, it’s that life can be as hard and painful as having your insides kicked out by circumstances beyond your control, or as simple and carefree as looking up and making a wish. Maybe both.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joel Samberg, an Avon, CT, resident, is an an author, journalist, and public relations/corporate communications copywriter. He began writing professionally at age 17, as a stringer for his hometown newspaper, and continued as a student journalist at Hofstra University, from which he graduated in 1979 with a degree in communication arts. He began his career as an assistant editor on a video trade magazine. He then moved into marketing communications for several firms as an account executive, public relations manager, and employee communications writer. As a journalist, his work has appeared in over 20 magazines, and he has been a guest commentator on several documentaries and radio programs.

Joel is the author of two novels, Blowin’ in the Wind and Remember Me to Herald Square, and five non-fiction books, including Some Kind of Lonely Clown: The Music, Memories, and Melancholy Lives of Karen Carpenter and Smack in the Middle: My Turbulent Time Treating Heroin Addicts at Odyssey House. In addition, Joel contributes to his own literary blog, “Hey, You Never Know.”

The Storyteller’s Cottage is located in a vintage Victorian house in the center of historic Simsbury, CT, and hosts all manner of immersive literary events throughout the year, including Agatha Christie inspired live murder mystery parties, Great Gatsby themed Jazz Supper Clubs, fascinating close-up illusions at Fine Parlor Magic nights, a Literary Dinner Party series on select evenings at midnight, and more.

The Storyteller's Cottage is located at 750 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Parking for The Storyteller's Cottage is free, and is available on the street in front of the building, and in the Fiddler's Green parking lot on Wilcox Street (behind the house). For more information, please call 860-877-6099 or visit www.StorytellersCottage.com.