The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library Present

Carla Kaplan

Author of Troublemaker: the Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford

Thursday, October 15, 6:00 PM

Concord Free Public Library, Goodwin Forum, 129 Main Street

Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism.