Local author Gail Straub has lived in her home perched on the edge of the Ashokan Reservoir for forty-four years. And she has also travelled and worked all over the world. Join Gail for a book reading and signing about her critically acclaimed new book , Home Inside the Globe: Embracing Our Common Humanity. In a world run amuck with seemingly irreparable differences and conflicts, Gail Straub’s memoir offers an antidote. As a seeker on pilgrimage across the Sahara with indigenous Tuaregs, trekking off the beaten trail high in the Himalayas, the intrepid Straub seeks out all that is different so that she can become whole. Here out beyond man-made political borders, she finds a boundless realm where we connect as human beings transcending nationality, skin color, gender, socio-economic status, and religion. Home Inside the Globe is an invitation to awaken as individuals so that we can fully participate in creating a better world for all people.

Gail Straub is the author of eight award-winning books, including the best-selling Empowerment, coauthored with David Gershon, the critically acclaimed The Rhythm of Compassion; her feminist memoir Returning to My Mother’s House; and her celebrated nature writing The Ashokan Way. Gail cofounded the Empowerment Institute in 1981. A leading authority on women’s empowerment, she cofounded IMAGINE: A Global Initiative to help women heal from violence and contribute to their community. IMAGINE initiatives taken root throughout Africa, India, and the Middle East, where they have impacted several million lives. Gail lives with her husband in the Hudson Valley in New York.