Boston Book Festival

Stories of hope, courage, faith, and determination to rise above difficult and fraught beginnings are the subject of this memoir session. Tom Seeman’s Animals I Want to See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds, chronicles his childhood as one of fourteen kids and tracks his journey from teenage delinquent to student at Yale and Harvard. Nikkya Hargrove’s Mama: A Queer Black Women’s Story of a Family Lost and Found, reveals the power of faith and community in overcoming generational trauma, difficulties posed by the court system, and her personal journey as a black, queer woman taking on the responsibility of caring for her half-brother. Wonderland: A Tale of Hustling Hard and Breaking Even, by Nicole Treska, is a story of growing up in a family of mobsters in the Winter Hill gang and how Treska reconciles with her past and its impact. This inspiring session will be moderated by Tina Cassidy, Chief Marketing Officer at GBH and author of Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait?