The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter with Lenore Skomal & Nico Raineau

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Author Lenore Skomal and filmmaker Nico Raineau will be at the library to discuss her biography of the incredible Ida Lewis, soon to be adapted into a major motion picture.

 

Born in 1842, Ida Lewis assumed the keeping of Line Rock Light in Newport, RI at the tender age of 15. Set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil and progress, including the Civil War and the women's suffrage movement, Ida's seemingly unexceptional life took a drastic turn when the world discovered that she's been silently saving the lives of countless sailors. She became an overnight sensation, something she never wanted nor got accustomed to.