Acclaimed author Dr. Samuel Shem (aka Dr. Stephen Bergman) will discuss his new book The Buddha's Wife, entertain questions and sign books at this special event presented in collaboration with Oblong Books & Music. Co-written with his wife Janet Surrey and published this summer, The Buddha's Wife, brings this rarely told story of Yasodhara-"She who stays"-and her community, to the forefront, offering a spiritual parable and portrait of these compelling and compassionate characters.