The Library presents, in-person, Dr. Robert Reece, author of The Lewellyns from Vincennes, Wednesday, January 18th at 1pm. Dr. Reece will discuss his book, a story of a 20th century family whose lives are buffeted by personal losses, two world wars, the Great Depression, family tragedies and triumphs and the constant outside drumbeat of world events. Based on a true story, its tapestry is woven through with invention of scenes and fictionalized dialogue. It is ultimately a story of redemption and resilience. Donations are welcome.
Robert M. Reece, MD retired as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine and Director of Child Protection, Tufts Medical Center, Boston in 2010. He directed the Pediatric Emergency Room at Boston City Hospital from 1974-78 and the Child Protection Program there until 1989 while practicing pediatrics in Falmouth Massachusetts. He was medical director of the Child Protection Program at Boston Children’s Hospital from 1987-1989. In 1989 he began the Child Protection Program at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, returning to Boston and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 1993. From 1994 until 2010 he was a member of the pediatric faculty at Tufts Medical Center.

He is co-editor of three editions of Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management (AAP Publications); two editions of Child Abuse Treatment: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Practitioners, (Johns Hopkins University Press), and co-editor of Inflicted Childhood Neurotraumapublished by the AAP in 2003. He has published 48 peer-reviewed articles and 26 book chapters, edited The Quarterly Update from its founding in 1993 until 2017. He received awards from APSAC (Outstanding Professional in the Field of Child Maltreatment) in 1997; American Academy of Pediatrics (Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children) in 2000; and from the Helfer Society (Distinguished Contributions in the Field of Child Maltreatment) in 2003.