Fwd: May 15 at Book House in Albany

[Dan Wilcox]

I hope to be there & see you there too! --

DWx

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From: Cara Benson <caralyn...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Subject: May 15 at Book House in Albany
To: Cara Benson <caralyn...@gmail.com>

Hello Albany area friends!

(Sincerest apologies if you got this twice - please forgive a girl juggling a bunch of logistics right now.) I'm doing an event to support the publication of my upcoming memoir on May 15 at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. It's a Friday evening at 6 pm. I'll be in conversation with the amazing Amy Halloran. Please join us!

Here's a link to the event: https://bhny.com/event/2026-05-15/bh-cara-benson-signs-and-discusses-armsfull-birds-amy-halloran-friday-may-15th-6pm. If you haven't and are moved to pre-order the book, you can do it through Book House so they can have a guaranteed copy for you there that night. Scroll down the page at the link and you'll see an option to order it. 

Here's a quick bit about the book, though there is more info at the link. 

An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment is a literary memoir about addiction, recovery, losing a partner to suicide, and climate grief. It tells the story of developing deeply held commitments with honesty, compassion, and humor and provides timely and hopeful guidance for anyone struggling with the most urgent question facing civilization: can we commit to that which we are on the verge of losing?

Advance praise:

"I opened it up to read the first few pages and then spent 5 hours reading the rest. Beautifully done. Poignant, human, authentic.”—Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

"This is a book about many profound things, but one of them is healing, and in particular the healing possibilities of the physical world around us. Of course, as Benson recognizes, that healing needs to--and can--go both ways. A valuable book!"—Bill McKibben, author Here Comes the Sun

“Cara Benson feels everything so deeply and tells her stories so honestly. Part recovery story, part eco-travelogue, part grief memoir, An Armsfull of Birds is a nuanced, thoughtful book about what it means to live fully, even when that means surviving your most beloved people. A memoir that will break your heart and put it back together again.”—Amy Shearn, award-winning author of Animal Instinct and Unseen City 

Please feel free to spread the word! Writers and independent bookstores are good things to support. Just saying. 

Sending my best across the internet! And hope to see you in real life on the 15th. 

Warmly,

Cara

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An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment 

Now available for pre-order. 

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