Ann Leary at the Cambridge Public Library

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome ANN LEARY—New York Times bestselling author of The Good House and The Foundling—for a discussion of her new essay collection I've Tried Being Nice. She will be joined in conversation by DENIS LEARY—stand-up comedian, actor, and husband of Ann Leary —and BETH TEITELL—feature-writer for the Boston Globe and author of From Here to Maternity and Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth.

Ticketing

RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of I've Tried Being Nice and pick it up at the event. Ann Leary will sign copies of her new book after the presentation.

About I've Tried Being Nice

Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home bat invasions, an obsession with online personality tests, and the mortification of taking ballroom dance lessons with her actor husband. She describes hilarious red-carpet fiascos and other observations from the sidelines of fame, while also touching upon her more poignant struggles with alcoholism, her love for her family, her dogs, and so much more.

Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe and revel in the comically relatable chaos of Ann Leary’s life as revealed in this delighful collection of essays.