Jane Keddy and Barbara Boudreau

Join us for a night of fun and reading of three completely different kinds of books! Jane Keddy and Barbara Boudreau are both charter members of The Finish Line, a writer’s group that formed in the fall of 2011 and continues today. Both women have published books, Boudreau’s novel, The Frenchman in 2013 and Keddy’s Serial Monogamy earlier this year. The third book is a sequel for The Frenchman called Death of the Frenchman, currently in the publication process. Serial Monogamy, a memoir, tells the story of Keddy’s search for the perfect mate and nuclear family. She outlines relationships along the way with intimate detail and poignant humor. The book is interspersed with journal entries and Keddy’s silk screen art, inspired by events in her life. The Frenchman and Death of the Frenchman are both page-turning capers that tell the story of Jean LaChance, an infamous talented thief who meets his match in the bleak California desert in the form of a young mother and her three children.

Jane Keddy is a printmaker and textile artist who has lived on Cape Ann for 35 years. She is a member of Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck where she shows her prints and hand-painted and dyed silk scarves. Her memoir was seven years in the making and follows her life path from the late sixties to the early nineties, as she searches for love and connection.

Barbara Boudreau’s love of music and nature have guided her through life. With a background in nature and conservation, interwoven with music, she traveled throughout the world and lived for six years in Hiroshima, Japan. She settled in Gloucester with her jazz drummer and sailor husband, Al. Together, they keep America’s original art form alive. She is a state regional interpretive coordinator, and a Certified Interpretive Guide, interpreting natural, cultural and historic resources of Massachusetts.

The Frenchman, Barbara’s first novel, was begun on board their sailing vessel in the Bahamas. A sequel, Death of the Frenchman is in the process of publication.