Contributed Report

FridayFeb7,2020at12:03AM

PETERSBURG Melissa Face will read selections from her new book, I Love You More Than Coffee: Essays on Parenthood and sign copies on Friday, Feb. 14 from 4-7 at the Historic Farmers Bank Museum, 19 Bollingbrook St.

In the collection she writes about the emotions parents experience: anticipation, joy, fear, guilt, and worry. New and seasoned parents will find common ground in Faces heartfelt, humorous, and authentic stories of her life with two young children.

Face, who lives with her family in Prince George, has written for numerous local and national publications, including Richmond Family Magazine, Boomer, Guideposts, Country Woman, Farm and Ranch Living, and twenty-one volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is a member of James River Writers and Hampton Roads Writers.

She has a Bachelor Arts degree in psychology from Coastal Carolina University and a Master of Arts in human resources development from Webster University. She also holds teaching certifications in English, special education, and gifted education.

She has had a varied career, including as a newspaper reporter, addictions counselor, and master control operator at a television station, and currently teaches world literature at the Appomattox Regional Governors School for the Arts and Technology.

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