biographer with a different style an emotional range to tell the extraordinary story of lisa, catherine adams and also wonder and sadness. please join me in welcoming louisa and louisa. [applause]. >> hello everyone. thank you for coming. i am so happy to be here to talk about this book. also happy to be part of this book for louisa. if you like many other louisa's may have been chosen but i'm flattered to be the one. this book also is one of my favorite books that i have read this year. i'd love it very deeply. not just because of the pleasures of reading about someone with my own name, but also because i just found that as a biography it was more deeply invested in understanding the main character than any other biography i have read. i feel feel like this character louisa adams came alive for me and remains with me more than any other character in any book that i've read this year. i think luis it made so many fascinating decisions in this book, for me, the most interesting was the decision to explore the shifting of this character's mind, as much as she was exploring that fascinating fact