Local author featured at Bartleby’s November 14
Bartleby’s Books, 17 West Main Street, will host a reading and signing with Joyce Marcel, author of “Joyriding: Sex, Drugs and Adventure on the 1970’s Gringo Trail,” on Saturday, November 14, at 4pm. Joyce Marcel is an award-winning professional journalist and columnist who lives in Dummerston and writes about Vermont art, culture, politics, business, and music. For 34 years Marcel wrote for Vermont Business Magazine, now called VermontBiz, the state’s only news magazine. In 2000, 2017, and 2024, Marcel won the national Gold Award in profile writing from the Association of Area Business Publications.
At its heart, “Joyriding” is the narrative of a painfully shy 32-year-old woman who began traveling in 1974 after losing her career, her husband, and her unborn child at nearly the same time. With strength, courage, naiveté, and a measure of cluelessness, she created a new and adventurous persona on the road in South America. It includes several love stories and ends with a new career and, sadly, a broken heart.
Bartleby’s Books is open daily from10 am to 6 pm. Contact the store to order a copy of “Joyriding” or with any questions. Bartleby’s can be reached at (802) 464-5425, barbtbookvt@gmail.com or www.myvermontbookstore.com.
