Bessie’s Story, Watching the Lights Go Out, by Thomas Farmen, is an inspiring story about a charming, brave, chocolate Lab who gradually loses her eyesight.

The author leads the reader from the unexpected diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two and a half year transition to sightlessness. 

In the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high-wire act of growing older with grace and optimism.

Monday, October 28, at 7 PM at the William A. Bachelder Library, 12 Chase Hill Road, 304 Main Street, East Andover.