Rock Needs River: A Memoir about an Open Adoption

Join us for to celebrate Vanessa McGrady’s moving memoir, Rock Needs River,  “an expressive and love-filled tale of adoption and of befriending the biological parents of the adopted child” (Kirkus).

Vanessa McGrady holds a BA from New York University and is a former radio and newspaper journalist, waitress, playwright, actor, bartender, owner of a dating service, and corporate communications and social media strategist. She writes about personal finance, feminist parenting, and health, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Jezebel, Forbes, Refinery29, Bust, and elsewhere.

Q&A and book signing to follow











When: Thu., Feb. 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Shakespeare & Co.
939 Lexington Ave. (corner of 69th St.)
212-772-3400
Price: Free
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Join us for to celebrate Vanessa McGrady’s moving memoir, Rock Needs River,  “an expressive and love-filled tale of adoption and of befriending the biological parents of the adopted child” (Kirkus).

Vanessa McGrady holds a BA from New York University and is a former radio and newspaper journalist, waitress, playwright, actor, bartender, owner of a dating service, and corporate communications and social media strategist. She writes about personal finance, feminist parenting, and health, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, O, the Oprah Magazine, Jezebel, Forbes, Refinery29, Bust, and elsewhere.

Q&A and book signing to follow

Buy tickets/get more info now