BOOK DIGEST || Writers meeting set at Peaberry’s

Writers meeting set at Peaberry’s

CANFIELD

Area writers, both published and unpublished, are invited to the next meeting of Monday Night Writers, to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Peaberry’s Cafe, 4350 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Led by professional writer Nancy Christie, author of “Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories,” the two-hour session includes a mix of writing exercises, information on the creative and business aspects of writing and group feedback on works-in-progress.

Plans for the upcoming “Celebrate Short Fiction” Day also will be discussed.

The fee is $10 per class, and registration is preferred.

For information, contact Nancy Christie at 330-793-3675 or at nancy@nancychristie.com.

Fiancee of Ebola victim has book deal

NEW YORK

The fiancee of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has a book deal.

Louise Troh’s memoir is scheduled for April 28, to be published jointly by The Weinstein Co. and The Perseus Book Group. Weinstein tells The Associated Press the book currently is untitled.

Duncan died Oct. 8 and remains the only Ebola patient in the U.S. to die. The Liberian man initially was sent home from the emergency room of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas with antibiotics, something hospital administrators have acknowledged was a mistake.

Duncan’s family recently reached a settlement with the hospital, but Troh was not involved.

In a statement issued last week, Troh says the book will tell of her life with Duncan and how her faith had been “tested but not broken.”

Staff/wire reports