Author Spotlight Lunch Pail Series Bulletin

Reminder: Happening

Friday, 9/19 at Noon!

OLLI's Author Spotlight Lunch Pail Series

is Happening Next Friday on Zoom!

Friday, September 19th 2025 at 12pm (Noon)

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

LUNCH PAIL SERIES TOPIC:


– Memoir –


"Pieces Falling –

A 9/11 Survivor Memoir"


Featuring...



Author, Ann Vane Hine

(pictured below)

About the Author

Bio: Ann Van Hine lost her husband, a New York City firefighter, on 9-11. She has spoken to school groups about experiencing personal loss amid a national tragedy, led walking tours of the National 9/11 Memorial, and participated in a hearing at the European Parliament. Her story will be included in the Netflix documentary Turning Point 9/11. Ann believes that the stories of September 11, 2001 are like a mosaic. The stories don’t fit together like a puzzle. Instead, they lay next to each other to form the larger narrative of what happened that day and since. As the author of Pieces Falling: Navigating 9/11 with Faith, Family & the FDNY, Ann believes in the importance of humanizing history.

Purchase or View Pieces Falling – A 9/11 Survivor Memoir on Amazon.com: Click Here

 

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September 19 – Ann Van Hine – Pieces Falling – A 9/11 Survivor Memoir

Book: As a wife and mom, church volunteer, and small business owner, Ann Van Hine prided herself on being in control of her life. Until 9/11. Pieces Falling is Ann’s story of navigating the very personal loss of her husband, Bruce—a New York City firefighter who died on 9/11—amid the very public tragedy that shocked the world. Her poignant reflections help answer the questions:

  • How do you cope when life lies in pieces around you?
  • How do you begin to rebuild in the face of all that has been lost?
  • How do you commemorate the past while creating space for your future?

Ann’s journey parallels the evolution of Ground Zero from a place of death and destruction to the moving Memorial Plaza today and is a beautiful testament to the resilience of a woman, a family, and a nation.


→ Link to Ann Van Hine’s book trailer on YouTube for Pieces Falling: https://youtu.be/l6ipUBOXYp8?si=kVfZGh4nId5MaXR4



Guest: Ann Van Hine

Moderator: Joan Griffin

Date: Friday, September 19th 2025 at 12pm (Noon)-1pm

Location: Online via Zoom

SKU: FalALIT171

*Price of Admission: $5 Donation to SC Food Pantry

*Class Dates: 9/19 (only). 


*Membership Required. *Registration Required.

*Proceeds will be donated to the Sierra College Food Pantry.

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