Yvonne Wakefield will present readings from her recently published memoir, Suitcase Filled with Nails, about teaching art to young Muslim women in Kuwait on Friday.
She will read from and discuss the book at 7 p.m. at the Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St.
Admission is free, while signed copies of Suitcase will be available for purchase.
The author will give two more readings over the coming week: at 10 a.m. Saturday at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave. in Port Townsend; and finally at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St. in Sequim.
Wakefield, an artist and former art instructor in Sequim’s elementary schools, spent six years teaching at Kuwait University’s Women’s College.
For more information about Wakefield’s life and art, visit www.YvonnePepinWakefield.com.
Her book is available through AuthorCloud Publishers at www.AuthorCloud.com.