The Library is pleased to host Dr. Catherine Musemeche, author of Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and Marine Scientists who Helped Win World War II, on Friday, March 31st at 1pm.

Lethal Tides tells the story of the virtually unknown Mary Sears, “the first oceanographer of the Navy,” whose groundbreaking oceanographic research led the U.S. to victory in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Praise for Lethal Tides: “Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an action novel. Catherine Musemeche has brought to life the incredible work of the scientists and researchers who made such a remarkable contribution to America’s war effort in the Pacific theater during WWII.” —Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy, Ret.), #1 New York Times bestselling author of Make Your Bed and The Hero Code.

About the author: It takes a decade of training to become a pediatric surgeon. Catherine Musemeche has been one for twenty years.

Dr. Musemeche has been an associate professor of surgery at major medical schools and hospitals and has cared for thousands of critically ill and injured children from newborns to teenagers. Dr Musemeche is the author of Hurt: the Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma, which explores the topic of injury from the viewpoint of doctors, rescuers, patients and their families. Hurt walks us through the development of today’s advanced trauma centers and demonstrates in graphic detail why they are essential in surviving complex injuries. She is also the author of Small: Life and Death on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Musemeche’s riveting account of life as a pediatric surgeon published by University Press of New England in 2014 has been nominated for the PEN American/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Award.

Dr. Musemeche is also the author of “Wake-Up Call,” which was excerpted on the NPR website and included in At the End of Life: True Stories of How We Die. Read an Interview about “Wake Up Call.”

Catherine Musemeche is a guest contributor to the New York Times Motherlode column. Her essay, “Lessons,” appeared in the journal Creative Nonfiction, Sept. 2015.