The Fairfield Public Library will be hosting Roxanne Bok, author of Horsekeeping on Wednesday, April 25. The author visit will begin with an introduction by Geoffrey Morris, Fairfield Magazine at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Room of the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road.
Why would a successful urban couple, accustomed to clean, controlled and orderly living, take on the task of restoring a nearly collapsed empty barn and multiple sagging outbuildings, sixty tired acres littered with decayed fencing, and pastures deep in standing water, and try to turn it all into a thriving horse farm? Initially motivated only by a city dweller’s fantasy and obscure memories of childhood visits to the country, Roxanne Bok oversees the reconstruction of a thirty-seven stall barn and painstakingly discovers something about large animals and running a small business, as well as much about herself. Follow an equine novice as she leads her equally naïve family in an eighteen-month effort to breathe life back into a once great horse farm in rural New England. Roxanne Bok learns it all the hard way, from the agony of repeatedly being tossed off a beloved horse, to the thrill of winning a blue ribbon, and everything in between.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Advanced registration is required due to the limited space. All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free of charge. For more information and to register for this event call 203-256-3160, or visit us on the web www.fairfieldpubliclibray.org . Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.
