The Book

Happy Landings: Emilie Loring's Life, Writing, and Wisdom
Patti Bender
City Point Press, March 14, 2023
(distributed by Simon & Schuster)

Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom shares this best-selling author’s uplifting story for the first time. With never-before-published photographs, privileged access to the Loring family archives, and twenty years of meticulous research, Patti Bender reveals a woman who lived as she wrote, with intelligence, humor, and wisdom.

“After all, living is the greatest thing any of us have to do. Why not make an art of it?”—Emilie Loring

This is a woman’s story in swiftly changing times for women; a charming story with little- known anecdotes about prominent authors; and the story of a writer in the making, with advice and encouragement for aspiring authors.


Articles and Reviews

Click to read:

Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom – Review,” Martha Wolfe, Women Writers Women’s Books

“Revisiting Emilie Loring’s Tales of Romance and Adventure,” Jennifer Osborn, Ellsworth American

Book Review, “Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom,” Constance Martin, Staircase Wit

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WATCH THIS BOOK TALK, recorded at Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, Maine; August 3, 2023.