Devon Jersild's "Luminous Bodies"

Join Vermont Book Shop for an evening with Weybridge author and psychologist Devon Jersild to celebrate the launch of her debut novel Luminous Bodies.

A reception with light fare and a cash bar will follow the event. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Based on years of meticulous research, Luminous Bodies explores the intimate aspects of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie’s life as only good fiction can.

Jersild’s psychologically rich narrative follows Curie from her girlhood in Poland during the Russian occupation through the myriad complications of her adult life: marriage, motherhood, widowhood, and a love affair that resulted in her ostracization from both society and her beloved scientific community. Stretching beyond the mythical image of Curie as a woman of drive and consequence, Luminous Bodies invites the reader to experience her deeply personal losses and the loss of faith she suffered in the face of a pitiless patriarchy. Most critically, Jersild portrays a woman who managed to live a rich emotional and intellectual life in spite of tremendous struggles, a woman who triumphed against almost unimaginable odds.

Books will be available for purchase and signing after the event. A reception will follow.

This event is presented in partnership with Town Hall Theater.