Momentum: Montessori, a Life in Motion with Elizabeth Slade

Momentum: Montessori, a Life in Motion is a historical fiction novel offering a glimpse into the life of a remarkable woman, Dr. Maria Montessori. Taking its bones from a real diary written by Dr. Montessori in 1913 chronicling her first voyage to America, Momentum is a fictionalized retelling of that same voyage. Told from Maria’s perspective and written directly to her son to illuminate a complicated inheritance, the novel explores how she came to send her son—born out of wedlock in 1898—to be raised by others while she concentrated on her work. Join us for a conversation with Elizabeth Slade who is also the author of Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools, a non-fiction book, and Rest Stops, a novel about two public Montessori students that won the Next Generation Indie Book Award in 2013.