Geoff Gehman: The Kingdom of the Kid Book Talk & Signing

John Mitty Friday, July 5, 2013

The Bridgehampton Museum will be hosting Geoff Gehman upon the release of his memoir, "The Kingdom of the Kid," about growing up on the East End, circa 1967-1972.  The talk will take place at the Corwith House Museum, 2368 Montauk Highway, in downtown Bridgehampton, on Sunday, July 14^th, at 2pm. All are welcome and admission is free.

The book covers the six packed years when Geoff received all his major passions. There are chapters on everyone from Carl Yastrzemski to Truman Capote, and everything from the Bridgehampton Race Circuit to the Georgica Association--when it actually had a middle-class core. One of the most significant characters is his father, a schmoozing, boozing social bulldozer who taught Gehman to throw a curve ball, sing barbershop harmony and ignore class division. However, it was his father who ended Geoff’s time on the East End when he sold their house in Wainscott, without even informing the rest of the family.

The memoir can be described as a Baby Boomer coming-of-age tale about the beach, baseball, drive-in movies, rock 'n' roll, fast cars, faster women, alcoholism, divorce, suicide and redemption. Sprinkled throughout are also meditations on a special place at a special time, with immeasurable influence on a young, impressionable child.

Please join The Bridgehampton Museum in welcoming Geoff Gehman, and listening to memories we can all relate, or at least be entertained by, during a summer Sunday afternoon. Refreshments by Plain-T, a local artisanal tea boutique, will be provided.

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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