Angie Abdou "Home Ice" Book Launch & Conversation

Join acclaimed author Angie Abdou in conversation with local literary talent Thomas Trofimuk as they discuss her new memoir Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom. This entertaining piece of narrative nonfiction charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insider's view of parenting today's young athlete in a competitive and high-pressure culture.