Mobile author and playwright Tom Perez will share readings from Volume Two of his mother's memoir, Hickory Goes to Heaven: A Love Story recently published in November. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, Perez will be at the Gulf Shores Library 10:30 a.m. to noon; and at the Foley Public Library 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Living to age 100 with humor and style takes faith and courage. Alyce Hicks Perez was blessed with both. Together with her husband Rappy, she was the epitome of what newsman Tom Brokaw calls “The Greatest Generation.”

Perez will dramatize excerpts from the book, both humorous and poignant. He promises to be appropriately outrageous.

Guests are encouraged to bring books already purchased for signing. Books will be available for purchase for interested patrons. Purchase not necessary.

Thomas Joseph Perez is a native of Mobile. A satirical playwright, he produces his works under the theater he founded in 1985, The South of the Salt Line Theatre . . . of Comedy, Satire and Deeper Meaning.

IF YOU GO:

“Hickory Goes to Heaven” by Thomas Joseph Perez

Reading and book-signing by Mobile author

Tuesday, Jan. 26

Gulf Shores Library: 10:30-noon

Foley Library: 2–4 p.m.

Admission is free