AUTHOR TALK WITH MAINE AUTHOR: MARIE THÉRÈSE MARTIN

Lewiston Public Library will host Author, Marie Thérèse Martin, to talk about her book, And Poison Fell from the Sky. This event is free and open to the public. The program will take place on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in the Jeanne Couture Room on the first floor.

Marie Thérèse Martin (Terry) grew up grateful for the paper mill that dominated the economy of her small Maine town. It was only years later, while working as a nurse, that she and her physician husband Joseph Edward “Doc” Martin came to believe that the area’s sky-high rates of lymphoma, pediatric cancer, and lung disease were caused by the smoke and chemicals billowing from the mill’s tall stacks both day and night. Together, they sounded an alarm no one wanted to hear — and began a decades-long fight to expose the devil’s bargain the community had struck with the mill, a fight that Terry continued even after Doc himself fell victim to cancer. The book includes a foreword by Kerri Arsenault, author of the book Mill Town, which includes Martin and her husband. The book is published by Maine publishing company, Islandport Press, and anyone interested in ordering her book before the event may do so through their website www.islandportpress.com.

Marie Thérèse Martin (Terry) is a Registered Nurse, originally from Rumford Maine. She experienced a life clouded by toxic emissions and saw firsthand the effects of a paper mill town on her community. Martin is the author of Le Visage de ma Grandmère, a mixed genre that looks at Acadian history and cuisine. She now lives in Hartford and has three children and several grandchildren. For more information about Marie Thérèse Martin, please visit her website at www.marietheresemartin.com.

The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street and Lisbon Street. More information on Thursday’s lecture is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.