Erin Kate Ryan in Conversation with Alexis Schaitkin

The Chatham Bookstore presents Erin Kate Ryan in an author talk celebrating her new novel, “Quantum Girl Theory” on Saturday, October 22 at 6:00pm. Ryan will be in conversation with Alexis Schaitkin, author of “Elsewhere” and “Saint X.” The event is free, and advanced registration is not required. Light refreshments will be served. On December 1, 1946, Paula Jean Welden put on a bright red parka and disappeared from her dorm at Bennington College in Vermont. Eighteen, white, blonde, wealthy — she was never found. Each chapter of "Quantum Girl Theory" imagines a life Paula Jean Welden may have lived