Gaines Steer: A Story Worth Tellin’: A Documented Memoir

Sun 3/21  2pm-3pm

Gaines Steer:

A Story Worth Tellin’: A Documented Memoir

Gaines Steer talks about his unconventional book, his memoir: A Story Worth Tellin’.  Written over a period of 58 years, the book presents Steer’s unusual style of “trustory  tellin’,” his personal blend of remembered facts along with the stories that have taken on a life of their own.  Lavishly illustrated in the style of The Whole Earth Catalog, with hundreds of documentarty-style graphic items, Steer supports his life’s stories with hard evidence: letters, photographs, school report cards, newspaper articles, journal entries, recording of dreams, and the actual notes taken by his Jungian therapist. 

By distilling one hundred brief “chapters” into nine Passages, Steer provides a poignant depiction of his life and times, inviting the reader to observe and participate as the man emerges from the boy searching for healing, purpose, and meaning.   His story is universal, presented with a definite Southern story-tellin’ style.

Gaines Steer is the leader of the Your Story Writer’s Group which meets every fourth Saturday 10am at Flyleaf Books.