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SUMMARY:When Women Tell The Truth
DESCRIPTION:MANZANITA\, OREGON—What happens when women tell the truth? Fi
 nd out at a special event at Hoffman Center\, Wednesday\, September 18th\,
  4:00pm featuring Dena Taylor and her latest book\, “When A Woman Tells 
 The Truth\,” an anthology of creative works and writings about life by w
 omen in their 80s.\nAlong with Taylor\, seven local women—all over 80—
 will read their favorite pieces from this anthology. Readers will include 
 Liz Cole\, Claudia Johnson\, Julianne Johnson\, Linda Kozlowski\, Ann Morg
 an\, Leila Salmon and Suzanne Wallis. Glenna Cook\, a poet\, will be here 
 from Puyallup to read her selection from the book.\nA regular visitor to M
 anzanita for over 60+ years and a resident of Santa Cruz\, California for 
 over five decades Taylor has filled her post-retirement years with activis
 m\, writing\, extensive international travel\, obtaining her pilot’s lic
 ense\, and saying yes to unusual opportunities of all kinds from her circl
 e of life-long friends.\n“I turned 80 in March of 2021 and was talking t
 o a friend who had also recently turned 80. We discussed what that milesto
 ne meant to us\, and we wondered what other women were going through. We d
 ecided to find out and this book project was born\,” said Taylor.\n“I 
 am eager to share this book and conversation with the Nehalem Bay area com
 munity and look forward to hearing the amazing women—all in their 80s—
 who have stepped up to read at this event. This will be a fantastic opport
 unity for women and men to hear what older women have to say!”\nThe book
  is filled with funny\, heart-breaking\, tender\, sly\, angry and loving s
 tories\, poems\, essays and memoirs by poets\, professors\, Zen Buddhists\
 , theater directors\, French teachers\, jewelry artists\, union organizers
 \, midwives\, hospice workers—all women in their 80s. The honesty\, wisd
 om and humor contained in the book’s pages portray rich lives whose root
 s are still growing into the future.\nThe book will be available for sale 
 at the event and the author will be signing. Admission is $7 at the door\,
  Hoffman Center for the Arts\, 594 Laneda Avenue\, Manzanita.\n“When A W
 oman Tells The Truth” is Taylor’s ninth published book. Her other titl
 es include\, “Exclamation Points: Collected Poems\,” she co-authored w
 ith her daughter Becky Taylor “Tell Me The Number Before Infinity: The s
 tory of a girl with a quirky mind\, an eccentric family\, and oh yes\, a d
 isability\,” and several books on women’s issues. Dena Taylor complete
 d her graduate studies at Rutgers School of Social Work and is retired fro
 m careers in social work and education.\nFor more information contact Juli
 anne Johnson\, jjmanzanita@gmail.com.\n&nbsp\;
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