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Healing chronic pain at the Roe-Jan library

COPAKE — Roeliff-Jansen Community Library is hosting Hillsdale resident Maria Socolof for a discussion of her memoir “Turning the Key: Unlocking the Mystery of my Chronic Pain,” Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m.

The memoir details Socolof’s journey healing her chronic pain caused by a ruptured disc in her neck.

Socolof is a former gymnast and scientist with a Master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Attendees will have a chance to win a free Audible audiobook copy of the memoir. The event is free and open to the public.

Roeliff Jansen Community Library, which is chartered to serve Ancram, Copake, and Hillsdale, is located at 9091 Route 22, approximately one mile south of the traffic light at the intersection of Routes 22 and 23.

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