Mourning mothers, authors to give book reading

Author and mourning mother Melissa Miles McCarter began editing “Joy, Interrupted: An Anthology on Motherhood and Loss,” six years after her daughter died of SIDS. At 7 p.m. Friday, June 7, McCarter will join co-author Margaret Kramer for a book reading at The Raven Bookstore, 6 E. Seventh St.

“Joy, Interrupted” is a collection of varying perspectives of maternal loss from authors and artists worldwide. Along with their book, McCarter and Kramer, a mother of a child with a disability, will share their experiences with motherhood.