Date	Location
Thursday, April 7th, 2005 12:00 noon EST	Swans Cafe Boston Park Plaza Hotel Boston, MA Patricia Brooks will apear live on the The Literati Scene TV show, right in this famous Boston Hotel.  Hosts Smoki Bacon and Dick Concannon will be discussing Brooks' historical novel, "Mountain Shadows." You're invited to come to the taping of this show. After the show there will be an opportunity to talk to the author. Can't be there in person? The show can be seen on the following TV channels: Channel 23 Boston Channel 3 Brookline, Everett, Quincy, Somerville Channel 10 Cambridge, Cohasset, Hanover, Hingham, Norwell, Scituate Channel 8 Lowell Comcast Channel 15 Newton RCN Channel 15 Newton Channel 36 Fitchburg
Friday, April 29th, 2005 12:00 am EST	Sound View Community Media Bridgeport, CT with Niki Dera, host of "Niki At Noon" http://www.soundviewtv.org/

Date	Location
Friday, February 12th, 2005 10:00 to 12:00 am EST	Food For Thought Gulf Side Shopping Center 5800 Overseas Hwy Marathon, FL
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005 6:00 to 8:00 pm EST	RealEyes Bookstore 3306-A N. Davidson Charlotte, North Carolina 28205
Wednesday, March 10th 2005 3:00 pm EST	"Senior Life Styles" Interview: "How to Make the Most of an Empty Nest" Jupiter, FL
Monday, April 4th, 2005 10:00 am EST	Borders Book Store Trumbull, CT Contact Diane at 203-256-1619 It's not too late to join the Borders Book Discussion group that will be reading MOUNTAIN SHADOWS in March. There will be one on one discussions and reading with the author.
Tuesday, April 5th, 2005 7:00 pm EST	East Lyme Public Library E. Lyme, CT
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 6:30 pm — 7:30 pm EST	Beardsley & Memorial Library 40 Monroe Pl. Winsted, CT
Thursday, April 14th, 2005 2:00 pm EST	Ora Mason Library West Haven, CT
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005 7:00 pm EST	Meriden Public Library Meriden, CT
Monday, April 27th, 2005 6:30 pm to7:30 pm EST	Borders Book Store Trumbull, CT
Wednesday, May 18th, 2005 7:00 pm EST	New Fairfield Library New Fairfield, CT
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 7:00 pm EST	East Haven Hagaman Memorial Library E. Haven, CT
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005 7:00 pm EST	Borders Books Trumbull, CT Authors' round table discussion group.
Saturday, July 2nd, 2005 noon-2:00 pm EST	Franklin Country Historical Society and Museum Malone, NY Book signing and reading. Enjoy an ice cream sundae while visiting with Patricia Brooks during the Ice Cream Social sponsored by the Franklin Country Historical Society and Museum.
Saturday, July 9th, 2005 5:00 pm EST	Falls Village Library Falls Village, CT Contact Erica Jehcyk at 860-824-7424 It's not too late to join the Borders Book Discussion group that will be reading MOUNTAIN SHADOWS in March. There will be one on one discussions and reading with the author.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 7-9:00 pm EST	Hoss's Country Corner Long Lake, CT Authors Night
Friday, September 9th, 2005 5:30 pm EST	Kent, CT Library Kent, CT Contact Joanna Kelly at 860-927-3761 It's not too late to join the Borders Book Discussion group that will be reading MOUNTAIN SHADOWS in March. There will be one on one discussions and reading with the author.
Saturday, September 17th, 2005 10 am - 11 pm EST Sunday, September 18th, 2005 11 am - 7 pm EST	"Boats Books and Brushes with Taste" Literary, Art, Maritime and Food Festival New London, CT Waterfront (Near intersection of State St. and Water St.) http://www.boatsbooksandbrushes.com/

You can purchase "Mountain Shadows" at the following locations:

Snapshot in History : Tuberculosis
"TB is spread when airborne droplets containing the organism are inhaled. An infected person expels the droplets by coughing, sneezing, talking or singing. These droplets can remain airborne and dangerous for hours after the cough or sneeze." (www.aarc.org)

"Nearly one-third of the world’s population is infected with Tuberculosis (TB), which kills almost 3 million people per year. TB causes more deaths than any other infectious agent in the world."
(www.osha.gov/SLTC/tuberculosis)

One thought quite a bit before giving a girl with TB a kiss on the lips. Many doctors suggested using gauze between the lips if kissing were necessary. From this ban on kissing, the practice of "Cousining" was born. (Chapter __)

Children always stayed on the other side of the room while visiting a tubercular parent.

Before the advent of streptomycin in the mid-forties, the basic cure consisted of rest of body and mind, lots to eat, and sitting on open air porches for at least 8 hours a day regardless of the weather. Some patients, in their desire to hasten recovery, opted to "Freeze It Out" which meant bundling up with only their noses exposed, and spending the below zero winter nights on a cure chair on an open porch with the promise that one winter was worth two summers.

When these simple measures didn’t produce a cure, it was felt that a diseased lung needed to rest completely. There was a penumothoroaxy procedure for this. A hollow needle would be passed between the ribs and 400cc of air would be pumped into the pleural cavity. That would compress the lung to a fraction of its size. This would be a repeated procedure as the air would be absorbed in the bloodstream.

A permanent and extreme attempt would be to actually remove ribs. Patients would then lie flat with heavy shot bags on their chest, forcing the diseased lung to shut down.