Release Night Reading & Signing: Kristin Tracy Porter, After the Shatter
October 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Release night, Friday, Oct 23
Release Night Reading & Signing: Kristin Tracy Porter, After the Shatter
When: Friday, October 23, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
Where: Chestnut Hill Coffee Company, 8640 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118
Cost: Free and open to the public; coffee and hors d’oeuvres
Contact: Kristine Skiff, kskiff@giftanauthor.com, 940-514-4148
When: Friday, October 23, 2026, 6–8 p.m.
Where: Chestnut Hill Coffee Company, 8640 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118
Cost: Free and open to the public; coffee and hors d’oeuvres
Contact: Kristine Skiff, kskiff@giftanauthor.com, 940-514-4148
Short description: Celebrate release day with former Chestnut Hill College disability director Kristin Tracy Porter as she reads from and signs her new memoir, After the Shatter: Reshaping the Face of Healing. Coffee and hors d’oeuvres provided.
Full description: At 22, two months from her college graduation, Kristin Tracy Porter survived a brainstem stroke that doctors said would kill her in five minutes. She woke up unable to move or speak, and was told she would never walk again. She went on to earn two master’s degrees, direct the Disability Resource Center at Chestnut Hill College from 2011 to 2018, and run her first 5K 21 years after the stroke. Celebrate release day with Kristin over coffee and hors d’oeuvres as she reads from her new memoir, After the Shatter: Reshaping the Face of Healing, and signs copies.
Book trailer: https://youtu.be/Eo0wGRPFeys