Join the Reading Circle Book Club for an online discussion with author Ashley C. Ford. She will discuss her book "Somebody's Daughter", a memoir about her childhood growing up poor in Indiana and her complicated relationships with her mother, her grandmother, and her own body. A Q&A will follow.

To get the Zoom meeting link, call 765-747-8209 or 765-747-8204.

About Ashley C. Ford, taken from ashleycford.net:

Ashley C. Ford is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was raised by her mother and grandmother. Ford graduated in 2011 with a degree in English from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

The author of the New York Times Bestselling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, published by Flatiron Books on June 1, 2021. Ford is the former host of The Chronicles of Now podcast, co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, seasons one & three of MasterCard’s Fortune Favors The Bold, as well as the video interview series PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show, 112BK. 

Ford has written or guest-edited for The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, OUT Magazine, Mailchimp Presents, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Netflix Queue, Domino, Cup of Jo, and various other web and print publications. She's taught creative nonfiction writing at The New School and Catapult.Co, and had her work listed among Longform & Longread's Best of 2017. 

While working as an executive for Matter Studios, Ford focused on developing web series and documentaries. She was also the host of the first season of Audible's literary interview series, Authorized. She has been named among Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Media (2017), Brooklyn Magazine's Brooklyn 100 (2016), Time Out New York's New Yorkers of The Year (2017), and Variety’s New Power of New York (2019).