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Saturday October 20, 2018

The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles: A Love Story

When Bloomberg journalist Mark Pittman suddenly died, his widow spent four summers driving 31,152 miles searching for answers.

In her fearless memoir, The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles: A Love Story, author Laura Fahrenthold presents a moving portrait of marriage, motherhood and mourning as she captains a 1993 RV sprinkling her husband's ashes with their two young daughters and a stray dog in an epic quest for healing and understanding.

Filled with insight and wit from a career in journalism, the story captures the family's adventures and misadventures, her deeply layered love story, and her hilarious slice-of-life dispatches where the pink steering wheel becomes her spiritual GPS.

The National Press Club featured the book at its 41st annual Book Fair and Authors' Night on Nov. 2, 2018.

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