Still Here: A Sweeping Tale of Two Strong Women in 1676

On Sunday, March 8, from 2:00-3:00pm, Christine Duffy Zerillo, author of Still Here, will host an Author Talk at the Storyteller’s Cottage to discuss her book. Admission includes light refreshments, and Christine will have signed copies of her book available for purchase. Tickets are just $5 and can be purchased here: https://www.storytellerscottage.com/bookings-checkout/author-talk-with-chris-zerillo

ABOUT THE BOOK: Still Here presents a sweeping tale of two strong women, Mary Rowlandson, a minister’s wife captured in an Indian raid in Lancaster, Massachusetts, during King Philip’s War in 1676, and her captor, Sachem Weetamoo of the Pocasset Wampanoags. Based on Rowlandson’s own bestselling captivity narrative in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1682, “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God,” this novel reveals how their independence, strength, and spirituality supported and divided these two enemies through the loss of home, friends, and family as their cultures collided in the deadliest war of their time.

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.