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Meet Peter Lovenheim

October 16, 2019 @ EST 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Presentation, Q & A, and Book Signing 
Valley Manor, 1570 East Ave., Rochester, NY
Free and Open to the public


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Join Valley Manor residents and neighbors and meet award-winning journalist and author Peter Lovenheim, who will present on his latest book of nonfiction, The Attachment Effect, an exploration of how early bonds with parents shape our personalities, relationships, and lives.

Peter Lovenheim is an author and journalist whose articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Parade, Politico, The Washington Post, and other publications. He is Washington Correspondent for the Rochester Beacon, an online source of news and commentary for his hometown of Rochester, NY.

His books of non-fiction include The Attachment Effect (2018), an exploration of how early bonds with parents shape personality throughout life, In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time, (2012) winner of a Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the First Annual Zócalo Public Square Book Prize, and Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf, (2002) a first-hand attempt to understand the food chain, and three other books.

Lovenheim holds a degree in journalism, summa cum laude, from Boston University, and in law from Cornell Law School. He teaches narrative non-fiction at The Writers Center in Bethesda, MD and splits his time between Rochester and Washington, DC.

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Date:
October 16, 2019
Time:
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Host

Writers & Books
Phone
(585) 473-2590
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Venue

Valley Manor
1570 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14610 United States
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